![xiangqi - Enact your own Chinese battle. [ATTDT]](https://www.attdt.com/pics/xiangqi.jpg)
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1 hour - all day On this day in 1644, an estimated 200,000 soldiers assembled at the eastern end of the Great Wall of China for the Battle of Shanhai Pass, which resulted in the fall of the Ming dynasty in China. Take command of your own great Chinese battle with Xiangqi, a Chinese game similar to Western chess. Read the rules here, and then play online.
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