Across
- 3. Chinese zodiac for the yar 2022
- 5. Unlucky number that sounds like death
- 6. Complementary force of yang
- 9. Pinyin for the colour that symbolises mourning
- 11. A colour in monetary gifts that symbolizes good luck
- 13. The only woman to sit on China's throne as Emperor in her own right
- 15. technique in which practitioners stimulate specific points on the body, usually by inserting thin needles through the skin.
- 16. Chinese unicorn
- 17. The 5th zodiac animal in Chinese
- 18. City that is home to Yu Yuan
- 19. First name of the founding father of the People’s Republic of China
- 21. round soup balls that are customary to eat during the Lantern festival
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- 1. Colour represents power, royalty, and prosperity worn only by the emperor during the tang dynasty
- 2. ancient Chinese exercise and healing technique that involves meditation, controlled breathing, and movement exercises.
- 3. Material that makes the warriors in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- 4. The Confucian virtue ‘li’
- 7. Chinese name for the summer solstice festival; the longest day
- 8. Chinese zodiac animal that symbolizes power, nobleness, honour, luck, and success. It is gifted with innate courage, tenacity, and intelligence.
- 10. The Confucian virtue ‘ren’
- 12. invention accidentally discovered during a search for a potion to gain human immortality
- 14. One of Chairman Mao’s olds; Jiù Wénhuà
- 15. Official belief of the China Communist Party
- 18. Number in the Chinese valentine
- 20. Pinyin for the festival that commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan who committed suicide by drowning himself in the Miluo River.