Games

By Wong Hui Choo

 Chinese Yo-yo
• One of the popular games in China
• shaped like two disks connected by an
axle and is spun by a string wound around
its center and by pushing and pulling on
the string by moving two sticks
• very popular and has many regional
nicknames
• 空钟 ( kōngzhōng) or hollow bell,
Xianghuang 响簧, Cheling 扯铃 means "pull
bell.“
• traditional bamboo kongzhu
• plastic versions can spin faster, don't
break, and aren't bothered by a little rain.
 Chinese Jianzi
• traditional Asian game in which players aim to
keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air using
mostly their feet and other parts of the body
except the hands.
• the objective to keep the shuttle in the air and
show off skills.
• usually played among a circle of players in a
street or park.
• light-weight and pocket-sized, making it a perfect
form of instant mobile entertainment in pre-
digital times.
 Chinese Mahjong
• card game for four players that originated in
China
• involves skill, strategy, and calculation, as
well as a certain degree of chance
• popularly played as a gambling game
• have different rules and different variations
of mahjong
• A standard set has the tiles such as Circles,
Bamboos, Characters, Winds, Dragons,
Flowers and Seasons
 Chinese Xiangqi
• called Chinese chess, is a strategy board game for
two players
• one of the most popular board games in China
• represents a battle between two armies, with the
object of capturing the enemy's general (king)
• distinctive features of xiangqi include the cannon
(pao), which must jump to capture, a rule
prohibiting the generals from facing each other
directly; areas on the board called the river and
palace, which restrict the movement of some
pieces and placement of the pieces on the
intersections of the board lines, rather than within
the squares.
• has a long history and a strong bond to Chinese
culture
• the setting of the game reflects the social
hierarchy system in ancient China