Tangram - Wooden Brain Teaser Puzzle

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Tangram - Wooden Brain Teaser Puzzle
Product Description:
The
Tangram
(also known as seven
boards of
skill, 7
Tricky
Pieces, 7
Clever
Pieces, and Chinese Puzzle)
is
a dissection puzzle consisting
of
7 flat
shapes, called
TANS
,
which are put together to form
shapes
. The objective of the puzzle is to form a specific shape (given only an outline or silhouette) using all seven
pieces (pieces may
not
overlap).
It is reputed to have been invented
in China during the Song Dynasty (
was an era of Chinese history that began in 960 and continued until 1279
), and
then carried over
to Europe
by
trading ships in the early
19
th
century
. It became very popular in Europe for a time then, and then again
during World War I. It
is one of the most popular dissection puzzles in the world
. A
Chinese psychologist has termed
the Tangram "the earliest psychological test in the world", albeit one made for entertainment rather than for analysis.
The Tangram challenges the puzzler to produce a given silhouette using all 7 pieces. We provide 45 different shape options for you to start with (download the solution) and you can find many more online.
This great Tangram version comes complete with a 20 pages Silhouette challenge booklet, that include 48 silhouette challenges and the solution.
The pieces can be stored in the wooden box with lid.
Etymology
The origin of the word
Tangram
is unclear.
The
Tan
-
' element is variously conjectured to be
Chinese.
The '-
gram
' element is apparently from Greek
.
History
The
Tangram
had already been around in China for a long time when it was first brought to America by Captain M.
Donnaldson
, on his ship,
Trader
, in 1815. When it docked in Canton, the captain was given a pair of
Tangram
books
(by author Sang-Hsia-
kois
). They
were then brought with the ship to Philadelphia, where it docked in February 1816. The first
Tangram
book to be published in America was based on the pair brought by
Donnaldson
.
The puzzle was originally popularized by
The Eighth Book Of Tan
, a fictitious history of
Tangram
, which claimed that the game was invented 4,000 years prior by a god named Tan.
The
puzzle eventually reached England, where it became very
fashionable. The
craze quickly spread to other European
countries, this
was mostly due to a pair of British
Tangram
books,
The Fashionable Chinese Puzzle
, and the accompanying solution book,
Key
. Soon,
Tangram
sets were being exported in great number from China, made of various materials, from glass, to wood, to tortoise
shell. Many
of these unusual and exquisite
Tangram
sets made their way
to Denmark.
Danish interest in
Tangrams
skyrocketed around 1818, when two books on the puzzle were
published. The
first of these was
Mandarinen
(About the Chinese Game). This was written by a student
at Copenhagen University, which
was a non-fictional work about the history and popularity of
Tangrams
. The second,
Det
nye
chinesiske
Gaadespil
(The new Chinese Puzzle Game), consisted of 339 puzzles copied from
The Eighth Book of Tan
, as well as one
original. One
contributing factor in the popularity of the game in Europe was that although
the Catholic Church forbade
many forms of recreation on the
Sabbath
, they made no objection to puzzle games such as the
Tangram
.
Tangrams
were first introduced to the German public by
industrialist Friedrich Adolf Richter around 1891. The sets
were made out of
stone, and
marketed under the name "The Anchor
Puzzle. More
internationally, the First World War saw a great resurgence of interest in
Tangrams
, on the
homefront
and trenches of both sides. During this time, it occasionally went under the name of "
The Sphinx"
an alternative title for the "Anchor Puzzle"
sets.
Great gift for kids and adults of all ages. Ultimate fun game for the entire family.
Approximate Diamentions:
5.0" x 5.0" x 1.0"
Difficulty Level (1-5):
4 Hard
Comes complete with a 20 pages Silhouette challenge booklet
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