Paper Tangram Chinese Puzzle Pattern Color Book Printables for Children
The Tangram Chinese puzzle is a dissection puzzle game. The name "Tangram" was coined in 1848 by Thomas Hill, in the pamphlet "Puzzles to Teach Geometry."
The earliest known book about the Chinese puzzle is dated 1813, but it is generally believed the game is much older than the first publication which took place during the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor of China.
Early pieces of Chinese tangram game sets ranged from simple wooden blocks to intricately decorated and carved pieces out of ivory and jade.
The game quickly became popular in Europe and America and remains popular to this day.
The original and traditional Tangram game consists of 1 large square divided into seven distinct parts:
These 7 pieces (or tans) are then arranged into one recognizable shape at a time positioned in various positions such as running, flying, sitting, etc:
One tangram puzzle can produce many different shapes simply by rearranging the pieces randomly until a recognizable shape appears. Of course none of the tans may overlap and all must touch each other in some fashion.
The possible themes and combinations of tangram shapes can include:
A typical tangram solution may be seen here: Tangram running man.
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