China chess board consists of nine straight lines and ten horizontal lines. The scene of confrontation between the two armies at that time was vividly reproduced across the "Chu River Han boundary". "Chuhe Han Jie" is located on Guangwu Mountain in the northwest suburb of Zhengzhou. At that time, Hanwang City was in the west and Chu City was in the east. The vassal States were divided and dominated each other.

Interestingly, if you take away "Chuhe Han Jie", it happens to be an 8×8 square chessboard, almost the same as a chess chessboard. "9" is the largest number. In ancient China, it symbolized the meaning of diversity and breadth. "Kyushu" generally refers to China. "8" is more of a metaphor in all directions. 8 and 9 mean infinity in China and the West. The purpose of the ancient war was to seize more land. In order to occupy more territory, all chessboards as battlefields reflect the consciousness of ancient people. China and the West have different ideas about battlefield confrontation. China's chess pieces occupy the intersection and confront each other through lines (roads); Chess is a face-to-face confrontation. A Ma Pingchuan doesn't even need to cross the river. This reflects the ingenious and skillful fighting style of China people, and also reflects the fighting style of all parties in the ancient western battlefield.

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There are 32 pieces of both kinds of chess, which are the same, but there are differences in the types of chess. The biggest difference is that China has a "cannon" in chess, but chess doesn't.

(1) cannon. "Continued Tibetan Classics" contains: "In the past, Shennong took the sun, the moon and the stars as images, and in the Tang Dynasty, cows, monks and children were used as chariots, horses, generals, scholars and soldiers with guns instead of chess." According to this record, there was no cannon in chess before the Tang Dynasty, and it was similar to modern chess after it was equipped with cannons.

There are no such pieces in chess. Some people think that chess may have been shaped after the popularity of artillery warfare (since the Northern Song Dynasty), while chess was shaped before the appearance of artillery. The author thinks that this statement is very vague and cannot be compared together in time. From the history of two chess games, we can see that the history of chess, or the time of finalization, is obviously earlier than chess. The problem is that China and the West use gunpowder at different times. Since China invented "gunpowder" in ancient times, it has been developed into artillery, which was used in the military as early as the Tang Dynasty. In the west, gunpowder was introduced by Arabs in the embryonic period of capitalism in about15th century, when chess was basically stereotyped. This fully proves that chess is constantly improved with the development of productive forces in the development process, and things closer to the humanistic society are constantly added.

In addition, the tradition of China people thinks that the success or failure of war depends on human factors and material factors, so there are such material factors as cars, horses and guns. In the ancient west, because of the low productivity, the success or failure of the war mainly depends on the quality and performance of soldiers at all levels, so the human factor is more reflected in chess.

2 king (handsome). The general (handsome) in China chess is equal to the king in chess. Although it is not strong, it is the most important piece. Eating it means the death of a court. Therefore, there are strict defenses against both types of chess. In China, chess is guarded by experts, and in chess, there is a move called "translocation", which can change from a battleground for the central military strategist to a safe flank.

The international grandmaster once said: "In the opening stage, Wang was still a baby; In the middle stage, Wang was still a child; By the end of the game, Wang has reached adulthood. " This fully shows the fighting value of Chess King. When there are not many people left in the endgame, its advantage of being able to fight everywhere appears. This is essentially different from the restriction that China's chess general (handsome) can't go out of the palace. And general and handsome can't be satisfied, which fully illustrates the ancient national conditions of China. In ancient China, except for a few founding emperors who led troops to fight, almost all emperors were behind closed doors.

(3) the queen. This is a chess piece standing next to the king. Its initial move is only equivalent to a taxi in chess. At 1475, as we said above, the romantic French suddenly increased their power, and they could control the battlefield of13 at most. The gender also changed and became the king's wife. Italy calls it Robioso, which means powerful. This shows the influence of the bourgeois Renaissance on the society at that time. In the history of ancient western countries, women's rights are also an important part, and the rule of queens is common, such as the Queen of Egypt, the Queen of England, the Queen of Denmark, and the Queen of Christina. But although it is the most powerful chess piece, it is still not as important as Wang.

There is no "Hou" in China chess, so it can be said that the whole feudal history of China is a "patriarchal history". Next to the general (handsome) are two scholars, which means polygamy in China's feudal society.

(4) cars and cars. The only player in two chess games who moves exactly the same way; At first, the car in chess also means "chariot", just like China chess. It turned out to be a castle.

(5) like a bishop, riding a knight. At first, the image of chess was "war elephant", and later it was changed to "herald". In the Renaissance, with the increase of the power of the church, it became a "priest". The difference between it and the phase (image) in China chess is that there is no river barrier. Xiang is a civil servant and doesn't go out to play China chess.

The biggest difference between horses in chess and horses in China is that they are not cheated in chess. In terms of playing chess, the requirements of chess are much looser than those in China, probably because the social system in the West was much looser than that in the feudal society in China. In the feudal society of China, the loyal courtiers were treacherous, the officialdom was corrupt and intrigued, and the trick of "tripping horses" was often used. Even if you are a noble horse, once you are tripped, you can't move, so you have to be old-fashioned and helpless. This phenomenon is vividly displayed in China's chess.

(6) Pawn Pawn. There is no doubt that this is the largest number of two kinds of chess, standing in the forefront, defending the dynasty with your own body, you can only charge and not retreat. At this point, China and the West have the same requirements for soldiers.

The difference is that the chess pieces in China are always just chess pieces, and at most they become worse after crossing the river. But the pieces in chess have a chance to change their fate. If he bravely rushes to the bottom line, he will be promoted to any son except Wang.