History
This dynasty built most of the Great Wall.
What is the Ming Dynasty?
These round dumplings are a Lunar New Year favorite.
What are jiaozi?
The most spoken language in China.
What is Mandarin Chinese?
This zodiac animal represents 2025.
What is the Snake?
This traditional dress for women is tight-fitting and elegant.
What is a qipao or cheongsam?
The First Emperor of a unified China.
Who is Qin Shi Huang?
This spicy dish comes from the Sichuan region.
What is Mapo Tofu?
This type of embroidered shoe was once worn by women with bound feet.
What are lotus shoes?
The color red symbolizes this in Chinese culture.
What is good luck?
Ancient Chinese emperors wore this color to show power.
What is yellow?
This ancient trade route connected China to Europe.
What is the Silk Road?
A popular Chinese drink made from leaves.
What is tea?
This is the English name for the system that turns Chinese into the Latin alphabet.
What is Pinyin?
This Chinese invention changed communication forever.
What is paper?
This type of embroidered shoe was once worn by women with bound feet.
What are lotus shoes?
This philosophy, started by Confucius, influenced Chinese society for centuries.
What is Confucianism?
This kind of noodle symbolizes long life in celebrations
What are longevity noodles?
In Chinese, “你好” (nǐ hǎo) means this
What is hello?
This game, similar to dominoes, is traditionally played during family gatherings
What is Mahjong?
These robes were worn by scholars and nobility during dynastic times.
What is Hanfu?
The 1989 protest in this square made global headlines.
What is Tiananmen Square?
This dim sum item is also called “shrimp dumpling.”
What is har gow?
Mandarin is a part of this larger language family.
What is Sino-Tibetan?
China has the largest population in the world — around this number.
What is 1.4 billion?
Today’s Chinese street fashion often mixes traditional styles with this.
What is modern Western fashion?