What are the legends about the origin of Go and Chess?

The legends about the origin of Go and Chess are detailed as follows.

First, the legend of the origin of Go

According to legend, Go was created by Yao Shun, the ancient sage of China. Wu Qingyuan is a famous Go master in China. According to his understanding, Go is not born to win or lose, but to observe astronomy. If we can accept that Go originated from observing the movement of celestial bodies and divining Yin and Yang, then Yao Faming Go is for this reason. He invented Go with divination tools.

Weiqi uses a square chessboard and black and white round pieces to play chess. There are 19 vertical and horizontal lines on the chessboard, which divide the chessboard into 36 1 intersections. The chess pieces walk at the intersection, and the two sides play chess alternately. After falling, they can't move, and most of them win. Because the black side has the advantage of occupying land first, the rules artificially stipulate that the black side should stick the white side at the end. Weiqi is considered to be the most complicated board game in the world.

The whole development of Weiqi originated in China and was handed down by Emperor Yao, which was recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was introduced to Japan through Korea and then to European and American countries.

Second, the legend of the origin of chess

Go is followed by chess. But its origin is a very complicated and difficult problem, because chess has gone through many evolutionary processes before it is finalized.

Generally speaking, it was produced in southern China around 1 1 century BC. The chessboard consists of nine straight lines and ten horizontal lines. * * * There are ninety intersections. The place where straight lines don't cross is called "river boundary", and the place where they cross obliquely is called "Jiugong". There are thirty-two pieces.

In written records, the origin and development of chess are recorded. The earliest documents were recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, chess was collectively called game, and Bo means chess. It is recorded in the Songs of the South. There are six rich players in "Evocation" chess.

The river boundary between the two sides in the chessboard is also called the Chu River Han boundary. According to legend, when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were fighting with Chu Han, Han Xin taught soldiers to use chess in marching and fighting, so Han Xin said he played chess. In the Tang Dynasty, cattle, monks and sons used cars, horses, generals, earth and Xinjiang cannons instead of chess. In the Song Dynasty, there were 32 chessboards, each with 1 1. Two cannons were placed on the side of the car.