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Hong Kong Festivals and Events
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Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Cheung Chau Island,
This festival is held on Cheung Chau Island. Paper houses
and paper money are burnt and food are offered to appease
the hunger of the restless ghosts believed to be roaming around
the island during the period. The festivals features three
16m bamboo sticks and paper towers covered with sweet pink
and white buns. There is also a lavish performance of ornately
costumed children who "float" at head height among the crowds.
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Chinese New Year
February
The most important festival of the year, at which friends
and relatives visit, debts settled and forgiveness offer.
Lai see, or lucky- money packets, are distributed to
children, unmarried friends and to those who have rendered
faithful service during the year.
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Hong Kong Food Festivals
Hong Kong, March
The two week long culinary extravaganza, held every spring
in March, is the Hong Kong Food Festival. The event is a gourmet's
dream, that is a celebration of Hong Kong's legendary love
of food. There are special dining programmes in many hotels
and restaurants and theme parties, culinary tours and outing.
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Tin Hau Festival
Tin Hau Temple, April or May
Celebrates the birthday of the Goddess of the Sea, takes place
at all Tin Hau Temples every April or May, with parades, Chinese
opera performance and mass sailings of brightly festooned
junhs and sampans through Hong Kong's waterway.
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Dragon Boat (Tuen Ng) Festival
Hong Kong, June/July
A traditional celebration combined with a fast- paced international
sporting event makes the Dragon Boat Festival as one of Hong
Kong's most exciting event. Local teams and foreign crews
gather on this extravaganza to race their narrow boats(sporting
dragon's heads and tails). According to a Chinese myth, 'Tuen
Ng' is celebrated to honor Qu Yuan, a hero who drowned himself
some 2,300 years ago to protest against corrupt rule. The
beat of the drums and furious boat- paddling are supposed
to scare the hungry fishes from eating the martyr's body.
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Mid-Autumn Festival
September
Families reunite for dinner and bring candle-lit lanterns
for the children. Mooncakes are eaten while watching the full
moon rise.
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