Provinces and Municipalities of China Quiz

Answer: Capital city designated by Imperial Chinese emperors

Beijing literally means northern capital, Nanjing the southern capital. Nanjing was the capital for several dynasties. Nanjing was the original capital of Ming Dynasty from 1368 to 1403. Ming third emperor, Yongle moved the capital to Beijing in 1403 when the imperial palace at Forbidden City was completed.

In 1931, Nanjing became the capital of Republic of China until 1937 when the city was captured by the Japanese invaders. On 1 October 1949, Beijing was declared by Mao Zedong as the capital of the People's Republic of China.

Answer: Yellow River

He means river, bei is north and nan is south. Yellow River (Huang He) is the most important river in the history of the Chinese civilization. Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth-longest river in the world at an estimated length of 5,464 km.

Answer: Huangshan

Huangshan City is in the famous Yellow Mountains. The Yellow Mountains (Huangshan) are located in southern Anhui Province in eastern China. The site was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012. The highest peak is 1,864 meters.

Answer: Taihang

Shan means mountain, dong and xi mean east and west. Taihang Mountains extend over 400 km in Shanxi, Henan and Hebei provinces. The highest peak is Mount Xiaowutai at 2,882 meters.

Answer: Amur

Heilongjiang is the most north eastern province, bordering Russia. Harbin is the capital where there are famous winter "ice festivals" with artistic sculptures. The Amur is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between Russia and China. The Amur is 2,824 km long.

Answer: Cities

It is named after two cities Jiangning (now known as Nanjing) and Suzhou. Nanjing is the provincial capital and largest city in Jiangsu province. Suzhou is the second largest city in Jiangsu.

Answer: Ancient state

During the 11th century, Ningxia once was a small but powerful Xia state, with a fairly high level of culture until it was overthrown by the Mongols in 1222. Ning means tranquility. Ningxia, with a population of six million, is one of the least populated provinces.

Answer: Rivers

"Si" means four, "Chuan" means rivers. The four major rivers: the Jialing, Jinsha, Min, and Tuo. During ancient China, Sichuan was the home of the ancient states of Ba and Shu. The conquest of these two fertile states by Qin paved the way for the Qin Shi Huang's unification of China under the Qin dynasty. Chengdu is the provincial capital.

Answer: Pass

Shaanxi means West of the Shaan Pass. This pass is located in Shanzhou District, southern bank of the Yellow River. Xian is the provincial capital where the Terracotta Army was discovered in 1974.

Answer: Yun

Yunnan literally mean South of Yun Mountains. The capital is Kunming which is 2,000 m above sea level. This province has the highest population of minority races (33%). It is bordered by three South-east Asian countries, Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar.