{"product_id":"hk309m-the-old-chinese-chess-game-xiangqi-matt","title":"HK309M - The Old Chinese Chess Game Xiangqi (Matt)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCommonly known as '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChinese Chess'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this is a strategy board game for two players.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe game represents a battle between two armies and is the most popular board game in China. One source says that its invention goes back over two thousand years to the winter of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e204-203 B.C. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther sources date the games introduction to the much later \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTang\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e dynasty that ruled China from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e618-907 A.D.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhatever the date of its beginning the game is still highly popular today and played all over China, Hong Kong and anywhere there is a Chinese community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere, an onlooker enjoys the game as two of his friends partake of it, perhaps in a private garden or a public park somewhere in the '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eStreets of Old Hong Kong'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"King and Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51658227581210,"sku":"HK309M","price":311.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/0154\/0890\/files\/HK309M.jpg?v=1770094065","url":"https:\/\/themilitaryworkshop.com\/products\/hk309m-the-old-chinese-chess-game-xiangqi-matt","provider":"The Military Workshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}