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Ingenious Pieces
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Jon Carroll, San Francisco Chronicle, 07/15/08
When I was in my 20s, I was given a Chinese puzzle box. It was a lovely object, smooth and elegant and wonderful to touch. It was also an elegant puzzle. The instructions: “Open the box.” Three words. The solution involved thinking (including some sideways thinking) and fooling around. I gather that’s what all science is about - sideways thinking and fooling around.
The idea, I guess, was that one could keep one’s valuables in the box because a thief would find it impossible to open. (A thief could just steal the whole box and break it open with a hammer, but that would disturb the serenity of the universe.) I didn’t keep my valuables there because I could never quite remember how to open the box. Spatial relationships are not my thing. Read More »
中華文化中心舉行展品150件 中國傳統益智遊戲展
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
( 本報記者黃偉江三藩市報道 )
七 巧板、九連環、華容道、公道杯、倒流壺、益智圖、魯班鎖等共150款中國傳統益智遊戲穿越時空,7月22日至10月11日在舊金山中華文化中心畫廊(乾尼街750號)向公眾展示。
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主辦機構中華文化中心項目經理陳暢介紹,和歷史悠久的中國的藝術,文化和科學一樣,益智遊戲在中國也流傳已久。許多中國的傳統益智遊戲也是智慧和藝術的傑作。「Puzzles」在中國叫做益智遊戲。自古以來,從平民到宮廷,益智遊戲都深受男女老少的喜愛。 Read More »
全球首個中國傳統益智遊戲展舊金山開幕
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
【国际日報舊金山報導】(記者劉藝霖)在中國起碼有7000年歷史的九連環、七巧版、魯班鎖以及近代的華容道等傳統民間益智遊戲首次被廣泛搜集、系統整理成為一個以「中國益智遊戲」為主題的展覽會,地點是舊金山中華文化中心畫廊,公開讓中西市民瞭解、嘗試、探索富於中國傳統文化特色、民俗特色又充滿科學原理、人生哲理的藝術與智慧結晶品。
中國傳統益智遊戲展覽會的誕生全賴一對益智遊戲愛好者張衛和雷彼得的熱心、恒心及善心。出生在新疆的張衛小時候就已經被九連環遊戲深深吸引,此愛好一直伴隨著她。雷彼得學的是數學,尤其對充滿數學原理的益智遊戲感興趣。 Read More »
