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.
2. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Nanning
Chengdu
Changsha
Nanchang
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
3. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Shaanxi
Shandong
Sichuan
Guangxi
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
4. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
壿 zūn
鼎 dǐng
斗 dǒu
爵 jué
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
5. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Yuan
Tang
Ming
Northern Song
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
6. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
applying to skin
making tea
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.
7. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Gansu
Anhui
Inner Mongolia
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.
8. This building is associated with which religion?
Daoism
Judhaism
Islam
Christianity
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
9. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
1994
1990
1998
2006
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.
10. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
yamen
jianzhu
paifang
dougong
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
11. In which province can you find this historic village?
Zhejiang
Guangdong
Anhui
Liaoning
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
12. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Sichuan
Fujian
Liaoning
Yunnan
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
13. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Shou
KongFu
Huangdi
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.
14. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anji Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
Luding Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
15. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Gansu
Henan
Ningxia
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
16. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Liu Bei
Lu Ban
Cao Cao
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
17. What were these ancient objects used for?
agriculture
sacrifice
money
carpentry
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
18. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Bravery
Evil intent
Lustfulness
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.
19. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Guangdong
Sichuan
Fujian
Yunnan
The Buddhist stupas of Yunnan are similar to those of neighboring Thailand and Burma. It is in an area of the Dai minority people.
20. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Guanyin
Mi Le Fo
Pu Xian
Ji Gong
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.