The origin of chess:
1, chess was once called "elephant play". The origin of chess is a very complicated and difficult problem, because chess has gone through many evolutionary processes before it is finalized.
According to the unearthed cultural relics and documents, Chatulanka developed into Chastellain Zi in Khosrau I Anushirvan, Persia, and was introduced to China as an elephant play in the Northern Zhou Dynasty through the Silk Road. It became Baoying chess in the Tang Dynasty and was finally transformed into China chess by China people in the Song Dynasty.
2. The word "Xiang Xi" first appeared in Tianhe, the Emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. According to Zhou Shu's Biography, "Tianhe was ugly in May of the fourth year, and the imperial" Xiang Jing "was completed, which was told by hundreds of people." This is a great event in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is really lively.
Many scholars believe that according to reliable records in ancient books, chess was popular in the Warring States period.