The origin and development of chess and Chinese chess


Introduction: In China's 5,000 years of history, Huaxia Nation has been leading the world in terms of culture, economy, military, and science. This is also the reason why China is called the of the world's four ancient civilizations .

In Chinese culture is not just as simple as traditional science and technology and theoretical knowledge, culture has covered all aspects of the Chinese nation in With the development of the Chinese nation in various aspects such as people's livelihood, all walks of life have derived their own cultures.

and the Chinese nation is still a nation that is good at discovering and is good at inventing . This nation not only invented the technology of compass, papermaking, gunpowder, external printing, etc. Every aspect of life is full of interesting and advanced inventions of .

The Chinese nation seems to be a natural born peace-loving _strong9’s strong8span _strong9’s strong8span _strong9. Therefore, in addition to work, the Chinese people are also very advanced in enjoyment and entertainment in life.

According to historical records, in the Han Dynasty, there have been special playgrounds in China. Chinese people enjoy this relaxation and pastime after the busy schedule, especially gathering and communication .

Of course for better gathering and communication, for better entertainment . The Chinese have also invented and many entertainment projects, such as the most famous modern society sports football ,It was first invented by the Chinese. Of course, it was not called football at that time, but was called cuju .

In addition to this kind of sports, the Chinese have also invented many classic entertainment items . The most famous of these are chess and go. The classic of these two inventions is that they represent the oldest Chinese philosophy .

also represents the Chinese people's awareness of competition and the blood of fighting. Regarding the chess game in the world, there have always been differences in the birthplace of , there are three main theories about the birthplace of chess in history.

The first is to believe that chess originated in the West . Chinese chess is actually a transitional evolution of chess after it was introduced to China by Western merchants.The second is that chess originated in China in particular, and then gradually spread to the West via the Silk Road and evolved into the current chess .

The third is that the rules of in chess and chess are very different _pan _strong9 has very different rules in the game. span8span is different . And the most important thing is that the design of chess and chess respectively reflects the differences in thought, culture, and reality between Western and Eastern societies.

Therefore, the historian believes that chess and chess were created in the East and West respectively, and they have developed and evolved independently of _strongspan8span9span5 and strong. We do not want to discuss the origins of chess and chess today.

but found in an ancient tomb in Chengdu a few years ago Chinese chess ,Let the evolutionary history of chess in China have a clearer context and archaeological evidence. It also fully proves that chess is an invention of the Chinese nation.

Who invented Chinese chess, and when it came to is actually controversial. At present, , the mainstream historian , believes that the inventor of chess based on the records of historical records is Tang Yao’s son Dan Zhu.

In the later period of Tang Yao’s rule, Shun had already established his prestige and gained the support of the tribal alliance , but Dan Zhu was unwilling to reconcile with the . Fight for the throne of the leader . Later Danzhu was dispatched by Shun to Xiangdi, far away from the center of the Huaxia clan.

Danzhu lived in the elephant land, developed the target land and helped the local natives learn Huaxia nationality culture and related planting knowledge .The elephant land has become the sphere of influence of the Chinese nation from a barren land. It was also Dan Zhu who invented chess to support loneliness when he was in Xiangdi.

In the history of , there has been a clear record of chess span5 _strong9 during the Spring and Autumn Period. In the period of the Chu-Han War , chess was further developed and improved, and the rules were gradually the same as modern chess. But the pattern of chess at that time was still based on pictures, instead of 's current text .

In the Tang Dynasty, chess got further spread . In addition, the development of the entertainment industry began to mature and became popular with the game and gambling of chess. Chess became the most popular entertainment business in the market culture at that time.

arrived in the Southern and Northern Song dynasties, because Han nationality and ethnic minorities between the national hatred,In that era, chess was given additional meanings such as national spirit and national warfare. And officially in the Northern Song Dynasty, the pattern of chess began to change to the current text version of .

In the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, after the multi-round improvement formed the final version of the chess game rules. Chess is also simpler than Go, but its more direct and fierce features in fighting and competition have become China's most popular mass entertainment project .

Summary: Chess is produced by Chinese nation is the crystallization of the wisdom of people’s lives. It is also a representative of the cultural development of the Chinese nation. The agricultural characteristics of the Chinese nation make most people love peace and quiet life, and do not like to fight everywhere

This is different from the western world,But Chinese nation does not lack its own blood in its bones. This character is not expressed through war and foreign conquests, but through chess, Go, Cuju, polo, etc. Series athletics entertainment project form.

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