Ancient Tibetan Chessboard Discovered in Sichuan

A Tibetan chessboard dating back to the Tibetan Tubo Kingdom more than 1，000 years ago， has been discovered in southwest Chinas Sichuan Province.

The chessboard was carved on a huge rock， located around 30 km away from Garze County.

It said the ancient chess game was once very popular among Tibetan upper classes. Different from the western chessboard， the Tibetan board， though has a square shape， its side was divided into ten parts， resulting in a total of 100 squares. The side of each square is around 2.5 centimeters.

○四川發(fā)現(xiàn)古藏棋盤

中國西南部的四川省發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個藏棋棋盤，其歷史可以追溯到1000多年前的吐蕃王國。

棋盤是刻在距甘孜縣30公里的一塊巨大巖石上的。

據(jù)說古代藏棋曾在藏族上層非常流行。藏棋棋盤不同于西方的棋盤，雖然是方形的，但它的縱橫各十道線，共有100格。每個正方形的邊長約為2.5厘米。