Created by the The Center for Asian Studies at The University of Vermont in collaboration with Mamopalire, Inc., with illustration art and calligraphy by Lucia Chiu. Feilong is designed to test and expand what players, age 12 to adult, know about China. For enlarged image, click on the game. Scroll down for game rules, sample questions, and more. 20" x 20" quad-fold Game Board, 1,200 Game Questions arranged in three decks of cards, Rules Folder (which includes a brief beginner's pronunciation guide for Mandarin), Score Pad, eight dragon pawns and 1 standard die. For 2 to 8 players or teams. Age Group: 12 to Adult. Wgt 4.0 lbs. Feilong (pronounced fay-loong), which translates to "flying dragon," is a question-based game designed for players with limited, intermediate, as well as extensive knowledge of China. Its three decks of question cards are arranged in three levels of difficulty. Players with a very limited or a Beginner's level of knowledge play the game with Deck A; Intermediates with Decks A & B; and, Experts with Decks A, B & C. The game's goal is to stimulate curiosity and encourage all players to eventually "graduate" to playing Feilong with all three decks. It is apropos for every person interested in China and, especially, for Chinese-Americans looking for a fun way to review and expand what they know about their cultural heritage. Players start by deciding if the game will be played by the rules for Beginners, Intermediates, or Experts. They then select one of the "Tours in Time & Space" listed in the Rules Folder and enter the chosen tour's eight destination numbers (i.e., space numbers on the game board's playing track) in the blocks at the top of the Score Pad. Players advance around the playing track by correctly answering questions and outwitting opponents that exploit the game's strategy options. The first player to "visit" (i.e., land on the space of) each of the tour's eight destinations and enter the map of China in the center of the board wins the game. The Questions in Feilong, The China Game cover many aspects of China over a timespan extending from the Neolithic era to the present. They were selected to give players, as nearly as possible, an integrated overview of China's history and culture. Those that are tuned-in to the media's daily and ever-growing number of reports and stories about China will find many questions easy to answer. The Question Categories include: Agriculture, Aphorisms, Archaeology, Architecture, Art, Biology, Botany, Commerce & Industry, Culture & Customs, Demographics, Economics & Economy, Education, Entertainment, Family & Society, Foods & Culinary Arts, Foreign Affairs, Geography, Government & Politics, Health & Medicine, History, Languages, Literature, Martial Arts, Military, Music, Philosophers & Philosophy, Poetry, Proverbs, Religions, Science & Technology, Sports, and Zoology. 1. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Which of these cities is the capital of the People's Republic of China? a. Hong Kong b. Shanghai c. Beijing 2. CULTURE & CUSTOMS What is Mao Zedong's family name? 3. AGRICULTURE To produce one pound of raw silk, silkworms eat about 100 pounds of leaves from what type of tree? a. oak b. maple c. mulberry 4. HEALTH & MEDICINE The Chinese medical practice of inserting needles into different parts of the body to relieve pain and cure or ameliorate many illnesses is referred to by what name in English? 5. ECONOMICS & ECONOMY Which of the following is the monetary unit of the People's Republic of China? a. yuan b. peso c. lira 1. ART Which dynasty ruled during what is now considered to be "the golden age of Chinese landscape painting"? 2. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS What form of government rose to power in China in 1949? a. autocratic rule by a single political party b. a multi-party democracy c. oligarchic rule by wise elders 3. MUSIC When the prominent contemporary Chinese composer Tan Dun was seeking admission to Beijing's Central Conservatory and was asked to perform a piece by Mozart, how did he respond? a. with the question "Who's Mozart?" b. with the statement: "Sorry, I only perform music that originated in China." c. with a loud mournful groan 4. HISTORY What was Mao Zedong's occupation at the time he participated in the formation of the Chinese Communist Party? a. professional swimmer b. fisherman c. library assistant 1. ARCHAEOLOGY What is distinctive about the more than 7,000 terracotta warriors found in the tomb of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi? a. their faces are identical b. their faces all have unique features c. each bears a scar symbolic of combat 2. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY What Chinese invention was passed on to the western world by prisoners taken when a coalition of Arabs and Western Turks defeated an army of the Tang Dynasty at the Battle of Talas River near Samarkand in 751? a. abacus b. compass c. the art of papermaking 3. CULTURE & CUSTOMS According to Chinese mythology, Pangu, the creator of the universe and Chinese civilization, came into being by which of these routes? a. he hatched from an egg b. he was born of a virgin c. he materialized from the light of the stars 4. EDUCATION Which of these has been a responsibility assumed by China's rulers from the time of the Han Dynasty (206BCE-220CE) to today? a. the free public education of the Chinese people b. the moral education of the Chinese people c. the religious education of the Chinese people From Card Deck A 1. c 2. Mao (The Chinese traditionally put their family names first. Chinese who come to the West, though, often adopt the Western practice of writing the family names second.) 3. c 4. acupuncture (Though Western physicians earlier repudiated the practice, there is growing agreement among them that acupuncture can be effective.) 5. a From Card Deck B 1. a 2. a (The Communists refer to the form of government they imposed on China as "a democratic dictatorship.") 3. a 4. c (at Beijing University). From Card Deck C 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. b |
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