The first step is crucial, five handsome ones advance to one! Offensive stop moves, destroying Black's defense; if Black moves the knight, the queen pawn advances one, and the bishop wins.
; if Black moves the bishop, the queen pawn advances one, the front pawn draws three, and the pawn wins. Four advance into one, three soldiers advance into one, victory is certain.
Xiangqi, also known as "Xiangqi" and Chinese chess (English name Xiangqi), is a Han nationality chess puzzle game. It has a long history in China and has been recorded in the pre-Qin period. It is a kind of confrontational game between two people. Due to its simple equipment and strong fun, it has become an extremely popular chess activity. Mainly popular in countries with Chinese and Chinese character culture circles, chess is one of the 78 sports officially launched in China. It is one of the official events of the first World Mind Games.
In addition, high-quality chess pieces also have collection value, such as chess pieces made of high-grade wood, jade, etc. There are even more literati who wrote poems about chess, making chess more cultural.
Historical reasons
According to ancient cultural relics and documents, Chaturanka developed into Shatlands during the reign of Boskus Lao I, and was introduced to China via the Silk Road to become the Northern Zhou Xiang Opera. , became Baoying Xiangqi in the Tang Dynasty, and finally the Chinese transformed it into the current Chinese Xiangqi in the Song Dynasty. Some Soviet scholars published articles trying to refute the Indian origin theory.
The 1972 monograph "Xiangqi - Symbol of the Universe" by Yugoslav historian Bijiv concluded that chess first appeared in China in 569 AD (Xiang Opera), and then gradually spread. But it was later proven that Bijiv's theory was wrong, because the earliest chess game Chaturanga was recorded in Indian documents and unearthed objects three centuries ago. Yan Shu's "Lei Yao" records that chess was introduced to China in the early Wei and Huang years of the Three Kingdoms. The format of chess is constantly changing. At present, the theory of Indian origin is still the dominant theory in the world.
Foreign language version of Chinese chess
From the beginning of Chinese chess’s invention to 2009, all Chinese characters were used in Chinese chess. On March 16, 2008, Xie Yazhou (a native of Jiangshan, Zhejiang) from Quzhou Academy Middle School in Zhejiang invented "a Chinese chess with foreign language annotation", patent number: 200820008459. It completely subverted the Chinese chess style with Chinese characters. The patent explains The purpose of this utility model is to provide a Chinese chess piece that is more convenient for foreigners who are not familiar with Chinese and can directly use it as long as they can read. Translate the text on the chess pieces directly into the corresponding foreign language to replace the Chinese characters, and create chess pieces labeled in foreign languages. Considering that foreign languages ??such as English use too many letters, you can choose to use abbreviations for some chess pieces. The shape of chess pieces is not limited to circles. For example, ellipses or hexagons are more suitable for foreign language annotations with imbalanced length and width ratios.