1. In which province can you find this historic village?
Guangdong
Shandong
Liaoning
Anhui
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
2. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Qinghai
Inner Mongolia
Yunnan
Sichuan
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. In which province are these famous mountains?
Jilin
Jiangsu
Xinjiang
Anhui
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.
4. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Guanyin
Ji Gong
Da Fo
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.
5. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Innocence
Evil intent
Bravery
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?
Huangdi
Shou
Lao
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.
7. This building is associated with which religion?
Confucianism
Islam
Daoism
Buddhism
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
8. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
dougong
yuemen
paifang
siheyuan
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
9. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Xi Wangmu
Zhuge Liang
Cao Cao
Lu Ban
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?
Guangxi
Shaanxi
Gansu
Sichuan
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
11. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Ningxia
Gansu
Tibet
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
12. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
斗 dǒu
壿 zūn
爵 jué
鼎 dǐng
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
13. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Northern Song
Qin
Sui
Ming
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
14. 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.
15. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
applying to skin
containing herbs
capture 'qi'
ancestor worship
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.
16. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Chengdu
Tai'an
Nanning
Nanchang
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
17. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Sichuan
Liaoning
Guangxi
Fujian
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
18. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Luding Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Anping Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
19. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Ningxia
Gansu
Anhui
Guangxi
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.
20. What were these ancient objects used for?
sacrifice
money
carpentry
ornaments
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.