Celebrations
What do you receive in the red envelope?
What is Money
Originating in Taiwan and popular worldwide, this sweet tea drink features chewy spheres made from cassava root at the bottom of the cup.
A. Green tea lemonade
B. Jasmine hot tea
C. Bubble tea (Boba tea)
D. Chai latte
What is Bubble tea (Boba tea)
Which dynasty is widely celebrated as a golden age of Chinese poetry, cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road, and multi-ethnic prosperity?
A. Yuan Dynasty
B. Tang Dynasty
C. Qing Dynasty
D. Sui Dynasty
What is Tang Dynasty
Which massive ancient architectural marvel stretches thousands of miles across northern China, built across various dynasties to protect against northern raids?
What is the Great Wall of China
This massive mountain range contains Earth's highest peaks (including Mount Everest) and acts as a natural southwestern border isolating ancient China.
What is Himalyas (Himalya Mountain Range)
Tradition says that receiving these red paper packets, or "hongbao," filled with lucky money from elders during the Lunar New Year brings good fortune and wards off evil spirits.
What is Red Envelope
Loud crashing gongs, cymbals, and booming drums accompany this energetic folk performance where dancers mimic a mythical beast during Lunar New Year.
What is the Lion/Dragon Dance
Which of the "Four Great Inventions" of ancient China was traditionally created by Cai Lun around 105 AD using plant fibers like hemp and tree bark?
What is Paper
Which animal opens the traditional 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac?
What is Rat
This yellow-colored river is known as the "cradle of Chinese civilization."
What Yellow River (Huang He)
Which festival is famously celebrated by eating round pastries filled with lotus seed paste or red bean paste, known as mooncakes?
A. Dragon Boat Festival
B. Lantern Festival
C. Spring Festival
D. Mid-Autumn Festival
What is Mid-Autumn Festival
In traditional Chinese culture, this vibrant color is worn by brides and used during festive celebrations because it symbolizes joy, luck, and prosperity.
What is Red
Ancient Chinese scientists and travelers created an early version of which device using a magnetized piece of lodestone to always point south?
A. Astrolabe
B. Sundial
C. Compass
D. Sextant
What is Compass
The Double Ninth Festival (Chongyang Festival), celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, traditionally involves climbing high places and drinking wine infused with which flower?
A. Plum Blossom
B. Lotus
C. Peony
D. Chrysanthemum
What is the Chrysanthemum
The Yellow River gets its name and color from what fine, yellowish-brown dust or silt that blows into the water from the northern plains?
A. Volcanic ash
B. Crushed limestone
C. Yellow sulfur deposits
D. Loess
The Lantern Festival marks the final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. What food is traditionally eaten during this festival to symbolize family togetherness?
A. Jiaozi (savory boiled dumplings)
B. Zongzi (rice wrapped in bamboo leaves)
C. Tangyuan (sweet rice dumplings)
D. Niangao (glutinous rice cake)
What is Tangyuan
This crescent-shaped stuffed pastry is a staple dish traditionally eaten on Chinese New Year's Eve to symbolize wealth and good fortune.
What is Dumpling
Which dynasty is traditionally considered the first Chinese dynasty, though much of its history is rooted in myth and legend recorded by later historians?
A. Zhou
B. Xia
C. Shang
D. Qin
What is Xia
Who was the only female emperor to officially rule China in her own right, doing so during the Tang Dynasty?
A. Empress Dowager Cixi
B. Wu Zetian
C. Ban Zhao
D. Lady Yang (Yang Guifei)
What is Wu Zetian
What is the longest river in China, and the third-longest river in the entire world?
What is the Yangtze River
Celebrated on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month with exciting boat races, people eat these pyramid-shaped sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves to commemorate the ancient patriotic poet Qu Yuan.
A. Mooncakes
B. Tangyuan
C. Zongzi
D. Baozi
What is Zongzi
Because the climate and terrain of southern China are wet, warm, and rich in river valleys, this grain became the primary agricultural staple food of the region.
What is rice
Who was the first Emperor of a unified China, famous for initiating the construction of the Great Wall and commissioning the Terracotta Army?
What is Qin Shi Huang
What is Yongle Dadian
This major mountain range acts as the important geographic and climate dividing line between northern and southern China, supporting a unique variety of plant and wildlife found nowhere else on Earth.
What are the Quling Mountains