Every province has its own internal hall within the ‘Great Hall of the People’. It lies on the west side of Tiananmen Square, Beijing.
2. Where might you find this famous landmark?
Beihai Park in Beijing
Dongting Lake
Xi'an
The famous White Dagoba stands in Beihai Park and was built in the Mongol dynasty.
3. Where might you find this European style building?
Guangzhou
Macau
Xiamen
The old part of Macau has a number of buildings of colonial Portuguese design including the church of Sao Lourenco.
4. This lovely pristine beach is located where?
Weihei , Shandong
Sanya, Hainan
Qingdao, Shandong
Hainan island is famous as a semi-tropical beach resort.
5. This striking church can be seen in which Chinese city?
Harbin
Urumqi
Changchun
The Russian influence in the province of Heilongjiang is quite pronounced reflecting years of Russian domination in the early 20th century. The "onion" domes of the Cathedral of Saint-Sophia, Harbin is a striking example.
6. Which famous harbor is this?
Wuhan
Macau
Hong Kong
The view is from “The Peak” on Hong Kong island looking over Victoria to Kowloon.
7. This is a memorial hall to which important figure in Chinese history?
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Sun Yatsen
The Sun Yatsen memorial hall is in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; the province where he was born.
8. This demonstration of Kung Fu is primarily associated with which place?
Shaolin monastery
Wudan monastery
Lhasa
The world famous Shaolin monastery (literally ‘Small Forest Temple’) is close to Songshan in Henan; it was immortalized by the ‘Kung Fu’ series of the 1970s. It is a Zen Buddhist temple and dates back to the Wei dynasty.
9. Why is this creature so important in Chinese history?
eats rice pests
producing silk
eaten by giant pandas
It is the caterpillar of the silkworm moth that spins a silk cocoon. It is usually fed on white mulberry leaves.
10. Which muscial instrument is this man playing?
dizi
erhu
yangqin
Erhu is a two stringed violin with the bow string between the two strings. 二胡 èr hú means literally 'two' 'fiddle'. There is a less common instrument with four strings 'sihu'.
11. Which ancient figure is represented by this massive stone statue?
Mao Zedong
Qu Yuan
Laozi
Laozi the founder of Daoism is typically depicted as an old man with a long flowing beard.
12. Where is this famous pagoda?
Luoyang
Xi'an
Beijing
It is the Great Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi’an that was built to house the Buddhist scriptures brought back to China by Xuanzang.
13. In the pastures of Xinjiang sheep are grazing. What is the name of the type of building used by the herdsmen?
kohte
igloo
yurt
The yurt is made from layers of felt draped over a wooden framework. It can be very quickly moved to another location as the herdsmen follow their flocks.
14. Where might you find this famous building?
Lhasa
Xining
Urumqi
The Potala palace in Lhasa is the winter palace of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
15. These ruins are part of which Imperial building?
Old Summer Palace
Temple of Heaven
Chengde Resort
The style of the stone ornamentation of the Old Summer Palace shows that it was designed by European architects (mainly Jesuits) working for the Qing Emperors.
16. Where can you find this famous building?
Forbidden City, Shenyang
Temple of Heaven, Beijing
Iron Pagoda, Kaifeng
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests within the Temple of Heaven (Tiantan) complex, Beijing.
17. In which month might you expect to see this watery spectacle?
June
September
March
The Dragon boat festival falls on the 5th day of the 5th month of the Chinese calendar. This varies in date on the Gregorian calendar but normally falls in June but in some years it can be in late May.
18. Why are there nine mythical beasts behind the 'man on a hen' on this roof?
nine was the Imperial number
nine is a lucky number
the orginal nine provinces
Yellow roof tiles can only be used for Imperial buildings as yellow was the dynastic color of the Qing dynasty. As three is a potent yang number the square of 3, nine, is an even more potent yang number. It was associated with the Emperor and many things in the Forbidden City are in nines.
Glazed animal sculptures on the palace roof of the Forbidden City, Beijing
19. These objects are associated with which religion?
Buddhism
Islam
Judaism
This form of stupa which often contains sacred Buddhist relics is common in Tibet, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia.
20. Which game are these men playing?
weiqi
xiangqi
mahjong
Chinese chess象棋 xiàng qí is played with discs on which characters are inscribed so can look like chequers from a distance.
Do you recongize these places in China?
