Festivals
This festival marks the end of Chinese New Year celebrations. (Hint: it features lantern displays)
What is the Lantern Festival (元宵节)?
This philosophical system, founded by Confucius, emphasizes respect, morality, and proper relationships.
What is Confucianism?
This animal from the Chinese zodiac represents the first year in the 12-year zodiac cycle.
This famous wall stretching thousands of miles across northern China was built to defend against invasions.
What is the Great Wall of China?
The school colors of Northview High School are as follows.
Silver, navy blue, and lime green.
During this festival, people eat 粽子 (zòngzi), sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
What is the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节)?
This ancient trade network connected China with Europe and the Middle East, helping spread goods like silk, spices, and ideas across continents.
What is the Silk Road?
This zodiac animal is the only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac.
What is the Dragon (龙)?
This large public square in Beijing is one of the biggest city squares in the world and the site of many historic political events in modern China.
What is Tiananmen Square?
Students are required to make one in order to leave the classroom during the teaching period.
What are smart passes?
Mooncakes are traditionally eaten during this autumn festival celebrating the full moon.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋节)?
In Chinese culture, the color red commonly symbolizes these two positive ideas.
What are good luck and prosperity?
This zodiac animal is associated with strength, courage, and leadership.
What is the Tiger (虎)?
This massive imperial palace complex in Beijing served as the home of Chinese emperors for nearly 500 years during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
What is the Forbidden City?
Northview High School is located on this road in Johns Creek.
What is Parsons Road?
This Mid-Autumn legend tells of a woman who flew to the moon after drinking an immortality potion.
Who is Chang’e (嫦娥)?
This dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ending in 1912.
What is the Qing Dynasty?
The Chinese zodiac cycle repeats every this many years.
What is 12 years?
These dramatic limestone pillars in Hunan Province inspired the floating mountains in the movie Avatar.
What is Zhangjiajie National Forest Park?
This was the year Northview High School was built.
Which school was opened in 2002?
The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates this ancient poet and minister who drowned in the Miluo River.
Who is Qu Yuan?
This dynasty is often referred to as the first Chinese dynasty.
Who were the Xia Dynasty?
The order of the zodiac animals is said to have been determined by a legendary race organized by this figure in Chinese mythology.
Who is the Jade Emperor?
Located in Xi’an, this archaeological site contains thousands of life-sized clay soldiers created to guard the tomb of China’s first emperor.
What is the Terracotta Army?
We have this many members in NCHS.
Which club has 66 members?