Comments on: chinese chess http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/ overanalyzing everything Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:57:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: t..h.p http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-263 t..h.p Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:59:58 +0000 http://www.andrewpouw.com/?p=312#comment-263 Wow! Julia, I am impressed! I never knew that all these years. Wow! Julia, I am impressed! I never knew that all these years.

]]> By: Julia http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Julia Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:14:29 +0000 http://www.andrewpouw.com/?p=312#comment-258 Yeah, Chinese chess and checkers...2 totally different things. They're both legit though. I got 2 sets of each at home. It's not that difficult to learn. Just memorize the symbols (the two different sides have a few different characters but sound the same, like xiang which means minister or something one on side and elephant on the other...or something. Last time I played was with my grandpa before he returned to China like a decade ago. >_>). I think the German variant of Chinese checkers was introduced during the Qing dynasty. Apparently there were lots of trade between the two countries then (discovered this in Munich at the museum. :P) Yeah, Chinese chess and checkers…2 totally different things. They’re both legit though. I got 2 sets of each at home. It’s not that difficult to learn. Just memorize the symbols (the two different sides have a few different characters but sound the same, like xiang which means minister or something one on side and elephant on the other…or something. Last time I played was with my grandpa before he returned to China like a decade ago. >_>).

I think the German variant of Chinese checkers was introduced during the Qing dynasty. Apparently there were lots of trade between the two countries then (discovered this in Munich at the museum. :P )

]]> By: Na http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Na Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:13:40 +0000 http://www.andrewpouw.com/?p=312#comment-257 We have a set of 象棋 at home. :) We have a set of 象棋 at home. :)

]]> By: Erik P http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Erik P Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:26:38 +0000 http://www.andrewpouw.com/?p=312#comment-255 I think the six pointed star game is usually called Chinese Checkers. And I'm not sure if it's a Panda Express type-thing or not (okay, nevermind, I looked it up and it's a variant of a game that originated in Germany), although it was a Chinese person who taught me how to play it. I have no idea what that first version you talked about is, though. I think the six pointed star game is usually called Chinese Checkers. And I’m not sure if it’s a Panda Express type-thing or not (okay, nevermind, I looked it up and it’s a variant of a game that originated in Germany), although it was a Chinese person who taught me how to play it.
I have no idea what that first version you talked about is, though.

]]> By: kato http://www.andrewpouw.com/2009/10/chinese-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-254 kato Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:57:12 +0000 http://www.andrewpouw.com/?p=312#comment-254 well, at least once your chinese is good enough, you can just wander to any good old American Chinatown and join the old men gambling there. well, at least once your chinese is good enough, you can just wander to any good old American Chinatown and join the old men gambling there.

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