1. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Jiangxi
Tibet
Gansu
Henan
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
2. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
鼎 dǐng
锅 guō
觥 gōng
斗 dǒu
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
3. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
siheyuan
dougong
paifang
jianzhu
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
4. 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.
5. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Guangdong
Inner Mongolia
Sichuan
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.
6. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Ji Gong
Ya Ma
Guanyin
Da 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.
7. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
capture 'qi'
trapping insects
applying to skin
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.
8. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Shandong
Yunnan
Fujian
Sichuan
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
9. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Luding Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
Anji Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
10. In which province can you find this historic village?
Hebei
Anhui
Zhejiang
Guangdong
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
15. In which province are these famous mountains?
Xinjiang
Shandong
Anhui
Jiangsu
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.
16. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Northern Song
Tang
Yuan
Ming
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
17. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Guangxi
Shaanxi
Sichuan
Gansu
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
18. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Huangdi
Mazu
Shou
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
19. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Chengdu
Changsha
Guiyang
Nanning
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
20. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Xi Wangmu
Cao Cao
Zhuge Liang
Liu Bei
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
Advanced level picture quiz all about China.
