Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Hang by MTR (nearest station: Tin Hau), you will pass the alley with blooms and buck-
ets.
Tai Hang is recognised by Unesco for its Mid-A
n Festiivaal, when residents lead a
handmade dragon measuring 68m and stuck with thousands of incense sticks
through their streets to cleanse the neighbourhood of all that may be unwell. For three
nights, scent and smoke enter each street, lane, home, all to the sound of drum and
dance and gong. The tradition has been happening annually since 1880, when it was
conducted to control the plague. Nowadays a lion dance might also happen on
Buddha's Birthday, closer to springtime.
Tai Hang: a community at any time of day and season.
Madeleine Slavick is a former Tai Hang resident and author ofFifty Stories Fifty
Images.
Mid-Auutuumn F
DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Admiralty
CAFE
CLASSIFIED
exit F)
We love the scrubbed wooden table, the designer lamp and the open frontage of this quiet
and stylish cafe. Take a seat near the pavement and people-watch as you enjoy your pick
from 100-plus bottles and some quality tapas.
BAR
THE LAWN
The-Lawn.aspx
;
88 Queensway, 6th fl, The Upper House, Admiralty; from 10am; Admiralty, exit F)
Atop the Upper House boutique hotel, this secret garden of a roof bar is the place for cool-
ing your heels with a Pimm's Cup beneath a lacquered parasol. Occasional Sunday DJ
parties are see-and-be-seen events.
CAFE
AMICAL
exit F)
