There is a lovely park in the middle of downtown Shanghai called Guangqi Park. Guangqi Xu was a famous scholar, and he was born to a poor farming family in Shanghai in 1562. His father was somehow able to pay for his son to go to school, and at the age of 19,...
If you are ever in China and you see a group gathered in the park, or an area near a store, you may ask yourself what they are doing. Well, chances are they are enjoying some company, and playing “Xiangqi.” Apparently, a nice, quiet, shady area in a park works very...