What materials did the ancients use to play chess? What is the chessboard made of?

The basic method of making: make a piece of wood, let it stand horizontally, and glue it into a square as a grid of the chessboard, so that after making 324 squares, put the edge of each square up and cross each other at 90 degrees according to the texture to glue it into 324 squares, and arrange 19 Go. Add a chessboard border, draw it and mark it (the square whose texture is 18 times 18).

The advantage of standing sideways is that it is not afraid of wear and is durable. The catalpa bungeana is firm and delicate, and the chessboard made of catalpa bungeana is called the edge catalpa bungeana.

Ma Shujian's The Beginning of Continuation: There has been a chess game since ancient times. When the chess game was started, the Wang Ye of Qi Wuling was broken into pieces, arranged vertically and horizontally, and the chess game of thinking was also. "

As for the material, the ancients painted the sand into a cone, which can be used on the ground. After stone carving, wood carving and paper were invented, there was a paper chessboard. With the progress of society, ancient literati paid attention to leisure and elegance, especially dignitaries always wanted to play amazing things, so they pursued the best chessboard. First, they choose precious wood to make refurbished patterns. Because of its wear resistance, delicacy and firmness, Catalpa bungeana was born slowly. Therefore, the best chessboard is Bian Qiu, which contains the advanced significance and advantages of technology.