Xiangqi(Chinese: 象棋),
or Chinese chess, is a traditional Chinese strategy board game that is related to chess.
Board games such as go(known as wéiqí in Chinese), Xiangqi, mahjong, and more recently chess,
are also played at a professional level.
Unlike the pawns in chess,
soldiers do not get promoted in Xiangqi, and those that have reached the other end of the board
may only move horizontally.
Xiangqi is a very popular game,
and you can often see the elderly having games in public parks in China, Vietnam and areas with significant overseas Chinese communities.