Culture

• What river is considered as the "mother river" of China/ the cradle of Chinese civilisation.

  Yellow River
• Which of the following picture shows one of the Dragon Boat Festival

  customs?

  A. C

  
• What year is 2022 in the Chinese zodiac cycle?

  A. 虎 tiger B. 牛 ox C. 龙 dragon

  Tiger
• Which of the following number is usually the least favourite for most

  Chinese?

  A. 6 B. 4 C. 7

  4
• Which of the following animal is considered as Chinese “national

  treasure”?

  A

  
• Gunpowder, printing technique, paper making and compass are

  considered as Chinese traditional “four great inventions”.
• When a Chinese couple gets married , which of the following paper-cut

  character can be often seen in their room?

  A. C

  
• The poem “When the moon rises above the sea, the whole world share

  this very moment” is related to which Chinese traditional Chinese

  festival?

  A. 元宵节 Lantern Festival

  B. 中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival

  C. 重阳节 Double-Ninth Festival

  
  

  A. Mid-Autumn Festival
• Which of the following color symbolizes prosperity and happiness in

  Chinese culture?

  A. 红色 red B. 蓝色 blue C. 绿色 green

  
  

  A. Red
• “Cuju” is an ancient Chinese game, “Cu”means to kick, “ju”means a type of ball

  wrapped by leather. “Cuju”can be considered which of the following modern sport?

  A. 篮球 basketball B. 排球 volleyball C. 足球 soccer

  
  

  A. Soccer
• Which of the image presents a Chinese traditional utensil?

  
  

  A. A

  
• Ancient Chinese divided a whole day and night of time into twelve

  periods, how many hours is one period of that time equivalent to ?

  A. 1 B. 2 C. 4

  
  

  A. 2
• Chinese ancient ideologists used five elements to explain the origin of the world,

  which are gold, wood, water, fire and earth
• In ancient times, boys would put on a hat when they turned 20 years.

  This ritual was considered as the beginning of adulthood. Nowadays,

  families or schools hold the adult ceremony
• To celebrate birthdays in China, it is customary to eat noodles.
• The Yangtze River is the longest river in China
• The Han is the ethnic group which has the most population in China
• The 1st of October is China’s National Day
• China's ( including Hong Kong ) cars drive on both sides of the road
• China's ( excluding Hong Kong ) cars drive on the right side of the road
• The official name of Chinese currency is renminbi
• The other name for Chinese currency other than renminbi is Yuan
• The Qixi Festival is considered as Chinese Valentine’s Day
• Table Tennis is considered as Chinese national sport
• In Chinese folk culture, People often consider Mandarin duck is a metaphor

  for a couple
• Yellow was considered as the royal family color
• Book “The Analects”is mainly about the ideologies and thoughts of Confucius
• The pen in “文房四宝”(the four treasures of study) refers to a brush pen
• English is currently the most spoken language in the

  world
• Eating sweet dumplings is customary to eat during Lantern Festival
• Setting off firecrackers is very important during Spring Festival
• Dumplings are eaten on Chinese New Year’s Eve and

  symbolizes embracing the new and bidding farewell to the old
• Shufa is what this art of character writing is called

  
• In a Chinese name, family name comes first then first name
• In a Chinese name,____________

  A. 姓在前,名在后 family name comes first

  B. 名在前,姓在后 first name comes first

  C. 两者都可以 either way works

  family name comes first
• Beijing is the city you can see Siheyuan

  
• 
  

  Qinshihuang is the first emperor to unify China
• Some northern cities in China would hold an ice lantern party in winter
• Monkey King is from Journey to The West
• Monkey King is from which novel?

  Journey to the west