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Hero - the movie
Keywords: Culture & History
The first part of the movie is made in the shades of grey and water. The traditional Chinese art of this part is a game translated as chess. The game was played on a gigantic board with stones the size of saucer that were put on the board with a large fork. The whole board is not shown but it is safe to assume that the game was weiqi. jvt: The boards seem to be 8x8. The stones are played in the center of large squares. An empty square in the middle has no visible use.
HolIgor: Probably this is some other game. Does anybody know what? MK I guess it is gomoku - five in a row. But the board seems small for it. Niklaus: The context of the scene where this game is played strongly suggest to me that the game is indeed weiqi. Such as the old man playing the qin, the musical instrument that was one part of the four arts every educated Chinese was trained in (qinqishuhua 琴棋书画: the qin, weiqi, calligraphy and painting), weiqi being another, and the whole following fight being fought in the minds of the two contenders, only delivering the decisive blow in reality. I guess the director was just more interested in style over realism (what other reason might the be for using those strange forks?), so that the game looks strange to the experienced weiqi player. This is a copy of the living page "Hero - the movie" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |