The origin of folk chess

When it comes to chess, people may habitually think of Go and Chess, which are more popular and often have formal competitions. The worst is the well-known and popular chess with many players, such as flying chess, checkers, military chess, golden cicada chess, camel chess, continuous chess and containment chess, which are very classic and have a long history. However, the "folk chess" mentioned here does not refer to these, but to some "local chess" that has been circulated among the people for many years (children usually play much, and adults often play after traveling or working or after retirement).

These "folk chess" are hardly recorded in books, and the rules are not written in black and white. For many years, they have been quietly circulated among the people. Although everyone can play, children can't tell when they learned it from whom. Therefore, their inheritance is also word of mouth, from generation to generation, and has been passed down to the present. Because they are only popular among the people, it is impossible to verify when they originated and who invented them.

One advantage of playing this kind of chess is that you don't need to spend money to buy special chess tools such as chessboards, and their chessboards are easy to use local materials. In the old society, there were few expensive chess sets such as chess and checkers in rural families, not to mention relatively expensive chess sets such as Go. So at that time, most rural children liked to play this kind of chess that could be played anytime and anywhere without spending money.

Because this kind of chess doesn't need fixed chessboards and pieces, players don't need to bring chessboards and pieces when playing this kind of chess. When you want to play, you can find a small piece of land everywhere, either on a big stone or underground. Two people will sit on the opposite floor, carve the ground into a chessboard, and then find some small stones or tiles as chess pieces, so they can play happily.

What are these folk chess games like?