Chinese Go
1 min readGo is an important board game with origins in China from more than 4，000years ago.
It was introduced to the Korean peninsula and Japan over 1，000 years ago，and has since become a favorite pastime of many people there.Today，go ill serves as a means of cultural exchange between the peoples of china，Japan and Korea，as they engage in numerous tournaments every year Go is not only a competitive event but also a game of entertainment In the old days，literati would usually have a set of go pieces on their desks.
When a friend came around，both host and guest would enjoy a game of go，along with fine wine，as described in the following lines of poetry：”Enjoy a pot of fragrant teatill sunset，/Play a game of go till year-end.In countryside and towns of old，apair of go players in an open space would often attract an attentive crowd，with the onlookers enjoying the game no less than the players
