Travel Reference
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Shek Lo
This Eurasian mansion with a classy rounded balcony resembles a minifort.
Festivals
Tin Hau's Birthday
Don't miss the colourful procession of fishing boats to 'Big Temple' in Joss
House Bay.
Dragon Boat Festival
Dragon boats roar down water courses to the pounding of drums in
races across the city.
Hungry Ghost Festival
Traditional Chinese theatre is performed in public playgrounds to en-
tertain underworld visitors during their month-long holiday.
Mid-Autumn Festival
An exhilarating fire dragon slithers through Tai Hang for three nights un-
der the poetic full moon.
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Get up close and personal with the quirky islanders.
Chinese New Year
The most significant occasion on the Chinese cultural calendar. Victoria
Park in Causeway Bay erupts in a sea of colour and fragrance during the annual Chinese
New Year flower market.
Hong Kong International Film Festival
It's action time for film buffs and casual viewers alike.
Traditional Culture
Tai O
Visit the stilt-houses in Hong Kong's southwestern corner for a glimpse of the city's
fishing past.
Walled villages
Dotted around the New Territories, these preserve traces of an old, agricultur-
al way of life.
Folk voodoo
In full swing every March after the first (mythological) thunder of the year
rouses the animal world.
Morning taichi
Get out of bed and join other travellers for some meditative 'shadow boxing'.
Cantonese opera
The endangered art is conserved at Sunbeam Theatre and the restored
Yau Ma Tei Theatre.
