❓ Vietnamese Temples — Guess Who?

Tap the right answer! Vietnamese Temples Guess Who? — 10 questions, then play again.

The Perfume Pagoda (Chùa Hương) is a famous place people visit each spring by walking and riding a...?

  • 🛶Boat
  • 🚀Rocket
  • 🎢Roller coaster

Why do Vietnamese families visit temples and tend the ancestor altar?

  • ❤️To remember and thank those before them
  • 🎮To play games
  • 😴To do nothing

A small roadside shrine to a local spirit is called a...?

  • 🏮Miếu
  • ✈️Sân bay (airport)
  • 🎬Rạp phim (cinema)

Old temples and pagodas are often hundreds of years old, so we must be careful not to...?

  • 🚯Damage or litter them
  • 👀Look at them
  • 🙇Bow politely

Lighting incense and bowing at the altar is a way to show respect and...?

  • 🙏Remember loved ones
  • 😎Show off
  • 🏆Win a prize

Which word means a place to worship Buddha?

  • 🛕Chùa (pagoda)
  • 🛒Chợ (market)
  • 🏫Trường (school)

On the family altar, people often place fruit, flowers and cups of...?

  • 🍵Tea/water
  • 🧸Toys
  • 👟Shoes

Vietnamese beliefs blend Buddhism with respect for one's own...?

  • 🏮Ancestors
  • 🤖Robots
  • 💰Money

At the start of the lunar new year, many families go to a pagoda to pray for luck and...?

  • 🙏Peace/health
  • 📝More homework
  • 💀Bad luck

The One Pillar Pagoda (Chùa Một Cột) in Hà Nội is famous for standing on a single stone...?

  • 🏛️Pillar
  • 🛞Wheel
  • 🎈Balloon

Inside a temple, we should speak in a...?

  • 🤫Quiet, gentle voice
  • 📢Very loud shout
  • 😠Angry voice

Before entering a temple or pagoda, it is polite to remove your...?

  • 👟Shoes/hat
  • 🚫Nothing at all
  • 🎒Your backpack of books

Many Vietnamese homes have a small altar (bàn thờ) to honour their...?

  • 🕯️Ancestors
  • 🎮Video games
  • 📺Cartoons

When people pray at a temple, they often light and hold sticks of...?

  • 🕯️Incense (hương/nhang)
  • 🍬Candy
  • ✏️Pencils

A đền is a temple built to honour a national hero or a god, such as Đền Hùng for the...?

  • 🏯Hùng Kings
  • 📺Cartoon heroes
  • Football players

A Buddhist place of worship in Vietnam, where people pray to Buddha, is called a...?

  • 🛕Chùa (pagoda)
  • ✈️Sân bay (airport)
  • 🏬Siêu thị (supermarket)

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