history of chinese chess

*Sigh*

Indian chess= 印度棋 in Chinese 

Obviously long_quach you have no idea about Xiang Qi, or Chinese, Vietnamese or Korean language. You have quite a confusing idea about it. There is a universe of distance between China, Vietnam or Korea and Xiang Qi is from China as well as Kung Fu which was influenced by Indian traditional martial arts, yes but Kung Fu and Xiang Qi are from China even if you do not like it.

Because in China, theres nearly hundred of board game here. You cant just named one of the board game as 中国棋 like that, doesnt make sense like this. Weiqi(Go) is also one of the 中国棋

Whatever you want to perceive it....

Oh lord *atheist sigh*

You just turn 象棋 aka xiangqi into Indian chess 😂

Yes you get it! Just like Xiangqi, Kungfu also get some influence from India and a few even from South East Asia elements . It's totally normal because of cross culture is commonly occurs that time👍 but still Kungfu and Xiangqi is first created in China.

Ni hao Jessie, ni Huixio Chungwo ma? Wo kan buton. :Ni Xiang Qi wan ma?

Ja! 我会中文^^ I do play Xiangqi very often

Your Pinyin is clear!😄

Xixie, Wǒ chungwo hua i tien tien.  Ni Chungwo nali ? Wo da minze Tycoon Liu, Chungwo minze Wǒ zhù zài déguó

Tú zhōng shì wǒ zài zǎotáng chànggē

Gaoxing renshi ni☺️ wo jia ni haoyou ba!

Haha wo zhi dao, wo yao shuijiao le, gaitian liao~

Wo hen kaixi. Wo shuijiao. Mintien yen. Baochung 

bro the warring states is a specific period in Chinese history

but in chinese international chess is also called （国际）象棋

True, 国象for short

Guys, chill.

象棋is a fun game, I don't care who invented it, I only like it.

Honestly I kind of care...it's not right when someone are twisting the fact about our own culture. So that's why I keep clarify it here for others to have another perspective, not to offense anyone at the same time. By the way discussion like this is still acceptable, it's not yet toxic...(and I can practice my english)😄

The word Xiangqi(象棋) can be trace back in ancient record when it was originally named Xiàng Xì(象戏), the word "象戏" can be interpret as "The Astronomical Game" as it was based on the movements of naked-eye-visible astronomical objects in the night sky. However during that time, the earliest form of Xiangqi was very different than Xiangqi like now, the rules and pieces are not complicated as Modern play of Xiangqi.

For instance in earliest forms of Xiangqi, the pieces arrangement was totally different than now, besides in Old Xiangqi you can shuffling pieces and dice which ultimately abandoned in Modern Xiangqi due to high Random Chance, at the same time introduced foreign piece like 象(elephant) from India, and created new pieces of their own like 士(advisor)and炮(canon), last but not least creating a new palace for General and Commander of both side players to move within.

Interesting, Xiangqi pieces that were designed like this were also common in ancient society of China, but mostly among rich families and nobles. That was because the cost of making 3D pieces of Xiangqi like this is high during that time.