T’shu-P’u is a game that has been played in China for over a thousand years, and is still widely played throughout the country. T'shu-p'u uses rectangular dice, similar to the stick-dice made thousands of years ago, when early people marked the long sides of sticks and animal bones.

The game is said to have originated in west India and was brought to China during the Wei Dynasty (220-265AD). It closely resembles the Indian game Pachisi, where cowry shells are used instead of dice.

The game is played by four people in two teams. The object of the game is to race your pieces around the board and get to the middle where you can remove it from the game. If you overtake an opponent’s piece they must go back to the beginning. The first team to remove all their pieces from the board wins.