What are the traditional cultural connotations of playing chess?

The so-called chess player plays chess. As a chess player, China's "chess culture" has long been popular in ancient times. It can not only temper people's will, but also cultivate people's sentiment. Even though it has spread to this day, it is still very popular. The representative chess in China are Go and Chess. They not only represent the crystallization of ancient culture in China, but also are very popular entertainment games nowadays, and even have been put on the competition stage. Today, we will talk about China Chess, one of the two major chess games in China!

First, the earliest origin and appearance of China chess:

The earliest chessboard that China can see at present is recorded in the book "A Tale of Shilin" in the Song Dynasty, which is more than 200 years earlier than the earliest chessboard that appeared in the west15th century. Therefore, these records are enough to refute the long-standing foreign popular saying that China chess originated in India. China's chess has an obvious China style, which conforms to the historical characteristics, characteristics and culture of China and has a long history.

The early rise of chess was called "elephant play", which first appeared in the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In a word, there are different opinions about the earliest origin of China chess. But in any case, it has been circulated for thousands of years and is a classic product of intangible culture of Chinese civilization.

Second, the development of chess in China:

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, chess activities prevailed. In the Song Dynasty, chess was widely popular. During the Southern Song Dynasty, chess was further developed and prevailed. In the Song Dynasty, chess has long been a very popular activity, both in court and among the people.

Now China Chess has become one of the sports officially approved by the national sports administrative department, and there are national competitions almost every year. Although chess has been circulated for thousands of years since ancient times, it is almost a microcosm related to the political system of feudal society.

For example, the arrangement of chess pieces, the ranks in front, and the general in the most central position all revolve around protecting the general to play chess, including the highest level of chess, such as losing pawn to protect the car and abandoning the car to protect the handsome. That is to say, it embodies the word "harmony". Harmony is the most important, and China chess can best embody the traditional Chinese virtues such as benevolence, wisdom, courtesy, faithfulness and loyalty.