🏮 Mahjong Festival
Clear a turtle-shaped mahjong board of lanterns, dragons, and festival symbols.
How to play
- Click a free tile, then click a matching free tile to clear both.
- A tile is free if nothing sits on top of it and it isn't boxed in on both sides.
- Clear the whole board to win. There's no timer pressure and no fail state.
- Stuck with no matches? Tap Shuffle any time, completely free.
- Made a mistake? Undo takes back your last move.
A festival-themed mahjong solitaire board
Mahjong Festival is a real mahjong solitaire game on the classic turtle-shaped layout, stacked up to four layers deep, with an original East Asian festival icon set standing in for traditional tile suits: dragons, lanterns, red envelopes, tea, dumplings, carp streamers, and more. Only "free" tiles, ones with nothing covering them from above and not trapped on both sides by a neighboring tile, can be selected. Click two free tiles showing the same icon to clear that pair.
Every starting board is generated by working backward from a guaranteed valid clearing order, so it's always solvable from the very first move. Like any real mahjong solitaire layout, the choices you make along the way can still leave you without a matching pair among the tiles currently free, so unlimited Shuffle rearranges everything remaining into a fresh layout at no cost, and Undo takes back your last move if you'd rather retry it a different way.
Your best clear time is saved locally for this board. Like every game on AnonArcade, it's free with no download and no account. See more logic and matching games on the Puzzle Games page, including Mahjong Turtle, Mahjong Pyramid, Dragon Mahjong Solitaire, and Classic Mahjong Solitaire, the same ruleset on different layouts and themes.
Frequently asked questions
How do I play Mahjong Festival?
Click a tile that isn't covered or boxed in by its left and right neighbors, then click a second matching tile with the same symbol. A matching pair clears from the board. Clear every tile to win.
What do the festival symbols mean?
They're not traditional mahjong tile suits, they're an original East Asian festival icon set: lanterns, dragons, red envelopes, tea, dumplings, and more, for a warmer, more colorful look than plain mahjong tiles.
What if I get stuck with no matching pairs left?
Tap Shuffle to rearrange every remaining tile into a fresh layout, completely free and unlimited. Undo is also available to take back your last move.
Is every board guaranteed solvable?
The starting deal is always solvable from an empty board, generated by working backward from a valid clearing order. Like any real mahjong solitaire game, a run of choices can still paint you into a stuck position, which is exactly what Undo and Shuffle are there to fix.