Cultural Heritage in Hong Kong by TSZ HANG TONG

(Mr Tong) Definition: Tangible culture refers to items such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, archive materials, books, works of art, and artifacts.

thtong — 2023-05-24 01:35:58 UTC

(Mr Tong) Definition: Intangible culture refers to folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) conducted a survey of intangible cultural heritage of Hong Kong. After considering survey findings and public opinions, the committee finally recommend an inventory of 480 items. For details, please refer to: https://www.hkichdb.gov.hk/en/index.html

thtong — 2023-05-24 01:45:07 UTC

(Thomas)Mahjong Tile-Making Technique, which is traditional craftsmanship and traditionally made of wood, ivory or bamboo plates, is now made of plastic. The making process involves cutting the tiles, polishing the tiles, carving and colouring.

2023-05-24 03:29:16 UTC

(Carmen) Lantern Lighting Ritual

2023-05-24 03:29:20 UTC

During the first month of the lunar calendar, villages and townships in the New Territories will hold lantern lighting ceremonies according to custom. Villagers who have had children in the past year will light lamps in ancestral halls, shrines or lantern sheds to inform the gods and ancestors that a male was born in the family. The lighting of the lamps represents succession to the incense lamps, and it also means that the male is officially recognized as a clan member, and his name will be written in the genealogy, so that he has the right to participate in clan affairs and inherit the ancestral property.

（Ivy)Movable-type Printing Technique

2023-05-24 03:29:22 UTC

This technique involves the arrangement of movable lead types onto a letterpress printing plate by the printers and the operation of a printing machine to complete the printing process. The printed products include account books and business cards.

（Shelsinda) Hong Kong-style Milk Tea Making Technique

2023-05-24 03:29:23 UTC

Also known as "silk stocking milk tea", Hong Kong-style milk tea is the outcome of a century-old evolution from English milk tea. This much-loved local beverage takes a few steps to make: blending tea leaves, boiling and infusing the tea, force-pouring the tea, brewing the tea and force-pouring the milk. The tea-making technique does not only epitomise the fusion and development of Hong Kong's East-meets-West food culture, but also gives a glimpse of how locals live and eat.

(Sam)paper tie

2023-05-24 03:30:43 UTC

Chinese paper-tie is one of the ancient folk arts that have been preserved in the history of Chinese culture. In the past, it was mostly used in ceremonies for praying or offering sacrifices, while nowadays it is mainly used for mourning and funeral occasions.
Chinese paper-cuts are often used to represent worship, celebration, and commemoration. The materials used are mainly paper, ropes, lanterns, and so on.

Egggtart(Ben)

2023-05-24 03:30:55 UTC

Egg tarts first appeared in England. As early as the Middle Ages, the British had used milk, sugar, eggs and different spices to make food similar to egg tarts. In 1399, there was a record of eating egg tarts at a banquet held by Henry IV. It is said that maids of honor tarts were also developed in the era of Henry VIII. Hong Kong-style egg tarts were selected as Hong Kong’s intangible cultural heritage in 2014

(Nikko)The Mid-Autumn Festival

khyan023948 — 2023-05-24 03:31:06 UTC

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It is a time for family reunion. People gather to have a reunion dinner and worship their ancestors. Usually in this festival people have the custom of eating moon cakes and playing lanterns.

TL:))))))

2023-05-24 03:31:18 UTC

Tin Hau is a deity revered by many people in East Asia, particularly those who make their living from the sea. She is believed to have the power to control the weather and protect seafarers from harm. According to legend, Tin Hau was a young girl named Lin Moniang who lived in the Fujian province of China during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). She was said to have been able to predict the weather and save fishermen from storms and other dangers at sea.

The celebration of Tin Hau's birthday is an important cultural event in these regions. In Hong Kong, for example, the Tin Hau Festival is a public holiday, and many people participate in parades and dragon boat races to honor the goddess. In Taiwan, fishermen decorate their boats with colorful banners and images of Tin Hau, and sail them in a procession to the local temple. These celebrations are a way for people to express their gratitude to the goddess for her protection and blessings, as well as to reinforce their cultural identity and traditions.

Poon Choi

2023-05-24 03:37:27 UTC

(Yumi Leung) Poon Choi is a traditional culture of local walled villages in the New Territories. There are many ingredients used in Poon Choi ——ranging from fish maw to prawns ,from radish to fish eggs ,from abalone to mushroom ——you name it. Poon Choi can be bought from restaurants or made by purchasing materials yourself.

（Vanness）The Big Buddha

2023-05-24 03:47:35 UTC

The Big Buddha is a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha located on the wooden fish peak in front of the Pauline Temple in Lantau . It is located in Ngong Ping. It is the highest outdoor bronze Buddha in the world and one of the famous tourist attractions in HK . The Temple of Heaven has been planned for construction by Baolian Zen Temple since 1981. It was opened on 29-12-1993. It took 12 years and cost more than $60 million .This Buddha means the stability and prosperity of HK, the peace of the country and the people, and the peace of the world.

（Raymond) Dragon Boat Festival

2023-05-24 07:14:55 UTC

A commemoration of the ancient poet Qu Yuan, the holiday is celebrated by holding dragon boat races and eating sticky rice dumplings called zongzi.

Hong Kong–style milk tea

2023-05-24 07:16:22 UTC

(Joy)Is a tea drink made from Ceylon black tea and milk (usually evaporated milk and condensed milk). It is usually part of lunch in Hong Kong tea culture.

(Craig)

2023-05-24 07:19:41 UTC

A mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

(Vicky) Cheung Chau Jiao Festival

2023-05-24 07:21:30 UTC

The activity has been practised for more than 100 years. Legends say that Cheung Chau was devastated by a plague in the late Qing dynasty. To dispel the disaster, Huizhou and Chiu Chow natives invited accomplished monks and Taoist priests and set up a sacrificial altar in front of Pak Tai Temple to pray to deities, repent and to comfort departed souls from the land and the sea. The residents also paraded deity statues along village lanes. The plague did cease after the ritual. Since then, residents on Cheung Chau have been organising the annual Jiao Festival to express gratitude to Pak Tai for blessing the area with peace. For more than a century, Cheung Chau residents never stopped organising the annual Jiao Festival to dispel disaster and pray for blessings for peace and safety. With residents' participation every year, the ritual has been passed down through the generations. Cheung Chau Jiao Festival was inscribed onto the third national list of ICH in 2011.

Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai(Clinton)

2023-05-24 07:23:37 UTC

Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai is a Hong Saint-Hung Temple in Hong Kong, located at Queen's Road East in Wan Chai, and is now a Grade I historic building in Hong Kong. Hung Sheng Temple faces Dawang East Street and Dawang West Street, and Dawang is Hong Sheng Dawang. In 1971, the Chinese Temples Committee handed over the management of Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals on the condition of "authorized temple management". Hung Shing Temple in Wan Chai is one of the temples that offers an annual stinging villain activity.

(Nana)Tin Hau Festival

2023-05-24 07:24:13 UTC

Tin Hau temples across Hong Kong have been the main venues of religious activities of the Tin Hau beliefs. Worship ceremonies held at Tin Hau temples bring communities and clans together. Every year, on the 23rd day of the third lunar month – or on another designated dates – the birthday of Tin Hau is celebrated in different scales in various districts. Some local organisations stage Cantonese opera performances to express gratitude to Tin Hau, and exchange fa pau (paper floral tributes). Some may also hold parades along waterways or on land. Tin Hau Festival in Hong Kong was inscribed onto the fifth national list of ICH in 2021.

(Nicholas)Ching Ming Festival

2023-05-24 07:24:14 UTC

Ching Ming Festival is one of the traditional Chinese festivals .Mainly used to remember ancestors and dead relatives. On this day, people visit their ancestors' cemeteries to sweep their graves, offer flowers and burn incense to show their memory

Cantonese opera

2023-05-24 07:24:36 UTC

(Yu xing peng,henry)
Cantonese opera, also known as Daxi or Guangfu Daxi, is a mainstream opera in Guangdong that originated from Southern opera. It began to appear in Guangdong and Guangxi during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. . Each line of Cantonese opera has its own unique costumes. Cantonese opera was included in the first batch of 518 national intangible cultural heritage list announced on May 20, 2006. On September 30, 2009, Cantonese Opera was affirmed by UNESCO and included in the List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage. Cantonese opera is an artistic treasure in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao. With the immigrant Chinese and their love and singing of Cantonese opera, it has been spread to all parts of the world.

(Erica) Kowloon Walled City

2023-05-24 07:25:13 UTC

Once dubbed the most densely populated place on Earth, the 2.7-hectare Kowloon Walled City was home to some 50,000 people at its height in 1990. Demolished in 1993, what sits in its place now is a sprawling, well-manicured green space with artifacts and exhibits illustrating the city’s storied past

(Evan) Villain Beating

2023-05-24 07:25:27 UTC

Villain Beating is a traditional culture of Hong Kong which means involving hitting or beating an effigy or picture of a villain or evil spirit with shoes, slippers, or other objects as a way of venting anger or frustration
Today, the practice of Villain Beating is still popular in some parts of Hong Kong, but it has also become a tourist attraction in some areas, with shops selling effigies of famous villains and providing shoes or other objects for people to use in the practice. However, some people criticize thepractice as being superstitious or promoting violence. Despite this, for those who believe in its power, villain hitting remains an important part of their cultural heritage and tradition

Pineapple Bun(Felix)

2023-05-24 07:29:51 UTC

Pineapple Bun, also known as Crispy Bread, is a kind of sweet bread without fillings. It originated in Hong Kong and appeared around 1960s. The baked pineapple buns get their name because the surface is golden yellow, and the crispy skin looks like a pineapple.

(Toni C)Blue house

s1810211 — 2023-05-24 07:30:00 UTC

1950s, consisting of four buildings of different colors, one of which is a blue building. It is one of the earliest public housing estates still standing in Hong Kong. In recent years, the authorities have begun to recognize "The Blue House" as a cultural heritage and have undertaken corresponding protection and maintenance work.

(Anson) Paper Crafting Techniques

2023-05-24 07:30:35 UTC

Since around 1840s, people start to turning some simple materials into all kinds of crafted products. Paper crafting plays an important role in traditional festive celebrations and religious rituals. Crafted products commonly found in Hong Kong include fa pau (paper floral tributes), effigies of the Ghost King, lanterns, dragons, lions and Chinese unicorns, as well as paper offerings. The technique embodies the history and culture of different ethnic groups and carries significant social and cultural values

(Karen)

2023-05-24 07:31:57 UTC

Leather Shoe Making Technique
Handmade leather shoes are usually made from cow leather,but sometimes crocodile skin. They are often tailor-made and manually finished by the shoemaker. The making process involves making the shoe last, cutting out a paper pattern, making the shoe instep and sole.
The craftsmanship of modern leather shoes originated from the west and was introduced to the mainland in the mid-19 th
century.

Herbal teas(Clinton)

2023-05-24 07:34:42 UTC

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water. Oftentimes herb tea, or the plain term tea, is used as a reference to all sorts of herbal teas. Many herbs are used in herbal medicine. Some herbal blends contain actual tea (e.g., the Indian classic masala chai).

The term "herbal" tea is often used in contrast to the so-called true teas (e.g., black, green, white, yellow, oolong), which are prepared from the cured leaves of the tea plant, Camellia sinensis. Unlike true teas (which are also available decaffeinated), most tisanes do not naturally contain caffeine. There are a number of plants, however, that do contain caffeine or another stimulant, like theobromine, cocaine or ephedrine. Some have the opposite effect, acting as a sedative. Some common infusions have specific names such as coffee, mate (yerba mate), and rooibos (red bush).

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

2023-05-24 07:34:46 UTC

(John)To dispel the disaster, Huizhou and Chiu Chow natives invited accomplished monks and Taoist priests and set up a sacrificial altar in front of Pak Tai Temple to pray to deities, repent and to comfort departed souls from the land and the sea. The residents also paraded deity statues along village lanes. The plague did cease after the ritual. Since then, residents on Cheung Chau have been organising the annual Jiao Festival to express gratitude to Pak Tai for blessing the area with peace.

(Toby) Puppet show

2023-05-24 08:01:42 UTC

Puppet theater, also known as puppet theater, dates back to the 1870s, and there is already a historical record of puppet theater classes coming to Hong Kong from Guangzhou and Dongguan. In the early Republic of China, Guangdong puppet performance skills were gradually introduced to Hong Kong;Before the Second Sino-Japanese War, six cane puppet clubs, including "Sheng Ruyi" (later known as "Great World"), "Le Minle", "Yong Zhongxing", "Fu Yonghua", "Fu Hua Nian" and "Pan Dan Gui", had already come to Hong Kong to make a living, and the staff puppet classes from Hainan Island and Foshan also came to Hong Kong from time to time to perform, mainly performing Shengong operas in the countryside. In the late 1930s, due to the war, puppet theatre classes in Hong Kong were completed one after another, and the puppet industry in Hong Kong gradually declined.In the 1970s, under the influence of the Mainland political situation, many famous Mainland puppeteers moved to Hong Kong and continued to develop their puppet careers in Hong Kong. In recent years, the Government and local cultural organisations have invited puppet theatre companies to perform in the community to promote the art of puppetry.

Wong Tai Sin Temple(Daniel)

2023-05-28 14:22:30 UTC

Wong Tai Sin Temple is a famous temple in Hong Kong, and many people are "responsive to their needs". During the Chinese New Year, many people will go to the Wong Tai Sin Temple to burn incense sticks and offer paper offerings to god Wong Tai Sin to pray for the safety and luck of their families and themselves in the new year.

(Roland) Tai Kwun

2023-05-29 01:48:56 UTC

As the former Central Police Station, Tai Kwun is a tangible cultural heritage item in Hong Kong, which was built between 1841 to 1925, included three declared monuments in Central, where the tourists can visit the heritage and art galleries. After it opens to the public’s visit, it has been a local attraction for the foreigner to travel.

Cantonese Opera(Matthew)

2023-05-29 02:11:10 UTC

Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Guangdong Province. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and among Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Like all versions of Chinese opera, it is a traditional Chinese art form, involving music, singing, martial arts, as well as acting. It taught morals and messages to its audiences rather than being solely entertainment, and it plays a significant role in youngsters, personal development.