Literature & Art

Question 1

Which book is the first collection of poems in China? How many poems in total? It is categorized into 3 parts, 3 parts are called?

Answer 1

Shi Jing – 305 – Feng, Ya, Song

Question 2

Which work is the representative in Chu Ci(Songs from the South) and the longest lyrical poem in Chinese classical literature?

Answer 2

Li Sao ( Suffering Throes)

Question 3

Who is the most important anthor of Chu Ci? (Who is the Dragon Boat Festival commemorating)

Answer 3

Qu Yuan

Question 4

Who is the representative of romantic poets in Tang Dynasty?

Answer 4

Li Bai

Question 5

Which book is the collections of Confucious’ words and deeds? And its core idea?

Answer 5

The Analects, Benevolence

Question 6

In Chinese poem, which object indicate remembrance or love?

Answer 6

Moon/Red Beans

Question 7

Which dynasty is the peak of Ci-Poetry?

Answer 7

Song Dynasty

Question 8

What are the Four Classical Novels and their authors?

Answer 8

The Dreams of The Red Chambers – Cao Xueqin & Gao E - Qing
The Romance of the Three Kingdom – Luo Guanzhong – Ming
The Outlaws of the Marsh – Shi Nai’an – Yuan & Ming
The Journey to the West – Wu Cheng’en - Ming

Question 9

Which classical novel depicts the daily life of the people in the Jia family?

Answer 9

The Dreams of the Red Chambers

Question 10

Which classical novel based on historical facts from Wei, Shu and Wu?

Answer 10

The Romance of Three Kingdoms

Question 11

Which classical novel shows us the story how Tang Monk went to the west in a quest for Buddhist scriptures?

Answer 11

The Journey to the West

Question 12

Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu, Guanyu, Caocao, Zhuge Liang, Su Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Song Jiang, Wu Song, are there figures from which novel?

Answer 12

*Lin Daiyu, Jia Baoyu – The Dreams of The Red Chambers
*Guanyu, Caocao, Zhuge Liang – The Romance of Three Kingdoms
*Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie – The Journey to the West
*Song Jiang, Wu Song – The Outlaw of Marsh

Question 13

What are the banners in the May 4th New Culture Movement?

Answer 13

Democracy and Science

Question 14

What marked the beginning of the New Culture Movement?

Answer 14

In September 1915, The Youth Magazine in Shanghai published Chen Duxiu’s article “To the Youth”

Question 15

Who is the chef warrior in the May 4th New Culture Movement? And what is the first vernacular novel in the history of modern Chinese literature?

Answer 15

Lu Xun, The Diary of a Madman

Question 16

Who won the the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer 16

Mo Yan

Question 17

Which opera is the “Mother of China’s operas”?

Answer 17

Kunqu Opera

Question 18

Which opera is the “national opera” of China?

Answer 18

Peking Opera

Question 19

Facial make-up plays a very important role in Peking Opera, what does the color represent?

Answer 19

*Red : Loyalty and Bravery
*Blue : Irritable
*White : Cunning
*Black : Integrity, Courage, Boldness
*Yellow : Vicious and Brutal

Question 20

In traditional Chinese music, the Pentatonic scale consists of five notes, their Chinese names are?

Answer 20

宫Gong, 商Shang, 角Jue, 徵Zhi, 羽Yu

Question 21

Among Traditional Chinese Musical Instruments， 丝与竹 refer to

Answer 21

琵琶pi pa，古筝 gu zheng，古琴 gu qin，二胡 er hu，萧 xiao，笛子 di zi