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Chinese Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What are lion dances believed to do?






2. What are dragon dances believed to do?






3. What is a very popular food?






4. How many Chinese characters are there






5. What is the highest mountain in China?






6. What does the Chinese eat on birthday to symbolize long life?






7. What economy does China have?






8. Gifts within the business context in China are often seen as bribes?






9. About how much does a Giant Panda weigh?






10. If a woman's name is Zhang Xiaomei - Zhang is :






11. The Republic of China is located on...






12. Why should the house be cleaned in preparation for the Chinese New Year?






13. What happens at midnight on New Year's Eve?






14. Name three traditional Chinese musical instruments






15. What do people that live in the northern part of China - eat as their main food?






16. What color is considered lucky?






17. What are some things that should not be done on New Year's Day?






18. Which of these should you try and have on your business cards?






19. What are the four great invention of China?






20. What is the official romanization system for the language of China?






21. What does 'radical' means?






22. What is 'Hong boa' or 'Lai see'?






23. China shares a border with






24. Where was the fortune cookie original from?






25. List some Chinese foods.






26. And the traditional form of characters is used in






27. Which animal does not belong to the 12 Animal Zodiac?






28. What fruits are brought to the homes of family and friends? What do they symbolize?






29. What do Chinese people use 'Name Chop'(y






30. When people playing 'Go'game - which color stone goes first?






31. The earliest Chinese dictionary is called






32. What does the word yellow imply?






33. Name a public holiday that China has.

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34. What are the red envelopes called?






35. What is the 12 zodiac sign?






36. When is China's National Day?






37. What is the name of the tray with eight compartments that is offered to guests?






38. Who was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who lived from 1893 to 1976?






39. Aggressive negotiation tactics are recommended.






40. What colors are on the Chinese flag?






41. Which of these should you try to do when negotiating in China?






42. Which of these things did not originally come from China






43. Where does the Giant Panda live?






44. What fruit does the Chinese believe to give you a long life?






45. China is the ______largest country in the world (area).






46. What determines when the Chinese New Year starts and stops?






47. ____________ were not invented in China?






48. What is the capital city of The People's Republic of China?






49. When you receive a red envelope from a Chinese person - what do you get inside?






50. When you hear a person mention my 'Ai Ren' (Ai means love - and Ren means person) - the meaning of the word 'Ai Ren' is: