Traditions
This Lunar New Year tradition gives children red envelopes containing what?
What is Money?
This Disney animated film follows a legendary Chinese heroine who takes her father's place in the army.
Who is Mulan?
This long noodle dish is eaten on birthdays because long noodles symbolize a long life.
What is Longevity Noodles?
On the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, families mark this holiday by eating sweet glutinous rice balls and carrying lanterns.
What is Lantern Festival/ yuan xiao/tang yuan?
This Chinese system of medicine involves inserting thin needles into the body to balance energy, or qi.
What is acupuncture?
Families sweep and clean the whole house before this holiday so good luck isn't swept away.
What is Lunar New Year?
this stringed instrument has 21 strings and is played with finger picks.
What is gu zheng? (古筝)
During Lunar New Year, families eat dumplings shaped like this ancient form of money for good fortune.
What is Gold Ingots?
During this festival, people race dragon boats and eat sticky rice dumplings.
What is Dragon Boat Festival?
This Chinese invention, used for finding direction, was originally created for fortune-telling and later aided navigation.
In this late-summer festival, families eat mooncakes and admire this celestial object.
What is the Moon?
This 1980s martial arts film star, known as the "Little Dragon (小龙）," died young but changed action cinema forever.
Who is Bruce Lee?
This Sichuan city gives its name to the famously spicy hot pot, and its name is also a famous panda breeding base.
What is Chengdu?
Qingming is known for tomb-sweeping, but it's also traditionally a day for this outdoor activity involving a string and the wind.
What is flying kites?
This ancient practice involves arranging spaces for harmony and energy flow — and it's a popular buzzword in home decorating.
What is Feng shui?
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people race these boats in honor of the poet Qu Yuan.
What is Dragon Boats?
This 2019 Chinese animated film, based on a mythological boy born from a lotus-shaped ball of energy, became China's highest-grossing animated film ever.
What is Ne Zha?
Peking duck is traditionally served with pancakes, scallions, and this fermented bean-based sauce.
What is sweet bean sauce / hoisin?
What are the two things the monster Nian(年）was scared of.
This Ming Dynasty admiral led seven massive treasure voyages across the Indian Ocean in the early 1400s, decades before Columbus.
Who is Zheng He?
During Qingming Festival, families perform this activity at ancestors' graves — and it's also why the day is called "Tomb-Sweeping Day."
What is sweeping the tombs? (Honoring ancestors with offerings)
This 2000 film, directed by Ang Lee, features warriors stealing a legendary sword called the Green Destiny and includes the famous bamboo forest fight scene.
What are four of the eight great cuisines in China（八大菜系)?
What is 粤菜（yue cai), 川菜（chuan cai), 鲁菜 (lu cai), 苏菜 (su cai), 浙才(zhe cai), 闵菜 (min cai), 湘菜 (xiang cai), 徽菜 (hui cai)
Red decorations with lucky phrases are pasted on doorways for New Year — what are these paper decorations called?
What is Chun lian or spring couplets?
This Tang Dynasty poet, known for drinking heavily and writing about moonlight and friendship, is often called China's greatest poet — Li Bai wrote about him, and he died in 762 CE after a lifetime of wandering.
Who was Li Bai(he wrote about himself)?