Chinese ancient games

board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,500 years ago

Xiangqi (; ), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is in the same family of games as shogi, janggi, Western chess, chaturanga, and Indian chess. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, this game is also a popular pastime in Vietnam, where it is known as '''''', literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or '''', literally 'King's chess'.

thumb|300px|Like most modern sets, this wooden tangram is stored in the square configuration.

Cuju or '''''ts'u-chü''''' () is an ancient Chinese football game that resembles a mix of basketball, association football (soccer), and volleyball. FIFA cites cuju as the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is documentary evidence, drawing references from a military manual from the Han dynasty.

Liubo (; Old Chinese *kruk pˤak “six sticks”) was an ancient Chinese board game for two players. The rules have largely been lost, but it is believed that each player had six game pieces that were moved around the points of a square game board that had a distinctive, symmetrical pattern. Moves were determined by the throw of six sticks, which performed the same function as dice in other race games.

thumbnail|A baguenaudier thumbnail|right|Diagrammatic representation of a four-ring baguenaudier thumbnail|right|A metal version of the puzzle Baguenaudier (; French for "time-waster"), also known as the Chinese rings, '''Cardan's suspension, Cardano's rings, Devil's needle or five pillars''' puzzle, is a disentanglement puzzle featuring a loop which must be disentangled from a sequence of rings on interlinked pillars. The loop can be either string or a rigid structure.

thumb|A court painting depicting Xuande Emperor of the Ming dynasty playing chuiwan. Coloured flags can be seen in the holes.

Fan-Tan, or fantan () is a gambling game long played in China. It is a game of pure chance.

Chinese Board Game

ancient Asian (primarily Chinese) children's board game

a seven-player variant of the game xiangqi