The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
4. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Zhuge Liang
Lu Ban
Liu Bei
Cao Cao
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
5. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Fujian
Inner Mongolia
Guangdong
Yunnan
The Buddhist stupas of Yunnan are similar to those of neighboring Thailand and Burma. It is in an area of the Dai minority people.
6. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
jianzhu
paifang
yamen
yuemen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
7. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
capture 'qi'
applying to skin
containing herbs
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.
8. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anji Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
Anping Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
9. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Mi Le Fo
Ya Ma
Pu Xian
Guanyin
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.
10. What were these ancient objects used for?
sacrifice
ornaments
money
game pieces
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
11. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
1994
2006
1990
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.
12. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Fujian
Guangxi
Yunnan
Shandong
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
13. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Tang
Northern Song
Sui
Ming
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
14. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Henan
Anhui
Inner Mongolia
Gansu
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.
15. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Henan
Tibet
Gansu
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
16. In which province are these famous mountains?
Anhui
Jiangsu
Xinjiang
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.
17. In which province can you find this historic village?
Zhejiang
Liaoning
Guangdong
Anhui
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Advanced level picture quiz all about China.
