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Xiangqi (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː ŋ tʃ i /; Chinese: 象棋; pinyin: xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China.
Due to its unpopularity in the country the game of chess was first affiliated to the Chinese Xiangqi Association when it was established in November 1962. With the achievements made by Chinese chess players in major world tournaments and the increasing popularity of the game in China, the Chinese Chess Association was formed in 1986, with Hong Lin as the president.
Janggi (Korean: 장기, also romanized as changgi or jangki), sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula.The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar to it, including the starting position of some of the pieces, and the 9×10 gameboard, but without the xiangqi "river" dividing the board horizontally in the middle.
The Exhortation to the Military Generals (Vietnamese: Dụ chư tì tướng hịch văn, chữ Hán: 諭諸裨將檄文) was a document in Classical Chinese written by Trần Quốc Tuấn in 1284, right before the invasion of the Trần dynasty by the Yuan dynasty.
Ta Oi boys with fish traps, Salavan Province, Laos Ta Oi boys reading, Salavan Province, Laos Ta Oi women spreading leaves also known as pak gat, Salavan Province, Laos. The Ta-oi ethnic group speaks a language in the Mon–Khmer language family, and is regarded as one of Vietnam's indigenous groups. The Ta Oi call themselves Taoih, or ...
The Tale of the Yaksha General is the twentieth and final story of Nguyễn Dữ's Truyền kỳ mạn lục collection, [2] published in the fourth volume. [3]Văn Dĩ Thành is a fearless man from Quốc Oai County.