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Mongolian Deer Chess

Mongolian Deer Chess (Mongolian Deer Chess), known as "Bogen Jirig" in Mongolian, is a traditional intellectual game. The game simulates the process of fighting between a dog and a deer, and is one of the traditional entertainment programs of the Mongolian people. Reflects the Mongolian people's intelligence and wisdom, in the wisdom of folk sports has a good academic value, for the study of Mongolian history, folklore, society has a good reference role. 2007 June 15, listed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the first batch of autonomous region level intangible cultural heritage, September 11, 2009, the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Jilin Province, additional projects.

Historical origin

Mongolian deer chess, the Mongolian language, "Bao Gen - Ji Rig", is one of the traditional entertainment programs of the Mongolian people. According to the evidence: deer chess originated in the seventh and eighth centuries ago, the ancient nomadic entertainment, in addition to horse racing, camel fighting and dance, and deer chess and other recreational activities. In the ancient silver mountain, yinshan sumudu ditch bank and uranchabu grassland, have found the ancient deer chess petroglyphs.

Introduction of Deer Chess

Deer Chess pieces are divided into two kinds: Deer and Dog (called "Brain" and "Baoge" in Mongolian). There are mountains and plains on the board (called "Ula" and "Tara" in Mongolian). The board is square in shape, with 5 vertical and 5 horizontal lines that cross to form 25 points. At each end of the vertical line in the center, there is a mountain, one in the shape of a flat top and the other in the shape of a pointed top, with a cross drawn inside, which also constitutes a few intersecting points. When two people play against each other, one side holds 2 tiles, which is the Deer side (the first to go); the other side holds 24 tiles, which is the Dog side. In the game, "the deer jumps and eats the dog, and the dog surrounds the deer". If the dog side can trap the deer side, the dog side wins; if not, the deer side wins. Folk also will this chess "deer eat dog" called "wolf eat sheep", is the traditional enlightenment class game.

Depending on the size of the game, there used to be deer chess with 2 deer and 24 dogs and deer chess with 4 deer and 64 dogs, and now the former is widely played in Mongolian folklore.

Rules of the game

Deer chess is played by two people, one of whom holds "deer" and the other "dog". Before playing chess, set up the chessboard, put 2 "deer" in 2 "mountain" mouth, put 8 "dog" in the chessboard in the four sides of the 8 points. The rules of the game are: the Deer can move around the whole board, while the Dogs can only move around the large square area, and cannot enter the Mountain. The deer and the dog can only move one step at a time, either in a straight line or in a diagonal line.

When playing, the player with the Deer goes first. If the Deer jumps over the Dog from one square to the other in 3 squares of the same route, it eats the Dog that was jumped over and removes it from the board! The dog is taken off the board by eating the skipped dog. The goal of the dog is to trap the deer, while the goal of the deer is to eat all of the dogs, without being attacked by the dog. The goal of the one who holds the deer is to eat all of the dog, and not to be captured by the dog. The player with the "dogs" first puts the 16 "dogs" that were not on the board when the game was set up on the board, one at a time, in any position he chooses. After all the dogs have been placed on the board, they can be moved to surround the deer. When two Dogs are placed next to each other on the same line as the Deer, the Deer cannot eat the Dogs. If the "deer" is surrounded by such a layout, i.e., if the "deer" is encircled, the person who executes the "deer" is judged to have lost the game; if the person who executes the "dog" is jumped and eaten, the person who executes the "dog" is judged to have lost the game. If the person who holds the "dog" is unable to encircle the "deer" due to the number of jumps, he loses the game.

Cultural value

Deer chess has distinctive national characteristics, is a traditional Mongolian competitive entertainment projects, is the Mongolian people, especially the youth favorite chess.

Deer chess board is crisscrossed with endless changes. For more than a thousand years, it has been popular among the Mongolian people. The evolution from "deer eat dog" to "wolf eat sheep" shows the close relationship between nomadic people and livestock, and the ability of people to conquer and domesticate animals.

In the popularization and inheritance of folklore, it reflects its special academic value, practical value and artistic value.

Deer chess is one of the typical Mongolian folk chess games with a long history and a strong popularity. Reflecting the intelligence and wisdom of Mongolian people, it has a good academic value in the wisdom class of folk sports, and has a good reference for the study of Mongolian history, folklore and society.

Deer Chess embodies the living customs of Mongolian people, is a popular traditional project to stimulate people's fighting spirit and build spiritual civilization, and has a good practical value for promoting national unity and strengthening cultural construction.

Endangered heritage

With the development of the times and the integration of nationalities, the grassland environment and living habits on which the Mongolian people depend have changed. In the past, the deer chess, which is loved by young people, has been replaced by modern network, TV and other cultural and sports activities. By the beginning of the 21st century, only the Mongolian people in remote areas, play deer chess from time to time, and it is difficult to maintain its original and more ecological content. Some of the folk artists with better chess skills are old, some of them have passed away one after another, and there are fewer inheritors. In popular various kinds of cultural and sports activities, Mongolian traditional deer chess is not one of the contents, and its weakening trend is becoming more and more serious.

Today, June 15, 2007 listed in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the first batch of regional intangible cultural heritage, September 11, 2009 Jilin Province, the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list of additional items.

Seyin Jiya in order to make the ancient national culture to carry forward, in Mongolia deer chess heritage and "intangible" declaration of the road, he used the most valuable 34 years of his life, he is also the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Mongolia deer chess intangible cultural heritage project the only heir to the current he is in the city of Ordos, Kangbash Chess Square He is currently preparing the Mongolian deer chess cultural park project in the underground shopping mall in Ordos city, the cultural park project covers an area of 1500 square meters, with the Mongolian deer chess production, communication, promotion and many other functions.

Seyin Jiya made exquisite wooden "deer" and "dog" flag

YijinhuoLuo Banner national kindergarten, Seyin Jiya is in the children's class

I Inner Mongolia Museum open practice class "Deer Go"

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