Monuments
A monument stretching 13,000 miles across northern China that was used to defend against nomadic invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
This capital city is famous for the Grand Palace, floating markets, and one of the longest official city names in the world.
Bangkok
This country is home to the Great Wall and has the largest population in the world.
What is China?
This is a Korean traditional outfit worn during holidays like Chuseok.
What is a Hanbok?
First made in China, this delicate blue and white ceramic is created by firing a formula consisting of kaolin, and is usually decorated with detailed patterns and motifs like dragons and lotus flowers.
What is porcelain?
A site in Vietnam inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage program that was the political, cultural, and religious center of the Nguyen Dynasty.
What is the Imperial City of Hue?
The capital city of Laos, home to Pha That Luang and located along the Mekong River.
Vientiane
This southeast Asian country is made up of more than 7,000 islands and has Manila as its capital.
What are the Philippines?
Students in many Vietnamese high schools wear a white version of this as a uniform.
What is an Ao Dai
Iconic forms of visual art, featuring distinct styles like chibi, dramatic visual storytelling, and detailed, hand-drawn aesthetics. Famous artists include Osamu Tezuka and Akira Toriyama.
What is manga?
This site was built in Pakistan for hosting guests of the royal family. This site is separated into 3 terraces called "Bestower of Pleasure", "Bestower of Goodness", and "Bestower of Life".
What is the Shalimar Gardens?
This ancient city was the starting point of the Silk Road and is famous for the Terracotta Army.
Xi'an
This city is the largest in Vietnam, and it was formally known as Saigon.
What is Ho Chi Minh City?
Traditional Thai women often wear this garment as a wraparound skirt as a part of their formal attire.
What is a sinh?
Features a lot of illustrations, motifs, and stories taught in Theravada Buddhism. Creations that revere the Buddha include murals on temple walls, book illustrations, and statues of the Buddha.
What is traditional Thai art?
A site that sits atop the highest point in Seoul with LED technology to produce light shows.
What is the N-Seoul Tower?
Vietnam’s capital city, known for the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake.
Hanoi
This capital city lies along the Han river and is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world.
What is Seoul, South Korea?
The Japanese brand known worldwide for their simple clothing basics.
What is Uniqlo?
Known for its coarse, grey-bodied clay coated with white slip (powdered clay) and decorated with playful, free-spirited designs. Contains small, repeated geometric or floral patterns stamped and filled with white slip. It is "Free and wild," and contrasts with Chinese pottery, which often emphasizes symmetry.
What is buncheong ware?
This site is in Kawit where the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain was signed. This site holds important artifacts.
What is the Aguinaldo Shrine?
Known as the “Queen City of the South,” this city played a major role in early Spanish colonization.
Cebu City
This Japanese city served as the imperial capital for over 1,000 years before the capital was moved to Tokyo in 1868.
What is Kyoto?
This is the dynasty that inspired the modern Hanfu.
What is the Han dynasty?
Uses lacquer materials to create a fusion of local and French painting techniques, consisting of many steps, including various layers of application onto a black plywood board. Each layer requires careful polishing. This process could take months.
What is Sơn Mài (Vietnamese lacquer art)?