The board on which the game of xiangqi (Chinese chess) is played is called "chessboard". It is a rectangular board that is 9 lines wide by 10 lines long, with a total of 90 crossing points. The pieces are placed on the crossing points. The central area with no vertical lines, i.e. the blank part between the fifth and sixth horizontal lines on the board, is called "the river". The square area with two diagonal lines connecting opposite corners and intersecting at the center point is called "jiu gong"(literally meaning "nine palaces or fortresses", for there happens to be nine crossing points). "Jiu gong" is between the fourth and sixth vertical lines of the board. 

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