棋戏，是中国体育古代体育活动的重要内容，包括围棋、象棋、六博棋、双陆棋等形式。几千年来，它既娱乐着世世代代的民众，开启着人们的智慧，同时又满足了人类的竞争心理。这些内容丰富、形式多样的棋戏，是富有浓郁民族特色的传统体育活动。
Chess Games
A variety of chess games have come down from generation to generation since ancient times, the most popular being weiqi (also known as “go” internationally) and xiangqi (or Chinese-style chess). Characterized by keen competition among the contestants like all sports and games, they help the players improving their intelligence.
这是由十多片石板拼连而成的六博棋棋局，其四周边缘雕饰涡纹，局面曲道周围雕以各种兽形图案，是目前我国较早的六博局实物资料。
Six-piece Chess board in the Warring States Period (475-221B.C.), made of slabs carved in a motif of waves and animals. Unearthed in 1976 in Pingshan County, Hebei Province.
画中弈棋女正在认真布子，反映出弈棋在当时已成为相当流行的娱乐活动形式。
A painting on silk in the Tang Dynasty showing a woman at a weiqi game, excavated in 1972 in Turpan, xinjiang.
Temple mural of Chess games
A painting of chess game by Wenju Zhou
Painting of a women watching at the chess table, Qing Dynasty