The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
2. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Northern Song
Sui
Qin
Tang
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
3. In which province can you find this historic village?
Anhui
Shandong
Liaoning
Zhejiang
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
4. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Guanyin
Pu Xian
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. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Gansu
Inner Mongolia
Henan
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.
6. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Changsha
Chengdu
Tai'an
Nanning
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
7. This building is associated with which religion?
Islam
Christianity
Confucianism
Buddhism
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
8. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Cao Cao
Wen Chang
Zhuge Liang
Lu Ban
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
9. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Sichuan
Shandong
Guangxi
Fujian
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
10. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Gansu
Sichuan
Shandong
Shaanxi
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
11. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
trapping insects
containing herbs
applying to skin
making tea
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.
12. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Yunnan
Sichuan
Inner Mongolia
Fujian
The Buddhist stupas of Yunnan are similar to those of neighboring Thailand and Burma. It is in an area of the Dai minority people.
13. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Gansu
Ningxia
Henan
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
14. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
2000
1998
2006
1990
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. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
paifang
dougong
jianzhu
yuemen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
16. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Yu
Lao
Shou
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.
17. What were these ancient objects used for?
game pieces
sacrifice
carpentry
money
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
18. In which province are these famous mountains?
Jilin
Anhui
Guangxi
Xinjiang
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. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Gallantry
Cowardice
Innocence
Evil intent
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.
20. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anping Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Anji Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.