Body: <p>There's a 象棋 board on one of the platforms of Beijing's <a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E5%9B%9B%E7%AB%99" rel="nofollow noreferrer">东四 subway station</a>; I took some photos of it:</p>
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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Ptq94.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Ptq94.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
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  <p>I tried my best to get decent photos of it, but it's hard to get the angle right, and there's lots of people at the subway.  Wikipedia has this photo:</p>
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  <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Dongsi_Station_Platform_%28Line_5%29_20170902.jpg">
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  <p>I'm wondering if this position is of any significance.</p>
  <p><strong>Question</strong>: Does the Chinese chess (xiangqi) board at Beijing's 东四 subway station have any significance?</p>
  <p>The <a href="https://www.bjsubway.com/station/xltwhq/line5/ds/1.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Beijing subway website</a> says:</p>
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  <p>《象棋残局》<br />
  采用中国象棋的残局进行地面铺装，通过不同颜色的大理石铺设了一盘超大的象棋棋盘，从一个侧面表现了老北京人的市井文化生活。</p>
  <p>The Endgame of XiangQi<br />
  By paving the ground in the patterns of Chinese chess endgame, a large Chinese chess board is laid through marbles of different colors to symbolize the cultural life of the Beijingers.</p>
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  <p>This doesn't help me identify the position.  E.g. maybe it's from some famous game, or arose between famous players.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Can you give the board position using Forsyth notation? I'm not sure whether you are still in Beijing and could take a pencil and piece of paper to the site. Or maybe you can read the position from your photos? Also you may have a better chance of receiving an answer to the question if you post it to the Stack Exchange subsite for the Chinese language. I know the question isn't about the Chinese language, but I'd hope it wouldn't be disallowed by company staff or helpers, given the likely interest there. (A large part of the Chinese population can play xiangqi.) Great question!
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Title: Does the Chinese chess (xiangqi) board at Beijing's 东四 subway station have any significance?
ThreadText: # Does the Chinese chess (xiangqi) board at Beijing's 东四 subway station have any significance?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-30)
  
  There's a 象棋 board on one of the platforms of Beijing's [东四 subway station](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%9C%E5%9B%9B%E7%AB%99); I took some photos of it:
  
  > [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Ptq94.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Ptq94.jpg)
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  > [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/k0OKf.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/k0OKf.jpg)
  
  I tried my best to get decent photos of it, but it's hard to get the angle right, and there's lots of people at the subway. Wikipedia has this photo:
  
  > ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Dongsi_Station_Platform_%28Line_5%29_20170902.jpg)
  
  I'm wondering if this position is of any significance.
  
  **Question**: Does the Chinese chess (xiangqi) board at Beijing's 东四 subway station have any significance?
  
  The [Beijing subway website](https://www.bjsubway.com/station/xltwhq/line5/ds/1.html) says:
  
  > 《象棋残局》  
  > 采用中国象棋的残局进行地面铺装，通过不同颜色的大理石铺设了一盘超大的象棋棋盘，从一个侧面表现了老北京人的市井文化生活。
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  > The Endgame of XiangQi  
  > By paving the ground in the patterns of Chinese chess endgame, a large Chinese chess board is laid through marbles of different colors to symbolize the cultural life of the Beijingers.
  
  This doesn't help me identify the position. E.g. maybe it's from some famous game, or arose between famous players.
  
  **Tags:** identify-this, xiangqi
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I appreciate your efforts for putting this great information in this platform. Will wait for incoming answers..  
  > **username_2**: The position is very unusual. I'd be surprised if it's from some famous game.  
  > **username_3**: Can you give the board position using Forsyth notation? I'm not sure whether you are still in Beijing and could take a pencil and piece of paper to the site. Or maybe you can read the position from your photos? Also you may have a better chance of receiving an answer to the question if you post it to the Stack Exchange subsite for the Chinese language. I know the question isn't about the Chinese language, but I'd hope it wouldn't be disallowed by company staff or helpers, given the likely interest there. (A large part of the Chinese population can play xiangqi.) Great question!  
  
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