Chinese Culture Quiz

The capital of the People's Republic of China is _________ .

• Taipei

• Beijing

• Shanghai

• Hong Kong

_________ or Putonghua is the the official language of China.

• Hokkien-Taiwanese

• Shanghainese

• Cantonese

• Mandarin

The _________ Festival is also known as Chinese Valentine's Day.

• Qingming

• Qixi

• Lantern

• Double Ninth

Marking the end of winter and the beginning of the spring season, ________, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important holiday in China.

• The Full Moon Festival

• The Lantern Festival

• The Chinese New Year

• The Dragon Boat Festival

Zongzi (sticky rice dumplings in bamboo leaves) is part of the _________ celebration.

• Chinese New Year

• Dragon Boat Festival

• Lantern Festival

• Mid-Autumn Festival

During the_________ Festival, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray and make ritual offerings.

• Lantern

• Ghost

• Qixi

• Qingming

Which animal is missing on the Zodiac tree?

(a)  

The ________ is the earliest known form of Chinese writing.

• bronze script

• oracle bone script

• seal script

• regular script

In Chinese communities around the world, _____ is often used to determine traditional festival dates, as well as auspicious dates, such as wedding dates.

• the gregorian calendar

• the Chinese calendar

• the Western calendar

• Fengshui

The Chinese calendar is a _______ calendar, indicating both the phase of the Moon and the time of the solar year.

• lunisolar

• lunar

• solar