The birthplace of Go and Chinese chess is not China

Yes, it's all China.

According to the historical records, Go was invented by Yao (Yao made Go to teach gall Zhu) However, this statement has a mythological component

What is certain, however, is that Go was created in a primitive society

Chess. Song Yu's "Conjuring" during the Warring States period talks about chess. It has a history of more than 2,000 years from that time to now.

But some people say that Xiangqi was created by Emperor Shun in 2000 BC. He had a younger brother named Xiang, who was not of good moral character and had nothing to do, so Shunte played chess to educate him, so he was called Xiangqi. If this were the case, the history of chess would be even longer, about 4,000 years old.

It is more credible to say that Chinese chess, also known as "Xiang Opera" and "Ju Zhong Opera", evolved from the game opera of the pre-Qin era. At the end of the Warring States period, a kind of "Liubo" chess with six pieces per side was popular. There were some changes in chess in the Tang Dynasty, and there were only four types of chess: "general, horse, rook, and pawn", and the chessboard, like chess, consisted of 64 squares in black and white.

In the Song Dynasty, Chinese chess was basically finalized, and in addition to the addition of cannons due to the invention of gunpowder, scholars and elephants were also added. The Song Dynasty's Shilin Guangji records the earliest chess games that can be seen in China, which predates the earliest chess games that appeared in the West in the 15th century. These accounts are enough to overturn the long-standing foreign theory that Chinese chess originated in India.

In the Ming Dynasty, some people changed the "will" of one side to "handsome", and the chess at this time was the same as the Chinese chess we often play today.

Interestingly, there is also a historical case related to the invention of Chinese chess: in the middle of the chessboard of Chinese chess, there is often a gap with the words "Chu River" and "Han Boundary" written on it, what does this mean? It turned out that this was the "Chu-Han War" in the history of chess matching.

According to historical records, the "Chu River Han Boundary" is in the ancient Xing (Xing) Yang (Zhengzhou) Chenggao area, the place is bordered by the Yellow River in the north, the Bishan Mountain in the west, the plain in the east, and the Songshan Mountain in the south. In 203 BC, Liu Bang sent troops to attack the Chu State, Xiang Yu was short of food, and was forced to put forward the requirement of "dividing the world in the middle, cutting the chasm to the west for Han, and taking the east for Chu". So far, there are still two ancient city ruins that are far away on Guangwu Mountain in Xingyang, the one in the west is called the Han King City, and the one in the east is called the Overlord City, and the legend is that Liu Bang and Xiang Yu built it in that year.

In the middle of the two cities, there is a large ditch about 300 meters wide, which is what people usually call the chasm, and it is also the basis for the boundary river on the chessboard.

Yes, chess was invented by a military commander during the Warring States period.

The legend of the origin of Go and Xiangqi is described below.

1. The origin of Go is a brief search for legends.

Legend has it that Go was the ancient Chinese sage Yao Shun.

created. Wu Qingyuan.

According to his understanding, the origin of Go was not to compete for victory or defeat, but to observe astronomy. If it is acceptable that Go originated from the observation of the movement of celestial bodies and the divination of yin and yang, then there is a reason why Yao invented Go, and he invented Go with the tools of divination.

Go uses a square checkered chessboard and black and white round chess pieces to play the game, and the chessboard is divided into 361 intersection points with 19 vertical and horizontal line segments, and the chess pieces walk on the intersection points, and the two sides alternately move the chess, and cannot move after the pieces fall, and the one with more enclosures wins. Because Black has the advantage of occupying the land first, the rules artificially stipulate that Black should give White a post at the end of the game. Go is considered the most complex board game in the world.

The development of the whole game of Go is that it first originated in China and is said to be Di Yao.

It was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was introduced to Japan through Korea and spread to Europe and the United States.

2. The origin legend of chess.

Xiangqi came after Go. But its origins are a very complex problem to solve, because chess went through many evolutions before it was finalized.

It is generally believed that it was produced in southern China around the 11th century BC. The chessboard is composed of nine straight lines and ten horizontal lines, a total of ninety intersections, and the ground sail that has not been drawn through the straight line is called the river boundary, and there is an oblique crossing line.

The place is called the Nine Palaces, and there are a total of thirty-two chess pieces.

In written records, the origin and development of chess are recorded. The earliest documents were recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the chess art was collectively referred to as the game, and Bo referred to chess. It is recorded in "Chu Ci Summoning Spirits": There are six games in chess.

The river boundary where the two sides face each other in the chess board is also called the Chu River Han boundary. Legend has it that it was in Liu Bang.

When fighting with Xiang Yu Chuhan, Han Xin.

The following chess teaches the local soldiers the strategy of marching and fighting, so there is Han Xin to do chess. Tang Xiangniu monks and children used chariots and horses, generals, earth, and Xin plus cannons, and replaced them with chess. In the Song Dynasty, there were 32 pieces on the board, each with 11 pieces. Two cannons were placed on the side of the car.