Mongolian chess

[Mongolian chess]

Mongolian chess, Qing Dynasty, box length 27 cm, width 27 cm
A satra is said to have been introduced into Mongolia at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. Its shape and movement are similar to chess. This kind of chess was introduced into the mainland as late as the early Qing Dynasty. The chess pieces are pictographs, with a total of 32 pieces, including two generals, two guns, four elephants, four horses, four chariots and sixteen soldiers. In the chess pieces, the knight on horseback is equivalent to a general, the lion is equivalent to a gun, the horse pulling a cart is equivalent to a car, the camel is equivalent to an elephant, the standing horse is equivalent to a horse, and the person sitting upright is equivalent to a pawn