Chinatown restaurant teaching community how to play increasingly popular mahjong

In D.C.’s Chinatown, Lucky Danger restaurant hosts weekly classes in mahjong — a game that’s been a Chinese tradition for generations.

Over the years, mahjong has played an important role in bringing Asian American families together and has recently grown in popularity in the DMV.

The tile-based game was created in China in the 1800s and became a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Tim Ma, the mahjong instructor at Lucky Danger, learned from his parents…

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