1. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Shandong
Ningxia
Gansu
Tibet
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
Sichuan
Yunnan
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
3. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Nanning
Chengdu
Changsha
Guiyang
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
4. In which province are these famous mountains?
Anhui
Jiangsu
Jilin
Guangxi
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.
5. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Tang
Yuan
Qin
Northern Song
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
6. What were these ancient objects used for?
agriculture
money
game pieces
ornaments
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
7. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Lugouqiao Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
Anping Bridge
Anji Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
8. This building is associated with which religion?
Daoism
Islam
Buddhism
Judhaism
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
9. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Lu Ban
Zhuge Liang
Cao Cao
Xi Wangmu
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
10. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Shaanxi
Shandong
Guangxi
Sichuan
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
11. In which province can you find this historic village?
Liaoning
Anhui
Zhejiang
Shandong
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
12. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
paifang
siheyuan
yamen
yuemen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
13. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
1998
2000
2006
1994
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.
14. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Ya Ma
Pu Xian
Guanyin
Ji Gong
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.
15. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Inner Mongolia
Gansu
Guangxi
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.
16. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Sichuan
Yunnan
Inner Mongolia
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.
17. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Lustfulness
Evil intent
Cowardice
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.
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
19. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Huangdi
Yu
Shou
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.
Daoist deities bringing happiness; prosperity and long life
20. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
capture 'qi'
trapping insects
making tea
applying to skin
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.