Just for fun: How well do you know China?

Well, I am not able to answer al the questions but some.
1. Beijing.
2. RMB or Yan
3. nope
4. Puthonghua (television chinese)
5. nope
6. Exciting

1. CAPITALS OF CHINA:
Chronology
Dynasty / Government    Capital    Period    Notes
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors    Nüwa           
Youchao           
Suiren           
Zhurong           
Fuxi    Chen
陳    c. 2852–2737 BC   
Shennong / Yan Emperor    Lu
魯    c. 2737–2699 BC   
Yellow Emperor    Xuanyuan
軒轅    c. 2699–2588 BC   
Taihao    Wanqiu
宛丘       
Shaohao    Qiongsang
窮桑    c. 2587–2491 BC   
Gonggong           
Zhuanxu    Gaoyang
高陽    c. 2490 BC – 25th century BC   
Diqiu
帝丘    c. 25th century BC – 2413 BC   
Ku    Diqiu
帝丘    c. 2412 BC – 24th century BC   
Bo
亳    c. 24th century BC – 2343 BC   
Zhi    Qinghua
清化    c. 2343–2333 BC   
Yao    Pingyang
平陽    c. 2333–2234 BC   
Shun    Puban
蒲坂    c. 2233–2184 BC   
Xia dynasty    Daxia
大夏    Gun   
Song
崇   
Yangcheng
陽城    Yu[2]   
Yangzhai
陽翟    Yu, Qi, Taikang   
Chu
鉏    Hou Yi   
Qiongshi
窮石    Hou Yi, Hanzhuo   
Zhen
斟    Taikang, Zhongkang   
Diqiu
帝丘    Xiang, Shaokang   
Yuan
原    Zhu   
Laoqiu
老丘    Zhu to Jiong   
Xihe
西河    Jin to Fa   
Zhen
斟    Jie   
Henan
河南    Jie[3]   
Shang dynasty    Bo
亳    Tang[3]   
Fan
蕃    Xie   
Dishi
砥石    Zhaoming   
Shang
商    Zhaoming   
Shangqiu
商邱    Xiangtu   
Foot of Mount Tai
泰山麓    Xiangtu   
Shangqiu
商邱    Xiangtu   
Yin
殷    Shanghou   
Shangqiu
商邱    Yinhou   
Bo
"西"亳    Tang   
Xiao
囂    Zhongding   
Xiang
相    Hedanjia   
Xing
邢    Zuyi   
Bi
庇    Zuyi   
Yan
奄    Nangeng   
Yin
殷    Pangeng   
Zhou dynasty    Western Zhou dynasty    Zongzhou
宗周    1046 BC – 771 BC    Western capital
Chengzhou
成周    1046 BC – 771 BC    Eastern capital
Eastern Zhou dynasty    Chengzhou
成周    770 BC – 367 BC   
Henan
河南    367 BC – 256 BC    capital of the Western Zhou State
Gong
鞏    367 BC – 249 BC    capital of the Eastern Zhou State
Qin dynasty    Xiquanqiu
西犬丘       
Pingyang
平陽    – 677 BC   
Yong
雍    677 BC –   
Jingyang
涇陽    – 383 BC   
Yueyang
櫟陽    383 BC – 250 BC   
Xianyang
咸陽    350 BC – 207 BC   
Han dynasty    Western Han dynasty    Luoyang
雒陽    202 BC   
Yueyang
櫟陽    202 BC – 200 BC   
Chang'an
長安    200 BC – 8 BC   
Xin dynasty    Chang'an
長安    AD 8–23   
Han dynasty    Eastern Han dynasty    Luoyang
雒陽    AD 25–190   
Chang'an
長安    191–195   
Xu
許    196–220   
Three Kingdoms period    Cao Wei    Luoyang
洛陽    220–265   
Shu Han    Chengdu
成都    221–263   
Eastern Wu    Jianye
建業    227–279   
Jin dynasty    Western Jin dynasty    Luoyang
洛陽    265–313   
Chang'an
長安    313–316   
Eastern Jin dynasty    Jiankang
建康    317–420   
Northern dynasties    Northern Wei    Pingcheng
平城    386–493   
Luoyang
洛陽    493–534   
Ye
鄴    534–550    capital of Eastern Wei
Chang'an
長安    535–557    capital of Western Wei
Northern Qi    Ye
鄴    550–577   
Northern Zhou    Chang'an
長安    557–581   
Southern dynasties    Liu Song dynasty    Jiankang
建康    420–479   
Southern Qi    Jiankang
建康    479–502   
Liang dynasty    Jiankang
建康    502–557   
Chen dynasty    Jiankang
建康    557–589   
Sui dynasty    Dongdu
東都    581–618   
Daxing
大興    581–618    auxiliary capital
Tang dynasty    Chang'an
長安    618–690   
Luoyang
洛陽    657–690    auxiliary capital
Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty    Luoyang
洛陽    690–705   
Tang dynasty    Chang'an
長安    705–904   
Luoyang
洛陽    705–736    auxiliary capital
Luoyang
洛陽    904–907   
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period    Later Liang    Dongdu
東都    907–923   
Later Tang    Dongdu
東都    923–936   
Later Jin    Dongjing
東京    936–947   
Later Han    Dongjing
東京    947–950   
Later Zhou    Dongjing
東京    951–960   
Song dynasty    Northern Song dynasty    Dongjing
東京    960–1127   
Southern Song dynasty    Nanjing
南京    1127–1129    After the fall of Dongjing, Zhao Gou declares himself Emperor Gaozong in Henan
Yangzhou
楊州    1129–1130    Flight of Emperor Gaozong during the Jin invasion of the Yangtze Delta in 1129–1130.
Zhenjiang
鎮江
Lin'an
臨安
Yuezhou
越州
Mingzhou
明州
Dinghai
定海
Off the coast Taizhou, Wenzhou
"海上朝廷"
Zhang'an
章安
Yuezhou
越州
Lin'an
臨安    1130–1276    Song court settles in Lin'an for 146 years
Fuzhou
福州    1276–1277    Flight of Emperor Duanzong along the southeast coast following the fall of Lin'an in 1276.
Guangzhou
廣州    1277–1278
Guanfuchang
官富場    1278
Gangzhou
碙州    Emperor Bingzong succeeds Duanzong on Lantau Island in modern Hong Kong
Yashan
涯山    1278–1279    Song court makes last stand off the coast of Yashan
Liao dynasty    Shangjing
上京    907–1120   
Nanjing
南京    1122–1123   
Tokmok
虎思斡耳朵    1134–1218   
Jin dynasty    Shangjing
上京    1115–1153   
Zhongdu
中都    1153–1214   
Nanjing
南京    1214–1234   
Western Xia    Xingqing
興慶    1038–1227   
Yuan dynasty
Shangdu
上都    May 1264 – 1267   
Dadu
大都    1267[4] – August 1368   
Shangdu
上都    August 1368 – 1369   
Ming dynasty    Nanjing
南京    23 January 1368 – 2 February 1421   
Beijing
北京    2 February 1421 – 25 April 1644   
Nanjing
南京    1644 – 1645   
Fuzhou
福州    1645 – 1646   
Zhaoqing
肇慶    1646 – 25 April 1662   
Later Jin    Feiala
費阿拉    1587–1603   
Hetuala
赫圖阿拉    1603–1619   
Jiefan
界凡    1619 – September 1620   
Sarhu
薩爾滸    September 1620 – April 1621   
Dongjing
東京    April 1621 – 11 April 1625   
Shengjing
盛京    11 April 1625 – 1636   
Qing dynasty    Shengjing
盛京    1636 – 30 October 1644   
Beijing
北京    30 October 1644[5] – 12 February 1912[6]   
Republic of China    Nanjing
南京    1 January 1912 – 2 April 1912    Provisional Government
Beijing
北京    2 April 1912 – 30 May 1928    Beiyang government[6]
Fengtian
奉天    30 May 1928 – 29 December 1928    Beiyang government
Guangzhou
廣州    1 July 1925 – 21 February 1927    Guangzhou Nationalist Government
Wuhan
武漢    21 February 1927 – 19 August 1927    Wuhan Nationalist Government[7]
Nanjing
南京    18 April 1927 – 20 November 1937    the Nanjing decade[6]
Luoyang
洛陽    29 Jan 1932 – 1 December 1932   
Beijing
北平    9 September 1930 – 23 September 1930    Beiping Nationalist Government
Taiyuan
太原    23 September 1930 – 4 November 1930    Beiping Nationalist Government
Guangzhou
廣州    28 May 1931 – 22 December 1931    Guangzhou Nationalist Government
Chongqing
重慶    21 November 1937 – 5 May 1946    during the Second Sino-Japanese War[6]
Nanjing
南京    30 March 1940 – 10 August 1945    Wang Jingwei Government
Nanjing
南京    5 May 1946 – 1 May 1991    From 23 April 1949 to 1 May 1991, Nanjing was the claimed capital of the Republic of China
Guangzhou
廣州    23 April 1949 – 14 October 1949    during the Chinese Civil War
Chongqing
重慶    14 October 1949 – 30 November 1949    during the Chinese Civil War
Chengdu
成都    30 November 1949 – 27 December 1949    during the Chinese Civil War
Xichang
西昌    27 December 1949 – 27 March 1950    during the Chinese Civil War
Taipei
台北    10 December 1949 – Present    Capital
People's Republic of China    Beijing
北京    1 October 1949 – Present

2. What is the name of China's currency?
Answer: Renminbi, literally people's currency, is the legal tender of the People's Republic of China, which is issued by the People's Bank of China. It has another name, Chinese Yuan.
• Short official name: CNY (Chinese Yuan)
• Abbreviation: RMB
• Chinese: Ren Min Bi (人民币)
• Symbol: ￥
• Monetary unit: Yuan (元)
• Fractional units: Jiao (角) and Fen (分)

3. Symbols of the People’s Republic of China
Symbol    Description
National flag    National flag of the PRC (Wu Xing Hong Qi)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg

The national flag of the People's Republic of China was designed by Zeng Liansong. It has a red field charged with five golden stars in the canton. The color red represents the Communist Revolution, the four smaller stars represents the four social classes in Chinese society, and the largest star represents Chinese unity under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. One corner of each of the four smaller stars points towards the center of the bigger star, representing the principle that unity should go around the center. This flag is flown in the mainland, Hong Kong, and Macau.
National emblem    National Emblem (PRC)
National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg

The National Emblem of China includes Tiananmen Gate, where Mao declared the foundation of People's Republic of China, in a red circle. Above the Gate are five stars; the largest represents the CPC, while the four smaller stars represent the four social classes. The emblem's outer border contains sheaves of wheat and rice, representing Chinese agricultural workers. At bottom center is a cog-wheel, representing Chinese industrial workers. The red ribbon represents the unification of the Chinese people.
National anthem    "March of the Volunteers"    The national anthem of China is the "March of the Volunteers". Its lyrics were composed by poet and playwright Tian Han and its music was composed by Nie Er.
Founder of the nation    Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong portrait.jpg

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) established the PRC on October 1, 1949, which remains a national holiday. His portrait is displayed on the entrance of Tiananmen Square.
Qin Shi-huang, the Yellow Emperor    Qin Shi-huang (literally, "First Emperor of Qin") (259 BC - 210 BC) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and then, after the Qin conquered the other Warring States and unified all of China, the first emperor of a unified China.[1] He is widely considered to be the founder of China as a country.
National currency    Yuan sign single.svg Renminbi    The renminbi is the official currency of the People's Republic of China. The yuan is its basic unit. The ISO code for renminbi is CHY.
National animal    Giant panda
Giant Panda 2004-03-2.jpg

The national animal of China is the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanolueca), a bear native to south-central China.
Chinese dragon
Green Chinese dragon.PNG

The Chinese dragon is a legendary creature appearing in Chinese mythology and folklore. The dragon has many animal-like forms, including those resembling turtles and fish, but is usually depicted as a snake with four legs.
National bird    Red-crowned crane
Red-crowned Crane 1.jpg

The red-crowned crane or Manchurian crane (Grus japonensis) is a large East Asian crane and among the rarest cranes in the world. It is found in Siberia (eastern Russia), northeastern China, and the Mongol Daguur Strictly Protected Area in northeastern Mongolia.
Golden pheasant (unofficial)
Golden Pheasant, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve.jpg

The golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) is a game bird of the family Phasianidae. Although it is native to western China, feral populations have been established in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, the Falkland Islands, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
National fruit    Fuzzy kiwifruit
Kiwi aka.jpg

The fuzzy kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) is the national fruit of China. It has fuzzy, dull brown skin and tangy, bright green flesh.
Jujube
Jujube mure.jpg

The jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus) is the second national fruit of China. It is an oval drupe 1.5-3 centimeters deep; it resembles a date and has a single hard stone like an olive.
National tree    Ginkgo
Ginkgo Tree 08-11-04a.jpg

Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) is the only living species in the division Ginkgophyta, all others being extinct. Six ginkgo trees survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

4. The languages of China are the languages that are spoken in China. The predominant language in China, which is divided into seven major language groups (classified as dialects by the Chinese government for political reasons), is known as Hanyu (simplified Chinese: 汉语; traditional Chinese: 漢語; pinyin: Hànyǔ) and its study is considered a distinct academic discipline in China.[5] Hanyu, or Han language, spans eight primary varieties, that differ from each other morphologically and phonetically to such a degree that they will often be mutually unintelligible, similarly to English and German or Danish. The languages most studied and supported by the state include Chinese, Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur and Zhuang. China has 302 living languages listed at Ethnologue.[6] According to the 2010 edition of the Nationalencyklopedin, 955 million out of China's then-population of 1.34 billion spoke some variety of Mandarin Chinese as their first language, accounting for 71% of the country's population.[7]

Standard Chinese (known in China as Putonghua), a form of Mandarin Chinese, is the official national spoken language for the mainland and serves as a lingua franca within the Mandarin-speaking regions (and, to a lesser extent, across the other regions of mainland China). Several other autonomous regions have additional official languages. For example, Tibetan has official status within the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Mongolian has official status within Inner Mongolia. Language laws of China do not apply to either Hong Kong or Macau, which have different official languages (Cantonese, English and Portuguese) than the mainland

5.  China: officially none, unofficially 为人民服务 (Wèi rénmín fúwù) (Chinese: Serve the People)

6. ‘Xiconomics’: the one word set to define China’s long-term agenda

    LEADER: Xi Jinping, China’s new revolutionary hero

well,hahaha

I am a Chinese and I am sure I have a deep understanding of my country.

China has 9.6 million square kilometers of land area, 3 million square meters of sea area, 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, 4 municipalities

The capital of China is Beijing, which uses the renminbi.

You can say the question you want to ask because you met a local。hahaha

rangers01---
So you are a local--  ha ha! so as a foreigner myself--- who studied CHINA HISTORY in grade 6 MANY MANY YEARS AGO in Canada--- I have found that I sometimes know more about China history than a lot of "LOCALS"----
SO-- just for fun-- let's start with an easy HISTORY Question----
WHERE are the MOST pyramids- and the LARGEST pyramid in the world located?

krissttovvv wrote:

rangers01---
So you are a local--  ha ha! so as a foreigner myself--- who studied CHINA HISTORY in grade 6 MANY MANY YEARS AGO in Canada--- I have found that I sometimes know more about China history than a lot of "LOCALS"----
SO-- just for fun-- let's start with an easy HISTORY Question----
WHERE are the MOST pyramids- and the LARGEST pyramid in the world located?

year,I am a local。you are nice

The biggest pyramid in the world is the Pyramid of Khufu. As for where is the most, I think it is in Egypt.

SORRY-- wrong---
THE GREAT WHITE PYRAMID in Xian is 2.5 times LARGER than the biggest Egypt one. AND THERE ARE WELL OVER 100 pyramids there.
SADLY- every new ruler or Emperor always destroyed the achievements of the previous ruler- even killing the family and relatives....... so thus these WONDERS OF THE WORLD were also destroyed- looted and now lost.
"THEY DO NOT EXIST" - but they are there and were photographed from the air by a pilot during world war 2 that had gotten lost,,,,,,

ANOTHER piece of Chinese history is the lost tribe of TARIN in China that was not Chinese. When Ghanghis KHAN ruled Mongolia and most of the east. . . . MY ANCESTORS- the SAXONS from Germany came to visit him. A Saxon Princess married Khan's BROTHER and because Khan always took women from China during raiding parties--- the SAXON-CHINESE blood became mixed. A whole Saxon Army settled in TARIN to teach Saxon fighting ways- because the Saxon's ruled the west- and later created England and the English language... etc... ... and they intermarried with the Chinese. SO EVEN TODAY you can see SOME Chinese with brown hair- GREEN EYES and big noses and facial hair......

So- bro.....  we may be related!  ha  ha!

HEY- what do they teach you guys in school ANYWAY?????  ha ha!

1. What is the capital city or administrative capital of China? Beijing
2. What currency is used in China? Remenbi
3. List the national symbols of China. Giant Panda
4. What are the official languages or the ones used the most on a day-to-day basis? Mandarine
5. Share with us the national motto. Dont remember but have seen some thing written on platform at subway station
6. Define China in one word.  Unity in Diversity

There are pyramids in almost every continent on earth---- EVEN EUROPE---- but only the Egypt ones get promoted......
The CHINESE ones are older than the Egypt ones- SO FOR THOSE OF YOU who always wanted to know HOW THEY WERE BUILT- well you really need to ask the CHINESE--- because their RECORDED HISTORY is 5800 years old...... MUCH OLDER than Egypt pyramid history!!
And that is your History lesson for today!
Thank you for your interest!

reb123---
NUMBER 6:
that is 3 words....    ha ha!

Beijing
RMB
Tian An Men
Mandarin Chinese
Nice

where are the question now? just the post space...... well... maybe it's better, since we dunno what is considered allowed or forbidden to express 

Thanks for this page of History!

emmmmmm,

Strictly speaking, the "tower" of Xi'an is not a pyramid. In the traditional cognition of the Chinese, the pyramid is the vertebral structure or the prismatic structure of Egypt or South America. The kind of Xi'an and Shaoshan Temple is called the tower. Because of the large number, it is called Tallinn (meaning that these towers are as many as the number in the woods). Most of the burial is the temple's sorghum, while the Egyptian pyramids are buried by their kings. So China can only be called a "tower" and cannot be called a pyramid.

And the region with the largest number of pyramids in the strict sense is Sudan, they have about 220, 50% more than Egypt.

DUDE--- we (I) were not talking about the USE or the cultural name- we were only talking about the SHAPE. Even in Egypt it was NOT called a pyramid. BUT Today- any structure with 4 TRIANGLE SHAPED sides joined at the top center is simply called a pyramid.

NOTE:
The hieroglyphics used to describe these structures in Egypt are translated as the word 'mer'. The word that we use, 'pyramid', is from the Greek 'pyramis' (pl.pyrmides), wheaten cake. ... The word 'mer' probably didn't even mean a pyramidal shape, rather it was used to describe a religious use.

Now do you understand?
And Yes- the CHINA GREAT WHITE PYRAMID is a "PYRAMID SHAPE". SOME of the Egyptian pyramids were white clad as well- COPIED from the CHINESE. The Chinese culture (Pyramids) is OLDER!
Look at the original photos of the Chinese pyramid. IT IS NOT A TOWER. I have been in- and even lived in- a CHINESE TOWER- and their tower meaning is a fortification for defense-- and nothing to do with burial, or governments, etc.....
Your translation of Chinese history is a bit flawed I think.....

emmmmm,

I am sure that although you have lived and lived in China for a while, there are many misunderstandings about the "tower" in Chinese culture. You can't attribute the understanding of the "tower" to the explanation in the textbook, which is not perfect. In China, cones, prisms, prismatic bodies, cylinders, and even iron structures used to build high-voltage wires are also called "towers."

The Leifeng “Tower” in Xi’an is to suppress the legendary python, and the “tower” in the West Lake is also the same. The “Tower” of the Shaolin Temple in the Shaoshan Temple in Henan Province is for burial. The Forbidden City Tower in Beijing The "tower" on the ground is to defend against the enemy, but this structure should be called "tower" accurately. It means a tower like a room. The high-voltage line is called the "iron tower"; the TV tower used to broadcast the TV signal is called the "television tower". The most classic "tower" in China should be the tower in the hands of the Journey to the West. Structure, the structure of the tower is generally to suppress some kind of monsters or religious sacrifices, burial monks.

SORRY DUDE----
You totally misunderstood the previous posts----
ONCE AGAIN I state that we were ONLY talking about the SHAPE of "PYRAMIDS" around the world. WE (I) were not talking about mythical uses or cultural names or pythons or any such 'stuff'.....
I even explained "WHERE" the modern day english word - pyramid - came from.
TODAY-- and by TODAY- I mean the 21st. century- the WHOLE WORLD, including Archeologists & Scientists and HISTORY TEACHERS; all accept the word PYRAMID as the universal descriptive word for the 4 sided pyramid shape. Every country in the world uses the word TOWER and every country has towers. But a pyramid is NOT a tower. It is a unique shape which is NOW CALLED A PYRAMID! And the facts have absolutely nothing to do with how long I have lived in China. Maybe lots of people are interested in your version of deep MYSTICAL history- but that is not what were were discussing, and you totally went off on your tower rant...
Now go sit in the corner for 15 minutes- and next time read the post more carefully!  ha  ha!