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Festivals
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February
9-11, 2005
Hong
Kong's most celebrated Chinese
festival and the most important event
on the lunar calendar. At almost every
turn visitors will be dazzled by
colorful lights as buildings on both sides of Victoria
Harbor are dressed up into skyscraper-high neon greeting cards. |
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February
17 - March 20, 2005
The
Hong Kong Arts Festival is a major
event on Asia's international arts
scene. Theater, opera, film, music and
dance are presented by local, Asian
and Western performers. |
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February
23, 2005
Gain an
unforgettable insight into the Chinese world
of romance during the Spring Lantern Festival.
Popularly referred to as Chinese Valentine's
Day, this festival marks the end of the
Chinese New Year celebrations. |
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May 1,
2005
All those
who owe their livelihood to the sea praise
Tin Hau, the Goddess of the Sea. Tin Hau's
birthday is celebrated to bring safety,
security, fine weather and full nets during
the coming year. |
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May
15, 2005
Every year
on the tiny island of Cheung Chau, Hong
Kong residents celebrate the Bun Festival,
the traditional thanksgiving remembrance
of Pak Tai, the Taoist God of the Sea. |
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June
11, 2005
The Dragon
Boat Festival combines a fast-paced sporting
spectacular with a traditional festival.
The Festival, also known as Tuen Ng Festival,
commemorates the death of a popular Chinese
national hero, Qu Yuan, who drowned himself
in the Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago
to protest against the corrupt rulers. |
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September
18, 2005
The
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the
most charming and picturesque nights of
the calendar. The
festival commemorates a 14th Century
uprising against the Mongols. In a cunning
plan, the rebels wrote the call to revolt
on pieces of paper and embedded them in
cakes that they smuggled to compatriots. |
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| Symphony
of Lights |
Nightly |
| Chinese
New Year 2005 |
February
9-11 |
| Spring
Lantern Festival |
February
23 |
| Hong
Kong Marathon 2005 |
February
27 |
| Hong
Kong Arts Festival |
February
17 - March 20 |
| Hong
Kong Flower Show 2005 |
March
11-20 |
| The
29th Hong
Kong International Film
Festival |
March
22 - April 6 |
| Tin Hau
Festival |
May
1 |
| Cheung
Chau Bun Festival |
May
15 |
| Dragon
Boat Festival |
June
11 |
| Hungry
Ghosts (Yue Lan) Festival |
August
18 |
| Mid-Autumn
Festival |
September
18 |
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