Chinese Chess
As the fruit of Chinese ancient wisdom, the chess culture is a valuable cultural heritage of China. Together with playing musical instruments, calligraphy and painting, playing chess was considered as one of the four essential skills for a learned scholar. They all are good exercise to temper one's character and cultivate one's taste. Among various kinds of chesses, Chinese chess (Xiangqi) and Go Chess (Weiqi) were invented by Chinese people, and enjoys great popularity in the country.
The second syllable of Xiangqi, "qi" is the Chinese word for strategy games. The first syllable, "xiang" is the word for elephant. This spelling is Mandarin, in Cantonese the game is called Jeuhng Keih.
Like Western chess, Chinese chess descends from the game of Chaturanga, from India. From India it spread throughout Asia and also to Medieval Euroupe. In China, the game reached its current form during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD).
There are many sayings about the origin of Chinese chess. Some believe that it was invented by Shennongshi, a legendary God of farming; while others insist that the game appeared during the Warring States Period (476B.C.-221B.C.) for there's vivid description in Chuci, Quyuan's poem. However, the most widely accepted saying goes that the game was invented Emperor Shun to educate his younger brother Xiang, hence the chess was named Xiangqi. Development Chinese Chess is a kind of strat... More
Go Chess originated in China, with a history more than 3,000 years. The Game is known as ‘Weiqi' in China, meaning the game of surrounding. As one of the oldest board games in the world, the true origin of Go Chess remains unknown. History According to historical records, Weiqi was popular among aristocracy of the Spring and Autumn Period (770B.C.-476B.C.). There is an ancient Chinese phrase, one who cannot quickly decide which position to take on the board without pulling bac... More
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