Comments on: Huge Go Board in Ancient Fenghuang City http://www.361points.com/blog/2009/10/30/huge-go-board-in-ancient-fenghuang-city/ Saying `just one game' they began to play . . . That was yesterday. Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:12:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hendon Harris http://www.361points.com/blog/2009/10/30/huge-go-board-in-ancient-fenghuang-city/comment-page-1/#comment-64881 Hendon Harris Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:36:59 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/?p=297#comment-64881 Thank you for this excellent and interesting posting. This board may be the world's largest "operating" go board but it may not be the largest. I believe that title belongs to the John Fairbairn Ancient Go Board in Alberta Canada just south of Burnstick Lake. That ancient board which is 17 lines by 17 lines covers an area of 2 miles by 2miles. Thats 2560 acres! The board has 256 squares of 10 acres each. The grid is colored in alternating and contrasting light and dark green squares. There is no possible argument to suggest that this is a natural formation. Joseph Needham the highly respected Sinologist has written extensively regarding the ancient Chinese use of the quantitative rectangular grid system, chess board patterns and the use of these patterns in divination (fortune telling) and land measuring. What is this doing in North America? For the answer to that question you can google "hendon's geoglyphs" or go to my blog chinesediscoveramerica.com . Thank you for this excellent and interesting posting. This board may be
the world’s largest “operating” go board but it may not be the largest. I
believe that title belongs to the John Fairbairn Ancient Go Board in Alberta Canada just south of Burnstick Lake. That ancient board which
is 17 lines by 17 lines covers an area of 2 miles by 2miles. Thats 2560
acres! The board has 256 squares of 10 acres each. The grid is colored
in alternating and contrasting light and dark green squares. There is no possible argument to suggest that this is a natural formation. Joseph Needham the highly respected Sinologist has written extensively regarding the ancient Chinese use of the quantitative rectangular grid
system, chess board patterns and the use of these patterns in divination
(fortune telling) and land measuring. What is this doing in North America? For the answer to that question you can google “hendon’s
geoglyphs” or go to my blog chinesediscoveramerica.com .

]]> By: Sorin http://www.361points.com/blog/2009/10/30/huge-go-board-in-ancient-fenghuang-city/comment-page-1/#comment-33581 Sorin Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:20:15 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/?p=297#comment-33581 Jeff, you may find more information from the links I listed in the end ("Photo sources ....") but you need someone to translate from Korean. It looks like a public event, and I would like myself to attend :-) but I don't know more than this, sorry... Jeff, you may find more information from the links I listed in the end (”Photo sources ….”) but you need someone to translate from Korean.

It looks like a public event, and I would like myself to attend :-) but I don’t know more than this, sorry…

]]> By: Jeff Elser http://www.361points.com/blog/2009/10/30/huge-go-board-in-ancient-fenghuang-city/comment-page-1/#comment-33580 Jeff Elser Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:13:24 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/?p=297#comment-33580 This looks like a pretty cool event. From one of the pics, it looks like it's open to spectators. Do you happen to know where I could find information on attending? Also, great post! Thanks for sharing this. This looks like a pretty cool event. From one of the pics, it looks like it’s open to spectators. Do you happen to know where I could find information on attending?

Also, great post! Thanks for sharing this.

]]> By: Pat Ridley http://www.361points.com/blog/2009/10/30/huge-go-board-in-ancient-fenghuang-city/comment-page-1/#comment-32172 Pat Ridley Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:54:40 +0000 http://www.361points.com/blog/?p=297#comment-32172 Great! Thanks for posting this. Great! Thanks for posting this.

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