Janggi; Korean chess, Our People’s Excellent Folk Game

Janggi; Korean chess is a game where two people sitting together, contend for victory, moving various pieces alternately in the chessboard.

When separating chess pieces for playing, it is custom for an older person to take the red side and for the younger to take the blue side. Before starting chess, players arrange their pieces on each side, which is called lineup.

Players use their pieces alternately, and catch opponent pieces in different ways. Then when a promising player moves his pieces to the place where he can catch the opponent’s "king" at last, he shouts "Janghun". Each piece moves according to the prescribed rules.

Chess is not only a good game of competing wisdom due to its attribute that fosters thinking faculty, but also a folk and intellectual game that relieves the mental and physical fatigue and makes people enjoy their cultural and emotional life.