What is the point of dominoes?

Origin:

Put forward the domino effect, but also start from the Song Dynasty. In the second year of Xuanzong of Song Dynasty (1120 AD), a folk game called "domino" appeared. This domino game was introduced into the palace during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, and then quickly became popular throughout the country. At that time, the dominoes were mostly made of the teeth of livestock animals, so the dominoes were also called "toothcards", and the folk called "Pai Gow" meaning "card rescue", the philosophy contained in the cards was enough to save people and save and remind humans to stop those impulsive practices.

On August 16, 1849, an Italian missionary named Domino brought the dominoes back to Milan. As his most precious gift, he gave the dominoes to his youngest daughter. Domino In order to let more people play dominoes, made a large number of wooden cards, and invented a variety of ways to play. Soon, wooden cards quickly spread in Italy and throughout Europe, and the domino game became an elegant sport for Europeans. '
Later, in order to thank dominos for bringing them such a good sport, people named this domino game "Dominos". By the 19th century, domino had become a worldwide sport. Among non-Olympic sports, it is the sport with the highest profile, the largest number of participants and the widest geographical expansion.

The original domino play was simply a single line, a competition to see who could push down more and farther. Later, dominoes developed from a single line to a plane, and people began to use domino ancient cards to form some characters and patterns. Domino further toward the three-dimensional level of development, and the application of high-tech achievements, with the effect of sound, light, electricity, so that the transmission of domino power has a variety of forms, at the same time, its artistry has also been enhanced.

Since then, domino has become a popular expression. In an interconnected system, a small initial energy may produce a series of chain reactions, which are referred to as domino effects or domino effects.