Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
2. This building is associated with which religion?
Christianity
Confucianism
Daoism
Islam
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
3. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
jianzhu
siheyuan
yuemen
paifang
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
4. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Gansu
Guangxi
Inner Mongolia
Ningxia
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. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anping Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
6. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Huangdi
Yu
Mazu
Shou
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
7. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Mi Le Fo
Ya Ma
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.
8. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Shandong
Liaoning
Sichuan
Fujian
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
9. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Gansu
Jiangxi
Ningxia
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
10. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Zhuge Liang
Lu Ban
Xi Wangmu
Liu Bei
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
11. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Tai'an
Nanning
Guiyang
Chengdu
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
12. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
2000
1994
1990
2006
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.
13. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
making tea
ancestor worship
applying to skin
containing herbs
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.
14. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
爵 jué
锅 guō
斗 dǒu
鼎 dǐng
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
15. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Gansu
Shandong
Sichuan
Liaoning
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
16. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Inner Mongolia
Qinghai
Sichuan
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.
17. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Yuan
Tang
Qin
Northern Song
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
18. In which province are these famous mountains?
Shandong
Anhui
Guangxi
Jilin
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.
19. In which province can you find this historic village?
Liaoning
Anhui
Zhejiang
Guangdong
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Advanced level picture quiz all about China.
