Gunpowder
What was gunpowder originally used for?
What are fireworks?
How long did the civil service exam typically last?
What is 24-72 hours?
What was paper cheaper than for writing on?
What is silk?
When was the Tang dynasty?
When is 618-907?
What color is considered lucky in Chinese culture?
What is red?
During what dynasty was gunpowder discovered?
What is the Tang Dynasty?
What were people allowed to have during the civil service exam?
What is paper, pen, and bucket?
When was paper invented?
What is the Han Dynasty in the 2nd centry?
Who was the first female empress?
Who is emperess Wu?
What is steel mainly made of?
What is iron?
What were alchemists searching for when they discovered gunpowder?
What is an elixir of immortality?
Was the civil service exam part of Aristocracy or Meritocracy?
What is Meritocracy?
What did paper drive the production of? not paper money
What is the production of books?
what was the Tang dynasty considered?
What is the golden age of Chinese civilization?
What is the first animal in the Chinese zodiac?
What is rat?
What was gunpowder made of?
What is charcoal, sulfur, and saltpeter?
In what dynasty was the civil service exam created?
What is the Han dynasty?
What was paper made out of?
What is plant fiber?
What came to china during the Tang Dynasty?
What is new religion?
Why do the Chinese use red and firecrakers?
What is because Nian was scared of them?
How was gunpowder spread to other parts of the world?
What is Mongol conquest?
Why were the civil service exams created?
What is to build a Merit-based government and test people based on their capabilities?
Why was paper recycled a lot after production?
What is the quality was not up to standard?
What ideas began to get accepted?
What are liberal ideas?
Who is Nian?
What is a legendary beast who came from the mountains or the sea on Chinese New Year to eat people and crops?