| Description: | This is a brand new Chinese Chess set with a primitive, pictographic rollup chess board. The chess board measures 14.5" (370mm) in length, 13.3" (340mm) in width, and slightly less than 1/8 inch (3mm) in thickness when unfolded. Both the front and the back of this large size chess board are characterized by pictographs and graphic images, a design inspired by the famous Naxi Dongba culture and its pictographic script. Other features you can find only in this xiangqi chessboard but not elsewhere include the "acting mask" icons and the 5-worded Chinese poetic writing.
The "acting mask" icons replace the standard markings for the positions of the pawns and the cannons at the start of the game. The 5-worded verse lines in Chinese, which are in the lower middle part at the back of the rollup chessboard, express the complexity, opportunity and wisdom of xiangqi. The chess board is made of fine synethetic leather, a material giving the leather texture but coming from a non-animal source.
The playing pieces, measured 1.4" (35mm) in diamater, are handmade. The top and the bottom of each piece is tightly sewed together to form a perfect circular chess piece. You can see the great needlecraft work when viewing from the side. Each chess piece has the Chinese character on one side and the corresponding pictograph on the other side.
A cylinder in synthetic leather goes with the chessboard and chess pieces. This is the container for storage and protection. Available. |
