What are the benefits of learning Go for children?

Go is a skill with a very long history in our country and is very popular among people. Because of the influence of China, Go is loved by many people in East Asian countries. Go is a sport with clear competition and requires people to engage in mental activities. Therefore, if you want to play Go well, you need to start from a very young age. Therefore, it is loved by many people. In our country, there are many children learning Go. Do you know what are the benefits of children learning Go?

1. Develop intelligence. Go is an intellectual sport, and each move requires a lot of calculation and judgment before it can be made. Once you make a thoughtless move, the balance of victory and defeat will be tilted. This is what is called "one wrong move, and the whole game is lost." Therefore, playing Go can effectively help children develop good habits of using their brains and thinking hard.

2. Cultivate sentiment. Go is an elegant sport. The profound philosophical theories and unique cultural connotations of Go will unconsciously influence children's outlook on life and world view.

3. It helps children concentrate. The Go board is always full of intense battles and you can never relax at any time. Every move of the opponent must be carefully evaluated and judged before a correct response can be made. Therefore, playing Go is extremely helpful for children to concentrate.

4. Cultivate children's ability to think independently and solve problems independently. Facing a strong opponent, every move may be difficult. Children must learn to ask questions independently without any support and then solve disputes on the chessboard independently. Therefore, playing Go can effectively cultivate children's ability to think independently and solve problems independently.

5. Frustration education for children. In the world of Go where victory and defeat are at stake, let children experience joy in victory and pain in defeat. Every failure is a setback. Only those who can withstand setbacks can become masters.

6. Cultivate children's communication skills. Go is also known as "hand talk", which means that the two players can communicate with each other mentally by using the chess pieces held in their hands on the chessboard instead of language. Playing chess with an opponent is actually using Go to achieve communication between people.

What are the benefits of children learning Go? After reading the introduction above, I believe everyone has already understood that Go plays a very important role for people. We often talk about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, which shows that Go plays a very important role for people. In ancient times, only those who can play chess can be called gentlemen. Chess plays a very important role in expanding children's thinking. Therefore, there are many benefits to letting your children practice Go more.