Food
This spicy Sichuan dish features diced chicken, peanuts, and chili peppers, and shares its name with a Qing Dynasty official.
What is Kung Pao Chicken
Often performed during Lunar New Year celebrations, this traditional Chinese dance features a long, colorful creature operated by a team of performers to bring good luck.
Originally built to protect against northern invasions, this massive structure symbolizes China's ancient military strength.
What is the Great Wall of China
三
(Sān）
What is three/3
These are filled with money are given to children for good luck.
What are hóngbāo?
(Red envelope)
Traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, these round pastries often contain red bean or lotus seed paste and symbolize unity and togetherness.
What are moon cakes
This year's zodiac.
What is the dragon
This philosophy founded by Confucius shaped Chinese government and family life for centuries.
What is Confucianism
人
(Rén)
What is people/person
The color red is associated with this important concept in Chinese culture.
What is good luck
These sweet buns are often filled with red bean paste and steamed, commonly served in dim sum.
What are baozi
(sweet buns)
This classic Chinese novel tells the story of the Monkey King and his journey to obtain sacred texts.
What is "Journey to the West"
The first emperor of a unified China began construction of the Great Wall, standardized currency and script, and was buried with a vast army of terracotta soldiers.
Who is Emperor Qin Shi Huang
狗
(Gǒu)
What is dog
Used in traditional Chinese medicine, this theory describes health as the balance between two opposing forces.
What are ying and yang
These soft, slippery rice noodles are often rolled with shrimp or beef in Cantonese cuisine.
What are steamed rice rolls
(cheung fun)
This Chinese board game, considered one of the oldest in the world, emphasizes strategy over chance.
What is Go
This was the first ever Chinatown that was founded in America, it was founded in 1848.
What is San Francisco's Chinatown
山
(Shān)
What is Mountin
This ancient military treatise attributed to Sun Tzu is still studied by modern strategists and business leaders.
What is "The Art of War"
This sweet treat is made from pulled sugar threads wrapped around peanuts or coconut.
What is Dragon Beard Candy
According to legend, this archer shot down nine of the ten suns that were scorching the Earth, saving humanity, and his wife later became the moon goddess Chang’e.
Who is Hou Yi
This river’s catastrophic floods earned it the nickname “China’s Sorrow.”
What is the Yellow River
𰻝
(Biáng)
This historical event in 221 BCE unified China for the first time under one ruler, Qin Shi Huang.
What is the unification of China
(The founding of the Qin Dynasty)