How much do you know about China’s “Big Four”

The four great ancient Chinese folk legends: "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", "Meng Jiangnu", "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", "The Legend of the White Snake"

The four great beauties in ancient China: Xi Shi, Diao Chan, Yang Guifei, Wang Zhaojun

The Four Great Chinese Books: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (author: Luo Guanzhong), "Water Margin" (author: Shi Naian), "Journey to the West" (author: Wu Chengen ), "The Plum in the Golden Lotus" (Author: Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng)

China's Four Great Classics: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions"

The Four Histories of China: "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Later Hanshu", "Three Kingdoms"

China's four great inventions: papermaking, compass, gunpowder, and movable type printing

Four major fish: herring, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp

China's four famous prostitutes: Liu Rushi, Li Shishi, Chen Yuanyuan, Su Xiaoxiao

China's four most talented people in Jiangnan: Tang Bohu , Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming, Xu Zhenqing

The four major calligraphers of the Song Dynasty in China (calligraphy): Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Cai Xiang

The four major calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty in China: Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan , Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan

The four famous towers in China: Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, and Stork Tower (the other is Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, Yellow Crane Tower, and Penglai Pavilion.

There is also a saying that it is Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Tengwang Pavilion, and Yuewang Tower)

China’s four famous Buddhist mountains: Mount Emei, Mount Wutai, Mount Jiuhua, and Mount Putuo

Four major Chinese cuisines: Sichuan cuisine , Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine, Jiangsu cuisine

China’s four major ancient towns: Foshan in Guangdong, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi, Hankou in Hubei, and Zhuxian Town in Henan

China’s four famous gardens: Summer Palace (Beijing), Summer Resort (Chengde), Humble Administrator's Garden (Suzhou) and Lingering Garden (Suzhou)

The four major academies in China: Hengyang Shigu Academy (due to the Japanese army during the defense of Hengyang during the Anti-Japanese War) Destroyed in 1998, Songyang Academy in Dengfeng, Henan took over its title of the four major academies), Bailudong Academy in Lushan, Jiangxi, Yuelu Academy in Changsha, Hunan, and Yingtian Academy in Shangqiu, Henan

The four most famous colleges in China: 1. Shanhaiguan 2, Jiayuguan 3, Yumen Pass 4, Youyiguan

China's four major grottoes: Gansu Dunhuang Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes

China's Four Great ancient capitals: Xi'an, Beijing, Luoyang, Nanjing

China's four major lakes: Hongze Lake, Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake

China's four major lacquer arts: Fuzhou bodiless lacquerware Yangzhou Lacquer ware, Pingyao push-up lacquer ware, Chengdu lacquer ware

China's four famous embroideries: Su embroidery, Guangdong embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Shu embroidery

China's four major capitals: Bianliang in Tokyo, Chang'an in Xijing, Jiankang in Nanjing, Youzhou, Beijing

The four major ancient bridges in China: Guangji Bridge (Xiangzi Bridge) in Guangdong, Zhaozhou Bridge in Hebei, Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing and Luoyang Bridge in Fujian

The four major ancient bridges in China Famous dishes: Xishi tongue, chicken, mink, cicada, tofu, Zhaojun duck

China's four major ancient building complexes: Forbidden City (Beijing), Qufu Three Kongs (Shandong), Dai Temple (Taishan, Shandong), Summer Resort (Chengde, Hebei)

The Four Books of China: The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius, and Mencius

The four styles of Chinese calligraphy: regular script, cursive script, official script, and seal script

The four arts of ancient Chinese literati: piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting

The four styles of Chinese regular script: Ouyang (Xun), Yan (Zhenqing), Liu (Gongquan), Zhao (Mengfu)

The Four Treasures of Chinese Study: (Lake) Brush, (Hui) Ink, (Xuan) Paper, (Duan) Inkstone

China’s Four Major Stele Forests: Shaanxi Xi’an Stele Forest, Shandong Qufu Confucius Temple Stele Forest, Taiwan Kaohsiung South Gate Stele Forest, Jiangsu Zhenjiang Jiaoshan Stele Forest

Four famous names in Guangdong, China: Chen Mengji, Fang Tangjing, Liu Huadong, He Danru

Four great names in China's Yuan Dynasty: Ni Zan, Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Wang Meng

The four great masters of the early Qing Dynasty in China: Wang Shihong, He Zhuo, Jiang Chenying, Chen Yixi

The "Four Great Masters" during the Kangxi period of China (Da Chongguang, Jiang Chenying , Wang Shihong, He Zhuo

The four great calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty in China: Liu Yong, Weng Fanggang, Wang Wenzhi, Liang Tongshu

The four great calligraphers in Tianjin in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China: Yan Xiu and Hua Shikui , Meng Guanghui, Zhao Yuanli

The four major calligraphers of the Republic of China: Wu Zhihui's seal script, Hu Hanmin's official script, Yu Youren's running script, and Tan Yankai's regular script

The four major poets of Zhongxing China ( The Four Great Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty): You Mian, Yang Wanli, Fan Chengda, Lu You

The four great poets of the Tang Dynasty in China: Li Bai (the Immortal of Poetry), Du Fu (the Saint of Poetry), Bai Juyi (the Demon of Poetry), and Wang Wei ( Poetry and Buddha)

The four great writers of the early Tang Dynasty in China: Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin, and King Luo Bin

The four great rebel generals in Chinese history: Ying Bu, Lu Bu, Hou Jing, Wu Sangui

China's "Four Famous Jade": "Hetian Jade" produced in Xinjiang, "Dushan Jade" produced in Nanyang, Henan, "Turquoise" produced in Yun County, Hubei and other places, Liaoning Xiuyan The "Xiu Jade" produced in the county

China's four famous inkstones: Duan Inkstone, She Inkstone, Taohe Inkstone, and Chengni Inkstone since the Tang Dynasty

China's Four Famous Assassins: Zhuan Zhu , Yaoli, Nie Zheng, Jing Ke

The four major unjust cases of the Qing Dynasty in China: Yang Naiwu and Xiao Baicai, the complaint of Sanjie Yang, Zhang Wenxiang's horse stabbing case, and the strange case of Huai'an

The four major unjust cases of the Qing Dynasty in China Strange cases: The Queen Mother married, Shunzhi became a monk, Yongzheng was assassinated, and the civet cat replaced the prince

China’s four major families: Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu

China’s four major child actors: Li Shifang, Mao Shilai, Song Dezhu, Zhang Junqiu

China’s four major condemnation novels: The Appearance of Officialdom, The Strange Current Situation I’ve Witnessed for Twenty Years, Lao Can’s Travels, and Flowers in the Sea

China’s Four Major Love Dramas: Horses on the Wall, Moon Worship Pavilion, Romance of the West Chamber, and A Chinese Romance: Leaving the Soul

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The Four Great Legends of the Ming Dynasty: Purple Hairpin, The Peony Pavilion, Handan, and Nanke

The Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period: Mengchang of Qi, Pingyuan of Zhao, Chunshen of Chu, Wei Guoxin Lingjun

The Four Great Masters of Chinese Northern Song Dynasty Literary Circle: Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Huang Tingjian, Su Shi

The Four Chinese Great Masters of Yuan Opera: Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, Zheng Guangzu, and Bai Pu

The four famous mountains in China: Lushan Mountain, Longhu Mountain, Huangshan Mountain and Jiuhua Mountain

The four famous Taoist mountains in China: Qingcheng Mountain (Sichuan), Longhu Mountain (Jiangxi), Wudang Mountain (Hubei), Qiyun Mountain ( Anhui) (Another saying is Wudang Mountain (Hubei), Longhu Mountain (Jiangxi), Qiyun Mountain (Anhui), Kongtong Mountain (Gansu)

The four arts of ancient Chinese nobles: poetry, calligraphy, etiquette, Music

Sikuquanshu in ancient China: Jing, Shi, Zi, Ji

Four famous Chinese Dandies: Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, Shang Xiaoyun, Xun Huisheng

China's four major national quintessences: traditional Chinese medicine, calligraphy and painting, Peking Opera, and martial arts

China's four major operas: Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yue Opera, and Henan Opera

China's four classic toys: jigsaw puzzle, nine-link chain , Huarong Dao, Kong Mingsuo

China's four major ancient music systems: Fujian Quanzhou Nanyin, Xi'an City God's Temple Drum Music, Beijing Zhihua Temple Music, Shanxi Wutai Mountain Qinghuang Temple Music

Modern China The Four Great Talents: Xu Zhimo, Lu Xun, Hu Shi, Jin Yong

China’s Four Great Cultural Heritages: "Ming and Qing Archives", "Yin Ruins Oracle Bones", "Juyan Han Slips", and "Dunhuang Sutras"

The four major dramas of the Yuan Dynasty in China; Guan Hanqing's "The Injustice of Dou E", Wang Shifu's "The Romance of the West Chamber", Tang Xianzu's "The Peony Pavilion", Hong Sheng's "The Palace of Eternal Life"

The four most talented women in ancient China: Cai Wenji , Li Qingzhao, Zhuo Wenjun, Shangguan Wan'er