Some years ago, I got myself a very nice xiangqi set with chunky ebony pieces, and, quite recently, a similar set with bamboo pieces. One set with very dark pieces, one set with very light pieces .... I regularly see a set with rosewood pieces on-line; rosewood would fit nicely between ebony and bamboo, but these sets are always with asking prices which are way above what I'm willing to spend on a xiangqi set (no matter how nice it is).
Until I saw a rosewood set on Temu, for very little (shipping was included; it was just shipped over land, so it took quite a while to reach me, but I wasn't in any rush). Finally, I could scratch that proverbial itch!
The rosewood set came in the same case as the other two.






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