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I decided to change my topic and focus on hand carved mahjong. Mahjong is known as the quintessence of Chinese culture. Between the 70s and 80s, almost every household had a set of mahjong. But, due to the impact of electronic online games, automatic mahjong and cheap machine- made mahjong, this industry of traditional handcraft is now faded away. Therefore, my study will focus on discover the remaining of hand-carved mahjong.

Topic: The Remaining Carving Art of Mahjong Tiles

Genre: Non-fictional video (Expository)

Here are some research questions:

1.The history of mahjong culture in Hong Kong

2. The platform transform of hand-craved mahjong (timeline)

3. The lifestyle transform of human behavior

4. The values of hand-craved mahjong

5. The reason of out of inheritance of people in this craft

Reference:

http://www.apple.com/us/search/mahjong?src=globalnav

http://www.made-in-china.com/products-search/hot-china-products/Automatic_Mahjong_Table.html

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20131201/18531663

http://baike.baidu.com/view/890662.htm

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