Mid Autumn Festival
This round pastry is the most iconic food enjoyed during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
What is a mooncake?
When is the Double Ninth Festival?
When is the ninth of the ninth month of the Lunar calendar
What are chopsticks used for?
What is eating or cooking
What is the big test that all Chinese students take for college?
Gao Kao (aka the National Higher Education Entrance Examination)
What is the art of Chinese handwriting called?
calligraphy
What are the 3 key parts of the Mid-Autumn Festival?
What is gathering, giving thanks, and praying?
What is the Double Ninth Festival?
What is honoring the elderly and paying tribute to your ancestors
What is bad chopstick etiquette?
What is spearing your food or crossing your chopsticks
What is one of the three top Universities in China?
possible answers: Tsinghua University 清华大学, Peking University 北大大学, Zhejiang University 浙江大学
What is the broad/general name for the Chinese traditional paintings?
Guo Hua (國畫)
When is the Mid Autumn Festival?
When is the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar
What is the flower most commonly associated with the Double ninth festival?
What is chrysanthemum
What does the round and square side of a chopstick represent?
What is the heaven and earth
How long do the national undergraduate admission exams last?
2-3 days
Who is the famous Chinese poet who wrote poems in the Tang Dynasty like "Quiet Night Thought/靜夜思"?
Li Bai (李白)
This character flies to the moon after consuming an elixir of immortality.
Who is Chang’e?
Who were the ones who originally celebrated this festival?
Who were the royal family
In which dynasty was the earliest chopstick use recorded?
What is the Shang Dynasty
What month do Chinese students take their undergraduate admisson exam?
June
What famous artwork was made for the burial of Qin Shi Huang (the first emperor of China)?
The Terracotta Army
This character is cursed to forever attempt to chop down a tree, but despite his efforts, he is doomed to always fail.
Who is Wu Gang (from 吳剛伐木)
In what dynasty did the festival spread to the common people
What is the Tang Dynasty
When were chopsticks first used for eating? (hint: guess by the hundreds!)
When was the 400 AD
What are the two tracks that Chinese students can choose when taking the national undergraduate admisson exam?
arts track 文科倾向 & science track 理科倾向
What Chinese dynasty was famous for its blue and white vases?
the Ming Dynasty