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