2. Four famous buildings: Yellow Crane Tower, Yueyang Tower, Wangtengting and Penglai Pavilion.
3. Four talented women: Cai Wenji, Li Qingzhao, Zhuo Wenjun and Shangguan Waner (or Ban Zhao)
4. The story of four beauties: Wang Zhaojun, Shi, Yang Guifei and Di Xin.
5. Four great poets: Mei Lanfang, Cheng, Shang Xiaoyun and Xun Huisheng.
6. Four national quintessences: Chinese medicine, calligraphy and painting, Beijing opera and martial arts.
7. Four major operas: Beijing Opera, Huangmei Opera, Yue Opera and Henan Opera.
8. Four gifted scholars: Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing.
9. Four Great Gentlemen: Meng Changjun of Qi (Tian Wen), Chun Shenjun of Chu (Huang Xie), Ping Yuanjun of Zhao (Zhao Sheng) and Xinlingjun of Wei (Wuji).
10. Four great calligraphers: Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang.
1 1. Four cultural heritages: Ming and Qing archives, Oracle bones in Yin ruins, bamboo slips in Juyan and Dunhuang scriptures.
12. Four masters of Yuanqu: Guan Hanqing, Bai Pu, Ma Zhiyuan and Zheng Guangzu.
13. Sima Xiangru, Yang Xiong, Ban Gu, Zhang Heng, the four masters of Han Fu.
14. Four famous embroideries: Su embroidery, Xiang embroidery, Yue embroidery and Shu embroidery.
15. Four famous mountains: Huangshan, Huashan, Lushan, Wen Xiu and Taishan.
16. Four famous Buddhist mountains: Wutai Mountain in Shanxi, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang and Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui.
17. Four famous Taoist mountains: Wudang Mountain in Hubei; Longhushan, Jiangxi; Yun Qi, Anhui; Qingchengshan, Sichuan
18. Four great beasts: dragon, phoenix, tortoise and unicorn.
19. Four classical novels: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Ming/Luo Guanzhong, Water Margin by Ming/Shi Naian, A Dream of Red Mansions by Journey to the West, and Wu Cheng'en Heqing/Cao Xueqin.
20. Four tragedies: Yuan by Guan Hanqing, Autumn in the Palace of Han Dynasty by Ma Zhiyuan, Wu Tongyu by Bai Pu and The Orphan of Zhao by Ji.
2 1. These four academies are: Yuelu Academy in Hunan, Bailudong Academy in Jiangxi, Songyang Academy in Henan and Suiyang Academy in Henan (or Yingtian Academy in Henan).
22. Four Grottoes: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Luoyang Longmen Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes and Tianshui Maijishan Grottoes.
23. Four famous wines: Maotai, Fenjiu, Luzhou Laojiao Tequ and xifeng liquor.
24. Four famous brocade: Chengdu Shujin, Nanjing Yunjin, Suzhou Songjin and Guangxi Zhuangjin.
25. Four famous kilns: Cizhou Kiln in Hebei, Longquan Kiln in Zhejiang, Jingdezhen Kiln in Jiangxi and Dehua Kiln in Fujian.
26. Four famous porcelains: Jingdezhen celadon in Jiangxi, celadon in Fujian, white porcelain in Zhejiang and underglaze porcelain in Hunan.
27. Four famous inkstones: Duan Xi inkstone in Guangdong, Shexian inkstone in Anhui, Taohe inkstone in Gansu and Chengni inkstone in Luoyang, Henan.
28. Four famous pagodas: Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi, Pagoda of Six Harmonies in Hangzhou, Muta in Dingzhou and Shijiamu Pagoda in Yingxian.
29. Four famous gardens: Beijing Summer Palace, Hebei chengde mountain resort, Suzhou Humble Administrator's Garden and Suzhou Lingering Garden.
30. Four major plum gardens: Moshan Meiyuan in Wuhan East Lake, Meihuashan Meiyuan in Nanjing Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Meiyuan in Dianshan Lake in Shanghai and Meiyuan in Hushan, Wuxi.
3 1. Four famous temples: Fangshan Lingyan Temple, Tiantai Mountain Zhou Qing Temple, Wudang Mountain yuquan temple and qixia temple.
32. Four Huizhou classes: Sanqing class, Sixi class, Chuntai class and Chunchun class.
33. Four ancient cities: Langzhong in Sichuan, Lijiang in Yunnan, Pingyao in Shanxi and Shexian in Anhui.
34. Four famous museums: Beijing Wen Yuan Pavilion, Wen Yuan Pavilion, Chengde Jinwen Pavilion and Shenyang Wenshuo Pavilion.
35. Four famous bridges: Guangji Bridge, Zhao Zhouqiao Bridge, Luoyang Bridge and Lugou Bridge.
36. Four Tallinns: Tallinn of Shaolin Temple, Tallinn of Lingyan Temple, Tallinn of Fengxue Temple and Tallinn of Qingtongxia.
37. Four Forest of Steles: the Forest of Steles in Xi, Shaanxi, the Forest of Steles in Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong, the Forest of Steles in South Gate of Kaohsiung, Taiwan Province, and the Forest of Steles in Xichang, Sichuan.
38. Four ancient capitals: Xi, Luoyang, Beijing and Nanjing.