Traditions Quiz 2

Intermediate level quiz all about Chinese traditions.
1. Which of these is an inappropriate gift because of traditional symbolism?
pears
apples
wine
chocolates
Spring Festival, Shenzhen, market, people, lantern
Buying supplies for the Chinese New Year Festival, Shenzhen Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

2. Which of these is not considered a strongly nourishing food in China?
Chicken soup
Black dates
beef steak
Duck
food
Cuisine of China: Snake meat. Photo by Poco a poco available under a Creative Commons license .

3. Under what kind of tree did the Buddha achieve enlightenment?
oak
ginkgo
paulownia
pipal
Sui dynasty, Longmen Grottoes, Henan, deity, Buddhism
The Longmen grottoes, Henan feature many Buddhist carvings

4. Which is NOT included in pairs of animal statues along the sacred road to the Ming Tombs?
dragon
lion
horse
camel
Ming tombs, statue, sacred way
Statue on the way of souls towards the Ming tombs near Beijing. This is one of a pair of facing statues representing an official waiting to deliver his reports to the emperor. The reports would be in the form of vertical ideogramic script brushed onto a number of wood or ivory tablets. Available under a Creative Commons License

5. Shaoxing is famous for producing what?
noodles
rice wine
soy sauce
chillies
Zhejiang, mountains, view
Zhejiang scenery near Hangzhou including a tea plantation

6. What grows in the garden of the Queen Mother of the West that bestows immortality?
persimmons
cabbages
peaches
azaleas
garden, Jiangsu
Chinese garden in autumn, Yangzhou, Jiangsu

7. General Hanxin used kites in his military campaigns to do what?
measure distance
drop propaganda
signaling
spread fire
kite, dragon
A Chinese long dragon kite. Image by available under a Creative Commons license

8. How many white pieces are there in a standard game of weiqi (go)?
200
180
100
50

9. The Qilin is broadly similar to which western mythical creature?
unicorn
phoenix
centaur
chimaera

10. Mongolian food has many dishes that use which meat?
yak
lamb
beef
tofu
Inner Mongolia, landscape, horse, rider
A horseman riding over the grasslands of Inner Mongolia

11. The stars in the Chinese sky are organized as what?
Imperial court
mountain ranges
chess game
provinces
mansions, xiu
The twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese astronomy. May 2008. Image by Mysid available under a Creative Commons License

12. Singles day in China is on which day each year?
April 11th
November 11th
April 1st
January 1st
restaurant, food, people, Sichuan
A traditional Sichuan chafing dish lunch at Jiezi, Sichuan Copyright © Dreamstime see image license

13. Mao's wife Jiang Qing was responsible for major reforms in which area?
steelworks
opera
factories
agriculture
Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong
Jiang Qing and Mao Zedong. Source : Netor.com . Available under a Creative Commons license .

14. Bamboo is used for many things, which of these is it NOT been used for?
making hats
making scaffolding
making bowls
making rope
bamboo
“Bamboo under Spring Rain” by Xia Chang, 1388-1470. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Image for Google Art Project available under a Creative Commons license

15. In Feng Shui the fire element is associated with which taste?
sour
bitter
umami
salty

16. The English name 'tea' has what origin?
Fujian word
Japanese word
Malay word
Indian word
tea, people
Demonstrating the elaborate tea ceremony at the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum, Chengdu, Sichuan

17. The 'Preface to poems composed at the Orchid Pavilion' is a attributed to which writer?
Su Shi
Wang Xizhi
Du Fu
Wang Anshi
calligraphy, children
Child practising calligraphy

18. The Isles of the Blessed were thought to lie in which direction from China?
east
south
south-west
north
immortality
Painting and calligraphy from a large format Chinese album illustrating stories of Taoist immortals -people who sought or achieved immortality. One of 15 paintings. The text concerns a Taoist adept, Wang Qiao, a Han period official. Image by British Library available under a Creative Commons License

19. Lion stone statues are often placed at temples entrances, by tradition what does the one on the right hold in its paw?
toad
dove
scroll
ball
Shanghai, lion, bronze
Chinese lion door knocker in Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

20. The swastika symbol in China symbolizes a wish for what?
death
wealth
long life
children
swastika
The two forms of swastika combined to give a lattice window design motif.
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