Elementary students become human chess pieces for competition warm-up

Elementary students become human chess pieces for competition warm-up

2026-03-04

Qipan means chessboard in Chinese, and for four years running, Qipan棋盤 Village in Yunlin’s Gukeng Township has been hosting a national Chinese chess competition. To promote the village’s namesake competition, students at a local elementary school created a life-sized chessboard. With the trademark round characters emblazoned on their shirts, students stood in for the pieces as they played out a live game called by their teachers.

Elementary students standing in as human chess pieces move across the board according to their teachers’ instructions.

Sometimes they move to the wrong spot. Other times, they can’t help but crack up when facing down one of their classmates. Once they’re knocked out, they leave the board. The rules are the same as regular Chinese chess, only these are life-sized pieces. The exercise gives the kids a feel for the game.

The reason these students at Qishan Elementary are acting out a match is to promote the annual chess competition hosted by Qipan Village in Yunlin’s Gukeng Township.

Lin Hui-ju
Gukeng Township Mayor
It exercises the mind while keeping kids off their phones. It’s a good activity.

Liu Chien-kuo
Legislator (DPP)
Anyone who likes playing Chinese chess, Western chess, Go, should come to Qipan Village for thoughtful discussions and friendly matches. For this, Qipan in Gukeng Township has an important role to play.

The school’s chess instructor returned to his alma mater to teach in the hopes of cultivating the skill among the younger generation.

Peng Mu-kuei
Qishan Elementary chess instructor
Chess is a very positive, intellectually stimulating game. I’ve been promoting chess programs at Qishan Elementary for many years now, laying the foundations for its development.

Real-life chess gives these kids a chance to step away from their phones and into an intellectually stimulating game, while also serving as an exciting warm-up for the competition in April.

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棋盤村辦象棋公開賽! 小學生化身"真人象棋"為比賽暖身

2026-03-04

為了發揚在地文化，雲林古坑棋盤村，連續四年舉辦棋盤杯全國象棋公開賽，今年為了宣傳，當地棋山國小的學童，穿上掛有象棋文字的衣服，在大型棋盤場地上，上演一場"真人象棋實境秀"，小朋友扮演棋子，根據老師指令移動，場面逗趣。

小朋友們，化身"真人版象棋"，聽從老師指令，在棋盤上走棋。

小朋友有時走錯，有時和對方面對面，忍不住偷笑，當被"吃掉"就要離場，規則其實就和平常下棋一樣，只是變成"象棋實境秀"，反倒讓小朋友，更有參與感。

雲林古坑棋盤村，棋山國小的學生扮演成棋子，為的就是宣傳，當地每年都會舉辦的棋盤杯全國象棋比賽。

[[古坑鄉長林慧如]]
“腦力的訓練，然後也讓孩子不要再看手機，一個很好的方式”

[[立委(民) 劉建國]]
“喜歡象棋，西洋棋，圍棋的，都應該來棋盤，好好的來論棋，比棋，所以古坑鄉的棋盤村，扮演著非常重要的一個位置”

而學校指導老師，正好就是棋山國小校友，希望能將棋藝，向下扎根。

[[棋山國小象棋社指導老師彭木桂]]
“象棋是一個非常正面益智休閒活動，所以我已經到棋山國小，往下扎根，積極推廣象棋活動已經滿多年了”

真人象棋，讓小朋友遠離3C，腦力激盪，也替接下來4月，真正要上演的決賽，做了暖身和最好宣傳。

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