Period Medieval

Region Eastern Asia, Southeastern Asia

Category Reconstruction, Pending, Board, War

Description

Xiangqi is a word used for a variety of games played in China, where pieces have different movement values and capture one another. This game was played during the Song Dynasty, on a larger board than is used today.

Rules

11x11 board. Seventeen pieces per player.

Origin

China

Ludeme Description

Xiangqi (Song).lud

Concepts

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Reference

Banaschak 2001: 95.

Evidence Map

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Evidence category: All Artifact Art Text Ethnography

Evidence coloured based on: Age None

Map style: Streets OpenStreetMaps ArcGIS Topographique Voyager

Sources

Banaschak, P. 2001. Schachspiele in Ostasien (Xiangqi, Changgi, Shogi). Quellen zu ihrer Geschichte und Entwicklung bis 1640. Munich: Iudicum.

Identifiers

DLP.Games.1174

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