Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
2. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Lugouqiao Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
Luoyang Bridge
Luding Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
3. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Guangdong
Yunnan
Qinghai
Sichuan
The Buddhist stupas of Yunnan are similar to those of neighboring Thailand and Burma. It is in an area of the Dai minority people.
4. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
2006
2000
1998
2014
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.
5. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Jiangxi
Shandong
Tibet
Gansu
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
6. In which province are these famous mountains?
Guangxi
Jilin
Jiangsu
Anhui
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.
7. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
containing herbs
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. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Northern Song
Sui
Ming
Yuan
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.
9. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Gallantry
Evil intent
Lustfulness
Innocence
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.
10. This building is associated with which religion?
Judhaism
Buddhism
Daoism
Islam
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
11. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
斗 dǒu
鼎 dǐng
壿 zūn
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?
Ningxia
Guangxi
Inner Mongolia
Gansu
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
jianzhu
yuemen
yamen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
14. In which province can you find this historic village?
Liaoning
Zhejiang
Hebei
Anhui
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
15. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Sichuan
Gansu
Guangxi
Shandong
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
16. This temple in Chengdu, Sichuan is in honor of which hero from the Three Kingdoms Period
Liu Bei
Cao Cao
Wen Chang
Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang was the strategist who masterminded the defeat of Cao Cao in 208CE.
17. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Mazu
Huangdi
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.
18. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Changsha
Tai'an
Guiyang
Chengdu
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
19. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Guangxi
Yunnan
Fujian
Shandong
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
20. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Guanyin
Pu Xian
Ya Ma
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.