1. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Henan
Tibet
Gansu
Jiangxi
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
2. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Guangxi
Fujian
Liaoning
Shandong
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
3. In which province are these famous mountains?
Anhui
Guangxi
Jilin
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 sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Sui
Tang
Northern Song
Ming
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
5. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
2014
1998
2006
2000
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.
6. What were these ancient objects used for?
sacrifice
agriculture
money
game pieces
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
7. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
yamen
jianzhu
paifang
siheyuan
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
8. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Sichuan
Fujian
Yunnan
Guangdong
The Buddhist stupas of Yunnan are similar to those of neighboring Thailand and Burma. It is in an area of the Dai minority people.
9. In which province can you find this historic village?
Liaoning
Shandong
Anhui
Guangdong
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
10. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Shou
Yu
Mazu
Lao
Fu Shen; Lou (or Lu) and Shou 福禄寿 Fú Lù Shòu form a trinity of deities giving good luck, respectively: Happiness; Prosperity and Longevity.
11. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
斗 dǒu
觥 gōng
鼎 dǐng
爵 jué
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
12. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Evil intent
Cowardice
Innocence
Bravery
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.
13. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Sichuan
Liaoning
Guangxi
Gansu
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
14. This building is associated with which religion?
Daoism
Confucianism
Christianity
Islam
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
15. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
making tea
applying to skin
capture 'qi'
trapping insects
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.
16. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Cao Cao
Wen Chang
Lu Ban
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
17. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Luoyang Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Anji Bridge
Luding Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
18. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Guiyang
Nanchang
Chengdu
Tai'an
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
19. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Mi Le Fo
Guanyin
Ji Gong
Pu Xian
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.
20. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Gansu
Inner Mongolia
Anhui
Henan
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.