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What was tai chi first developed as?

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  1. 1 Easy

    Which country's flag shows a red-and-blue yin-yang?

    Answer: South Korea

    Why: The four black bars around it are trigrams standing for heaven, earth, fire and water.

  2. 2 Medium

    To whom does the Kitchen God report before Lunar New Year?

    Answer: Jade Emperor

    Why: Families smear honey on the Kitchen God's paper image so his report sounds sweet, or so his lips stick shut.

  3. 3 Hard

    What dynasty's emperors claimed Laozi as their ancestor?

    Answer: Tang

    Why: The Tang ruling family shared Laozi's traditional surname, Li.

  4. 4 Easy

    How do Taoist monks wear their hair?

    Answer: In a topknot

    Why: Their bun, the touji, was everyday Chinese style until the Ming dynasty ended, and Taoist priests still wear it.

  5. 5 Medium

    What is the fifth Chinese element besides wood, fire, earth and water?

    Answer: Metal

    Why: In the five-phase cycle, wood feeds fire, fire makes earth, earth bears metal and metal gathers water.

  6. 6 Hard

    Who ranks above the Jade Emperor in Taoist teaching?

    Answer: The Three Pure Ones

    Why: Taoist scripture names Laozi as one form of the Heavenly Lord of the Way and Virtue, one of the three.

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