Traditions Quiz 2

Intermediate level quiz all about Chinese traditions.
1. Which of these is NOT considered a strongly nourishing food in China?
Tea
Bird's nest
beef steak
Black dates
food
Cuisine of China: Snake meat. Photo by Poco a poco available under a Creative Commons license .

2. Which of these is an inappropriate gift because of traditional symbolism?
pears
wine
roses
apricots
Spring Festival, Shenzhen, market, people, lantern
Buying supplies for the Chinese New Year Festival, Shenzhen Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

3. The swastika symbol in China symbolizes a wish for what?
success
wealth
peace
long life
swastika
The two forms of swastika combined to give a lattice window design motif.

4. The English name 'tea' has what origin?
Fujian word
Guangzhou word
Portuguese word
Indian word
tea, people
Demonstrating the elaborate tea ceremony at the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan

5. Shaoxing is famous for producing what?
rice wine
chillies
black tea
soy sauce
Zhejiang, mountains, view
Zhejiang scenery near Hangzhou including a tea plantation

6. General Hanxin used kites in his military campaigns to do what?
spread fire
measure distance
signaling
lift troops
kite, dragon
A Chinese long dragon kite. Image by available under a Creative Commons license

7. The Isles of the Blessed were thought to lie in which direction from China?
south-west
east
north
south
immortality
Painting and calligraphy from a large format Chinese album illustrating stories of Taoist immortals -people who sought or achieved immortality. One of 15 paintings. The text concerns a Taoist adept, Wang Qiao, a Han period official. Image by British Library available under a Creative Commons License

8. Lion stone statues are often placed at temples entrances, by tradition what does the one on the right hold in its paw?
dove
cub
toad
ball
Shanghai, lion, bronze
Chinese lion door knocker in Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

9. How many white pieces are there in a standard game of weiqi (go)?
16
200
50
180

10. Under what kind of tree did the Buddha achieve enlightenment?
juniper
ginkgo
oak
pipal
Sui dynasty, Longmen Grottoes, Henan, deity, Buddhism
The Longmen grottoes, Henan feature many Buddhist carvings

11. The Qilin is broadly similar to which western mythical creature?
chimaera
unicorn
phoenix
centaur

12. Single's day in China is on which day each year?
November 11th
April 11th
August 17th
April 1st
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

13. In Feng Shui the fire element is associated with which taste?
sour
sweet
bitter
umami

14. What grows in the garden of the Queen Mother of the West that bestows immortality?
cabbages
azaleas
peaches
lychees
garden, Jiangsu
Chinese garden in autumn, Yangzhou, Jiangsu

15. Bamboo is used for many things, which of these is it NOT been used for?
making bread
eating
making pipes
making paper
bamboo
“Bamboo under Spring Rain” by Xia Chang, 1388-1470. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Image for Google Art Project available under a Creative Commons license

16. The stars in the Chinese sky are organized as what?
provinces
mountain ranges
chess game
Imperial court
mansions, xiu
The twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese astronomy. May 2008. Image by Mysid available under a Creative Commons License

17. Mongolian food has many dishes that use which meat?
lamb
beef
tofu
goat
Inner Mongolia, landscape, horse, rider
A horseman riding over the grasslands of Inner Mongolia

18. The 'Preface to poems composed at the Orchid Pavilion' is a attributed to which writer?
Wang Anshi
Wang Xizhi
Bai Juyi
Du Fu
calligraphy, children
Child practising calligraphy

19. Which is NOT included in pairs of animal statues along the sacred road to the Ming Tombs?
elephant
lion
horse
dragon
Ming tombs, statue, sacred way
Statue on the way of souls towards the Ming tombs near Beijing. This is one of a pair of facing statues representing an official waiting to deliver his reports to the emperor. The reports would be in the form of vertical ideogramic script brushed onto a number of wood or ivory tablets. Available under a Creative Commons License

20. Mao's wife Jiang Qing was responsible for major reforms in which area?
steelworks
factories
opera
agriculture
Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong
Jiang Qing and Mao Zedong. Source : Netor.com . Available under a Creative Commons license .
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