The famous White Dagoba stands in Beihai Park and was built in the Mongol dynasty.
2. Which muscial instrument is this man playing?
dizi
erhu
suona
Erhu is a two stringed violin with the bow string between the two strings. 二胡 èr hú means literally 'two' 'fiddle'. There is a less common instrument with four strings 'sihu'.
3. Where might you find this European style building?
Macau
Guangzhou
Xiamen
The old part of Macau has a number of buildings of colonial Portuguese design including the church of Sao Lourenco.
4. Where is this famous pagoda?
Xi'an
Beijing
Hangzhou
It is the Great Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’an that was built to house the Buddhist scriptures brought back to China by Xuanzang.
5. This lovely pristine beach is located where?
Weihei , Shandong
Beihai, Guangxi
Sanya, Hainan
Hainan island is famous as a semi-tropical beach resort.
6. In the pastures of Xinjiang sheep are grazing. What is the name of the type of building used by the herdsmen?
tupiq
igloo
yurt
The yurt is made from layers of felt draped over a wooden framework. It can be very quickly moved to another location as the herdsmen follow their flocks.
7. This striking church can be seen in which Chinese city?
Beijing
Urumqi
Harbin
The Russian influence in the province of Heilongjiang is quite pronounced reflecting years of Russian domination in the early 20th century. The "onion" domes of the Cathedral of Saint-Sophia, Harbin is a striking example.
8. Which game are these men playing?
xiangqi
chequers
kerplunk
Chinese chess象棋 xiàng qí is played with discs on which characters are inscribed so can look like chequers from a distance.
The view is from “The Peak” on Hong Kong island looking over Victoria to Kowloon.
10. Why are there nine mythical beasts behind the 'man on a hen' on this roof?
the orginal nine provinces
ninth Imperial dynasty
nine was the Imperial number
Yellow roof tiles can only be used for Imperial buildings as yellow was the dynastic color of the Qing dynasty. As three is a potent yang number the square of 3, nine, is an even more potent yang number. It was associated with the Emperor and many things in the Forbidden City are in nines.
Glazed animal sculptures on the palace roof of the Forbidden City, Beijing
11. This building is known by which name?
Central Cultural Museum
Great Hall of the People
Natural History Museum
Every province has its own internal hall within the ‘Great Hall of the People’. It lies on the west side of Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
12. These ruins are part of which Imperial building?
Temple of Heaven
Old Summer Palace
Forbidden City
The style of the stone ornamentation of the Old Summer Palace shows that it was designed by European architects (mainly Jesuits) working for the Qing Emperors.
13. In which month might you expect to see this watery spectacle?
June
April
September
The Dragon boat festival falls on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese calendar. This varies in date on the Gregorian calendar but normally falls in June but in some years it can be in late May.
14. This is a memorial hall to which important figure in Chinese history?
Chiang Kaishek
Yuan Shikai
Sun Yatsen
The Sun Yatsen memorial hall is in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; the province where he was born.
15. These objects are associated with which religion?
Buddhism
Communism
Confucianism
This form of stupa which often contains sacred Buddhist relics is common in Tibet, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia.
16. Where might you find this famous building?
Xining
Lhasa
Kunming
The Potala palace in Lhasa is the winter palace of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
17. Why is this creature so important in Chinese history?
eats rice pests
producing silk
carries the Black Death
It is the caterpillar of the silkworm moth that spins a silk cocoon. It is usually fed on white mulberry leaves.
18. Where can you find this famous building?
Forbidden City, Shenyang
Forbidden City, Beijing
Temple of Heaven, Beijing
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests within the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) complex, Beijing.
19. This demonstration of Kung Fu is primarily associated with which place?
Shaolin monastery
Taishan
Wudan monastery
The world famous Shaolin monastery (literally ‘Small Forest Temple’) is close to Songshan in Henan; it was immortalized by the ‘Kung Fu’ series of the 1970s. It is a Zen Buddhist temple and dates back to the Wei dynasty.
Do you recongize these places in China?
