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Chinese Culture
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1. List some Chinese foods.
Fried Dumplings (pot stickers) - Kung Pao Chicken - Hot and Sour Soup - Fried Rice - Mushu Pork - Beef with Broccoli - Spring Rolls/Egg Rolls - Szechuan Chicken
greeting you
Dessert (Small Heart)
Red and Yellow
2. When is China's National Day?
Peach (T
the lantern celebration
Afghanistan
October 1st
3. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?
Tray of Togetherness
1600
noodles
Pinyin
4. What flower represents courage and hope?
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Fourth
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
2
5. What are the red envelopes called?
cash
Hong boa or Lai see
2
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
6. Where was the fortune cookie original from?
15
Taiwan
Chinese Americans in USA
Mao Zedong
7. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
8. The author of 'The Art of War' is
Sun Zi ??
Red and Yellow
Signature
Dessert (Small Heart)
9. Simplified Chinese character system is used in
True
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
Dessert (Small Heart)
China - Signapore
10. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
noodles
you could wipe away your good fortune
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
11. What are lion dances believed to do?
just over 8
NE quadrant
scare away the evil spirits
the Spring Festival
12. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
just over 8
Signature
200 B.C. - people feared 'Nien' the mythical - evil monster - so they would make loud noises bright lights - and big dragons to scare it off
13. How many minority nationalities are there in China?
55
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
xu Sh
Atheism
14. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?
China - Signapore
cash
4
2500
15. What are the six working languages of the United Nations
about 275 lbs.
NE quadrant
multiple
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
16. Who would you expect to make decisions from negotiations and meetings?
Renminbi Yuan
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
Most senior ranking attendee
Mao Zedong
17. What building in China can be seen from Space? (a myth)
the Spring Festival
2
Great Wall of China
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
18. Martial Arts/Kung Fu was invented by who?
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
the Shaolin Monks
19. How many Chinese characters are there
learned skill
14 hours a day eating - rest of the time sleeping
About 50 -000. Frequently used 3 -500.
greeting you
20. Which of these should you not do during a business meeting?
Television
Renminbi Yuan
Tea (Cha)
Show emotion
21. How should one receive business cards?
just over 8
noodles
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
with both hands
22. What is the state religion in China?
15
Dessert (Small Heart)
Atheism
borrowing - trading - cleaning - using knives or scissors - cutting noodles
23. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?
China - Signapore
title
Arabic - Chinese - English - French - Russian - Spanish
starts on the first lunar month - ends on the full moon
24. What are the five official religions of China?
Hin Jintao
Atheism
you could wipe away your good fortune
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
25. What are dragon dances believed to do?
Han
Han
bring in good luck and prosperity
Television
26. How many days is the Chinese New Year celebrated?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Hin Jintao
Gong Xi
15
27. What was the Great Wall originally built?
to protect China from invasion or attack by tribal enemies
with a guy meditating in a cave for 9 years and studying the movements of animals and humans
Hong boa or Lai see
Tray of Togetherness
28. Some animals that make their homes in China.
title
bring in good luck and prosperity
snow leopards - elephants - wild yaks - reindeer - moose - giant panda - etc.
Fortune cookies
29. What colors are on the Chinese flag?
Chinese Americans in USA
Red and Yellow
Hin Jintao
bring in good luck and prosperity
30. What the three common Chinese greetings?
Nihao! Zenme y
people's money
Atheism
Hong Kong
31. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called
learned skill
just over 8
Shuo W
Television
32. And the traditional form of characters is used in
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
cat
Taiwan - Hong Kong
55
33. How many players does it take to play Ma-Jiang
noodles
red
4
Red and Yellow
34. What is the 12 zodiac sign?
4
Buddhism - Islam - Taoism - Catholicism - Protestantism
Year. These 12 animals represent the rotating 12-year cycle that is the basis of the Chinese Zodiac.
Taiwan - Hong Kong
35. What is a very popular food?
bring in good luck and prosperity
adult content
Nihao! Zenme y
white rice
36. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?
Sun Zi ??
title
Dessert (Small Heart)
False
37. How many year ago was the Great Wall built?
2500
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
Fourth
Taiwan - Hong Kong
38. How many pieces of cannon are there in each side of the Chinese chess?
noodles
2
Parts of Chinese characters
paper - printing - silk - ice cream - wheel barrow - anagrams - magnetic compass - porcelain - gunpowder - bow and arrow
39. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?
Beijing
wife or husband
2
oranges and tangerines - abundant happiness
40. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?
2
cash
2500
Pinyin
41. What economy does China have?
communist
True
Gong Xi
Atheism
42. What is the official language spoken in China?
Mandarin Chinese
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
Han
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
43. What are the four treasures of the study (w
Pen Brush - Ink - Paper - Ink Stone
March 8th is International Women's Day - on this day women will get a paid day or half day off - while all men must still go to work; May 1st is International Labor Day; May 4th is Youth Day - in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919; Jun
Mao Zedong
Hong boa or Lai see
44. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?
October 1st
Tea (Cha)
to get rid of the bad luck and the old
multiple
45. What festival ends the Chinese New Year?
the lantern celebration
scare away the evil spirits
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
Bamboo leaves
46. What color is considered lucky?
in the misty mountains of SW China - nowhere else on Earth
about 275 lbs.
the plum blossom - they bloom year round
red
47. What is the highest mountain in China?
Erhu - Guzheng - Yang Qin - Pi pa - Di zi
Mt. Everest
noodles
communist
48. The largest ethnic group in China is called
Sun Zi ??
Han
red envelopes given to children - they contain lucky money
Han Zu - Zhuang Zu - Man zu - Hui Zu - Miao Zu
49. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?
Gong Xi
Peach (T
Tray of Togetherness
Renminbi Yuan
50. Common greeting used during Chinese New Year
about 275 lbs.
Han
Gong Xi
Emperor and Empress
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