1. In which province can you find this historic village?
Guangdong
Hebei
Shandong
Anhui
Many of the houses of Hongcun village, Anhui date back to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
2. Where can you find these curious round buildings?
Yunnan
Shandong
Fujian
Guangxi
They are ?tulous? the fortified dwellings of the Hakka people in the mainly tea-growing areas of Fujian province.
3. The great locks at the Yangzi Three Gorges Dam were completed when?
1994
2000
2014
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.
4. Crescent Lake is a popular visitor attraction in which province?
Tibet
Henan
Gansu
Shandong
月牙泉 Yuè yá quán (Crescent Lake) is in an oasis just south of Dunhuang, Gansu.
5. The traditional trinity of Daoist good luck gods: Fu, Lu and who?
Huangdi
Lao
Mazu
Shou
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.
6. White make-up of a character in Chinese Opera usually symbolizes what?
Lustfulness
Evil intent
Bravery
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.
7. The distinctive style of this bronze head is associated with ancient people of which province?
Shaanxi
Gansu
Sichuan
Shandong
The Sanxingdui culture of ancient Sichuan is little understood. It seems the people and their culture disappeared completely.
8. This is a statue of which Buddhist deity?
Ji Gong
Guanyin
Ya Ma
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.
9. 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.
10. This heated glass cup is being prepared for doing what?
containing herbs
applying to skin
trapping insects
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.
11. This famous bridge is located in which city?
Chengdu
Nanning
Nanchang
Tai'an
The Anshun bridge over the Jin River is at the heart of Chengdu, provincial capital of Sichuan.
12. What were these ancient objects used for?
carpentry
game pieces
agriculture
money
Spade money was used before coins came into use in China.
13. This ancient bronze vessel is called a what?
壿 zūn
锅 guō
爵 jué
鼎 dǐng
The Ding was a sacrificial vessel, originally used as a cauldron for cooking and storing meat. Typically from Shang dynasty.
14. These impressive decorated arches are called what in China?
siheyuan
jianzhu
paifang
yuemen
A decorated archway was built as a commemoration of someone important.
15. This emblematic bronze figure of a flying horse was found in which province?
Gansu
Guangxi
Ningxia
Inner Mongolia
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.
16. This building is associated with which religion?
Daoism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Some mosques in Eastern China were built in the traditional Chinese architectural style. This one in Beijing was first built about 1000CE.
17. In which province are these famous mountains?
Guangxi
Anhui
Xinjiang
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.
18. These individually sculpted lions decorate which famous feature?
Anping Bridge
Xuguo Bridge
Luding Bridge
Lugouqiao Bridge
The LugouQiao Bridge is also called the Marco Polo Bridge because the European traveler wrote so rhapsodically about it.
19. Where might you expect to see a set of golden stupas like these?
Yunnan
Fujian
Inner Mongolia
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.
20. This sacred way to Imperial tombs is unusual for having some Indian-looking figures. Which dynasty does it commemorate?
Northern Song
Ming
Qin
Sui
The Northern Song dynasty had extensive contacts with other peoples along the Silk Route.