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A crossed square at each end of the board.
Also known as: Fortress marking, Nine point palace
The diagonally crossed square at each end of a xiangqi board within which the general and advisors must remain.
Bounds the nine points within which the general and advisors must remain.
Contexts: History
Carries the only diagonals drawn on the board, and they exist because the advisor moves along them, so the marking draws the movement it permits.
Contexts: History
A square of nine points with both diagonals drawn across it, the diagonals appearing nowhere else on the board.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.