Chess table

Chess table in the meeting room of the Yue Shan Society. Chinese chess, also called Xiangqi, is a board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in China, and is in the same family as international chess, chaturanga, shogi, Indian chess and janggi. Ash tray for smokers on the corner of the table. Photo taken on June 17, 2011.

In Collection:

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Subject

• Chinese chess
• Chinese
• Yue Shan Society (Victoria, B.C.)

Identifier

• IMG_2102

Date created

• June 17, 2011

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Extent

• 1 colour photograph

Geographic coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria--Chinatown
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.4294, -123.3679
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Physical repository

• Yang, Charles

Collection

• Victoria’s Chinatown, a gateway to the past and present of Chinese Canadians

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• color photographs
• photographs

Is referenced by

• Victoria's Chinatown Project Website: https://chinatown.library.uvic.ca/index.html

Date digitized

• 2012

Technical note

• Cataloguing metadata provided by MH. Migration metadata by MT.

Rights

• These images are provided for research use only. These images are provided with the consent of the Yue Shan Society and cannot be reproduced or copied without permission. For more information, contact Dr. Zhongping Chen at zhchen@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/2x99-yp35

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