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