{"id":6299,"date":"2019-11-11T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-culture\/the-mongolian-chess-meng-gu-xiang-qi\/"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T16:43:20","slug":"the-mongolian-chess-meng-gu-xiang-qi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/vi\/the-mongolian-chess-meng-gu-xiang-qi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mongolian Chess \u8499\u53e4\u8c61\u68cb"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mo<\/em>ngolian chess<\/strong><\/em>portant; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);”>(\u8499\u53e4\u8c61\u68cbMéngg\u01d4 Xiàngqí) is a popular sport game in Inner Mongolia. It’s also one of the most attractive items on the Nadam Fair.
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The Mo<\/em>ngolian chess is quite similar to Xiangqi, or <\/span>Chinese chess<\/strong><\/span>(\u4e2d\u56fd\u8c61\u68cbZh\u014dngguó Xiàngqí<\/span>)<\/span>, but the form, rules and ways to move the chess pieces are more likeinternatio<\/em>nal chess<\/strong>(\u56fd\u9645\u8c61\u68cbGuójì Xiàngqí). Called "Shatar" in the Mo<\/em>ngolian language, the Mo<\/em>ngolian chess is said to have been introduced into the area way back in the period when <\/span>Genghis Khan<\/strong>(\u6210\u5409\u601d\u6c57Chéngjís\u012bh<\/span>án<\/span>) went on his western expedition. The chess was revolutio<\/em>nized according to Mo<\/em>ngolian practice, and unique ways to move the chess pieces were formed. When the Mo<\/em>ngolian people rose to power, they entered farming areas from grasslands. To break up city walls, they learnt to make stone-throwing machines from the <\/span>Jin<\/strong><\/span>(\u91d1<\/span>J\u012bn<\/span>)<\/span>people. After that, they also mastered the techniques of making gunpowder cannons, which became the im<\/em>portant weapons of Mo<\/em>ngolian troops for attacking cities and forts. The cannon, along with other weapons and military tactics, was re-enacted on a chess board, bringing us an intelligent game.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following Genghis Khan’s western expedition, the board game was spread to grassland areas in the 1230s before it was introduced to Europe. It was brought to the Mo<\/em>ngolian people via Persia, thanks to the extension of the <\/span>"Silk Road"<\/strong>(\u4e1d\u7ef8\u4e4b\u8defS\u012bchóu Zh\u012b Lù) through the Mo<\/em>ngolian grasslands. The board of the game is a square board with 64 small squares of two different color shades alternating with each other. It is pretty much the same as the board of internatio<\/em>nal chess. The light-colored squares are called "white squares" and dark-colored o<\/em>nes "black squares". The chess pieces are also in black and white, with each color representing one of the two players. There are a total of 32 pieces, with 16 for each player, including one king, one commander-in-chief, two chariots, two elephants, two horses and eight soldiers. What’s unique a<\/em>bout the Mo<\/em>ngolian chess is that the elephant pieces are made into camels and soldiers are made into hunting dogs, adding some flavor of nomad life on the grassland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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