Xiangqi
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Xiangqi (Chinese: 象棋 xiàngqí, Vietnamese: cờ tướng), or Chinese chess, is a traditional Chinese strategy board game that is related to chess. It has the largest number of players among chess variants, and is a very popular game in China, Vietnam, and overseas Chinese and Vietnamese communities around the world.
UnderstandTraditional Chinese accounts date the game to the Warring States period (475-221 BC) in Chinese history.
Destinations
PlayXiangqi is a very popular game, and you can often see the elderly having games in public parks in China, Vietnam and areas with significant overseas Chinese communities.
WatchThere are numerous professional xiangqi tournaments in China and much of the Sinosphere.
BuyCheap sets can easily be found in bookshops and department stores in China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong and areas with large overseas Chinese communities like Singapore and Malaysia.
See also
Sources and licences
- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Xiangqi" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Matěj Baťha, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons