How to choose a son-in-law After going through many adaptations, modern Chinese chess (xiangqi) is basically the same as the game that evolved in the Northern Song dynasty. It was then that key rules were formalized, including a playing board of 10 rows by 9 rows, the division of the board by a river boundary, the set of 32 pieces, and the confinement of the field marshal to the nine-hall palace.
下棋選女婿棋戲在中國，種類繁多，變化萬千，經過象戲、七國象戲等形制，象棋總算在北宋大功告成，逐步完成棋盤縱十路，橫九路，河界分明，三十二子，將帥行走於九宮內的遊戲規則。