Why is chess far less popular in China than other kinds of chess?

And in China? Chinese chess and Weiqi and other chess projects in their own country, as many as dazzling, but also have a very solid and long history and foundation, with cultural attributes of course there is a natural sense of belonging, and chess is foreign, not everything is "foreign monks can chant", and although chess is easy to learn but difficult to master, rules are particularly many:

Of all the traditional chess games that are still popular today, chess is arguably the most rule-based and complex (please note: it means "rules" and not "changes of the board"). A lot of explanatory words, I am afraid that many people who want to learn chess were defeated at once. This is a great pity.

Why are there so many long rules in chess? This is probably closely related to the size of its chessboard. Japanese Shogi has 81 (9x9) positions, Chinese chess has 90 (9x10) positions, but chess has only 64 (8x8) positions. And it has the same pieces as Chinese chess, with 32 pieces. The same number of pieces crowded in the small chessboard, inevitably need more rules to regulate, contain, otherwise the opening you step on me, I step on you, immediately chaos.

So, the biggest drawback of chess is that there are too many rules, but considering the size of the board, this is also necessary. However, the advantage of a small chessboard is that it is easier to overview the overall situation, and the pieces contain each other, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack at the beginning, and the novice faces less pressure to attack. More time to get into the situation. In contrast, Chinese chess, which has the most chess positions, is much simpler in terms of rules and is an easy game to learn. However, the Chinese chess board is larger, the pieces have more gaps between each other, less diversionnaires, and the protective net is incomplete, so novices must be on the defensive at the beginning, and there is more pressure to be attacked at the beginning.