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No.1 象棋(Xiangqi)
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IfyoutraveltonearlyanyChinesecity
inthesummertime,you wil seepeople,
mostlymenwearingTGshirts,sittingout
onthesidewalks onlow chairsinthe
shade,playingagame withlargeround
disksofwood. 1 Chessdatesback
asearly asthe Warring States period.
Whileexpertshavedifferentopinionsasto
whocreatedChessandhowitislinkedto
Westernchess,thereisnodoubtthatby
theTangDynastyXiangqiwasapopular
gameinChina. 2 Andinthe20th
centurybothSunYatGsenandZhouEnlai
werebigfansofthegame.
And,thoughitmaylookquiteabit
differentthan Westernchess,Xiangqiis
actualyquitesimilarinwhatthepiecescan
doandhowthegameisplayed.LikeWestG
ernchess,theobjectofthegameistocapG
turetheotherplayers“king”. 3
UnlikeWesternchess,insteadofplaG
cingthepiecesinsquares,thepiecesare
placedontheintersectionsoflines.AnothG
erbigdifferencebetween Westernchess
andXiangqiisthatthereisalargeempty
spaceinthemiddleoftheboard,whichthe
elephantscannotcross. 4 This
spacereferstoanareainChinawhereLiu
Bangand Xiang Yu had alifeGorGdeath
war.Thewarwassoinfluentialthat“the
ChuRiverandtheHanBoundary”hasbeG
comea metaphor(隐 喻)referringtoany
boundarybetweentwoopposingarmies.
WhentheChinesepeopletodayseethis
nameontheboard,thebattlescenescome
totheirmind,asthoughtheyaresurrounG
dedbythicksmoke,abletohearthebeatG
ingofwardrums. 5
A.Actualy,inXiangqiheisjustageneral.
B.DuringtheQingDynastyitspopularity
grew.
C.Itiscaled“theChuRiverandtheHan
Boundary”.
D.ThegameiscaledXiangqi,agameof
ordinarypeople.
E.There are many differences between
XiangqiandWesternchess.
F.Anintensebattleisabouttotakeplace
onthissmalchessboard.
G.SeveralsayingsrelatedtoXiangqiarein
commonuseinChinatoday.
No.2 新年(NewYear)
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MeaningfulwaystocelebratetheNewYear
ItsbeensaidthattheNewYearse