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