The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
2. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Tibet
Jiangxi
Gansu
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
3. In which province are these famous mountains?
Xinjiang
Jiangsu
Anhui
Shandong
A notable attraction of Anhui is scenic Huangshan (Yellow Mountains) in the south, a very popular mountain range to climb for Chinese as well as foreign visitors.
4. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Guangxi
Ningxia
Gansu
Anhui
The famous bronze sculpture found at the Leitai Tomb of Eastern Han Dynasty date has the horse stepping on a flying swallow to further emphasize its speed and grace.
5. This building is associated with which religion?
Christianity
Islam
Confucianism
Daoism
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
6. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
2006
1994
2014
1990
The dam is not the largest in the world, but it is the largest hydro-electric power station capable of generating 18,300MW of power.
7. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anji Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Anping Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
8. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Tai'an
Nanchang
Chengdu
Nanning
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
9. In which province can you find this historic village?
Liaoning
Anhui
Guangdong
Hebei
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
10. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Fujian
Guangxi
Shandong
Liaoning
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
11. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Wen Chang
Zhuge Liang
Xi Wangmu
Lu Ban
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
12. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Shandong
Sichuan
Gansu
Liaoning
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
13. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Ji Gong
Da Fo
Guanyin
Mi Le Fo
The Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, Guanyin, listens to any who will seek her help. The statues often have many (sometimes a thousand) eyes and arms apparently because the order describing the desired form was misheard.
14. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
paifang
jianzhu
siheyuan
yamen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
15. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Qin
Northern Song
Tang
Yuan
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
16. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
ancestor worship
containing herbs
applying to skin
making tea
Cupping is a technique where a jar is filled with heated air and then sealed tight against the skin. The cooling air causes the skin to be forced up into the cup. It is supposed to work by drawing diseases out of the body.
17. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Cowardice
Bravery
Evil intent
Gallantry
Black; blue; green; red and yellow make-up all help an audience distinguish the characters in a Chinese Opera. White usually identifies the bad guys.
Advanced level picture quiz all about China.
