Mah jong:
it's a card game sort of that is really popular in asian culture. It's played by 4 players at a table and it requires strategy and skill with a little bit of luck also. They use tile things as cards that have a bunch of chinese symbols and pictures and the players represent different winds, which is mentioned in the joy luck club novel. During the game players pick up and discard tiles and you have to get like a certain set in your hand and then you call out mah jong. It's a pretty complicated game with lots of different styles and rules. I think this relates to the book for the obvious reason that the women play it, but also how it relates to the winds and wind is definitely a motif in the novel, the mention of "invisible forces" and winds shifting has come up a few times.
