Editing Xiangqi (section)

==Board==
[[File:Xiangqi board.svg|thumb|Xiangqi board]]
Xiangqi is played on a board nine lines wide and ten lines long. As in the game [[Go (game)|Go]] ({{Lang|zh|围棋}}; ''or Wéi qí'' {{Lang|zh-hant|圍棋}}), the pieces are placed on the intersections, which are known as ''points''. The vertical lines are known as ''files'' ({{CJKV|c=路|p=lù|l=road}}), and the horizontal lines are known as ''ranks'' ({{CJKV|s=|p=xiàn|l=line|c=線/綫}}).

Centred at the first to third and eighth to tenth ranks of the board are two zones, each three points by three points, demarcated by two diagonal lines connecting opposite corners and intersecting at the centre point. Each of these areas is known as {{Lang|zh-hant|宮}} {{Audio|zh-gong1.ogg|''gōng''|help=no}}, a palace.

Dividing the two opposing sides, between the fifth and sixth ranks, is {{Lang|zh-hant|河}} ''hé'', the "river". The river is usually marked with the phrases {{Lang|zh-hant|楚河}} {{Audio|zh-chu3he2.ogg|''chǔ hé''|help=no}}, meaning "River of the [[Chu (state)|Chu]]", and {{Lang|zh-hant|漢界}} {{Audio|zh-han4jie4.ogg|''hàn jiè''|help=no}}, meaning "Border of the [[Han dynasty|Han]]", a reference to the [[Chu–Han Contention|Chu–Han War]]. Although the river (or ''Hanchu boundary'') provides a visual division between the two sides, only two pieces are affected by its presence: soldiers have an enhanced move after crossing the river, and elephants cannot cross it. The starting points of the soldiers and cannons are usually, but not always, marked with small crosses.