Chinese Cuisine
This noodle dish, often stir-fried with vegetables and meat, is popular worldwide.
What is chow mein?
This is China’s largest city by population.
What is Shanghai?
Known as the Spring Festival, this is China’s most important holiday
What is Chinese/Lunar New Year?
This invention, essential for fireworks, was created in China over a thousand years ago.
What is gunpowder?
This cuisine is traditionally eaten during Chinese New Year for good fortune.
What are jiaozi (dumplings)?
Known for its giant pandas, this is a mountainous province in southwestern China.
What is Sichuan?
This festival celebrates the end of the lunar calendar year with a moon-shaped pastry.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
Used for telling direction, this device was developed in ancient China.
What is the compass?
This fermented food, a staple in Chinese cuisine, is made from soybeans and salt
What is soy sauce?
This desert, one of the largest in the world, lies in northern China and Mongolia.
What is the Gobi Desert?
This festival marks the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration.
What is the Lantern Festival?
This invention allowed for the rapid production of texts and books in ancient China.
What is woodblock and moveable type?
This hot pot cuisine, especially popular in Sichuan, is known for its spicy and numbing flavors.
What is Sichuan hot pot?
This is the longest river in China.
What is the Yangtze River?
This holiday commemorates a poet’s sacrifice and is celebrated with dragon boat races.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival?
This everyday item, used for writing and cleaning, was first invented in China around the Han dynasty.
What is paper?
Known as the “Five Flavors,” this spice blend is commonly used in Chinese cooking.
What is five-spice powder? (MSG)
This mountain, known as the "Roof of the World," has the highest peak on Earth and lies on the border between China and Nepal.
What is Mount Everest?
On this day, families honor their ancestors by sweeping their graves.
What is the Qingming Festival?
This Chinese invention, made of silk and bamboo, is used to protect people from the sun or rain.
What is the umbrella?