象棋

• The earliest literary reference to Xiangqi comes from the 6th century.[8]

• One theory is that Xiangqi came from the "classic" war between the two historical powers Chu ( 楚 ) and Han ( 漢 ), which happened around 210 BC, a few years after the First Emperor, Qin Shi Huang ( 秦始皇 ) and the fall of his Qin Dynasty. The result of the war turned out to be dramatic: Liu Bang ( 劉邦 ), the leader of Han, being weak at the first, defeated Chu, and led to the suicide of Chu's leader, Xiang Yu ( 項羽 ). Thus, another very important dynasty, Han ( 漢 ), was established. In the current board of the game Xiang Qi, there are four Chinese characters in the empty space between the two sides, meaning Chu's River, Han's Border ( 楚河漢界 ).

• Harold James Ruthven Murray quotes an old Chinese source that says that in that older Xiangqi (which modern Xiangqi may have taken some of its rules from) the game-pieces could be shuffled, which does not happen in chess-type Xiangqi as known now.[9]

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Videos available on youtube• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcyN19v8Auk&feature=related 3d• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLt9wlWHbac cartoon• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy4xpZVFn5c 老外解释• http://www.chessvariants.com/xiangqi.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXllZtjyn9A&feature=related 中国人

解释• http://www.clubxiangqi.com/rules/

xià xiàng qí 下 象　棋

play elephant chess• I will resign myself to your guidance.• (of chess) a call to indicate a checkmate ！• I win ！• I lose ！• Too bad ， I am gonna lose 。• Oh ， no ！• Not allowed to retract a false move • hurry 。• Hold on 。 let me think about it 。• Ready, done 。• It’s your turn 。• Have you moved (your piece) ？• I have moved( my piece) 。• What did you move ？• I moved“ 马”。• Eating your “pao”

• qǐng duō zhǐ jiào 。jiāng jūn ！wǒ yíng le ！wǒ shū le ！zāo gāo ， wǒ yào shū le ā ， bú yào ！bù xǔ huǐ qí 。kuài zǒu 。děng děng 。 ràng wǒ xiǎng yī xiǎng 。hǎo le 。gāi nǐ le 。nǐ zǒu le ma ？wǒ zǒu le 。nǐ zǒu de shén me ？wǒ zǒu de “mǎ ” 。Chi “pao”

poster• These aspects shall be covered.• Name (English, pinyin and characters)• Origin and history• Popularity that play 象棋， where it is played• Set of the chess board• Introduction of its pieces( names, rules and

illustrations should be included)• Comparison chart with western chess• Your own thoughts and opinions