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