What are the folk customs and festival cultures in Hong Kong? Emergency, emergency, emergency, emergency ! !

China people in Hongkong usually celebrate six major lunar festivals, the most important of which is the Lunar New Year. At the beginning of the year, relatives and friends pay New Year greetings and give gifts to each other, and children also give "profit market" (red envelopes). In late spring in Tomb-Sweeping Day, dutiful sons and grandchildren will visit graves. The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of May, which is early summer. People race dragon boats and eat zongzi. The first day to the thirtieth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is Magnolia Festival. According to legend, the gates of hell opened wide and people began to give alms to the dead. Many charities will hold activities to distribute rice in various districts. August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Relatives and friends exchange moon cakes, wine and fruit, and citizens help the old and young to enjoy the moon and light lanterns in parks and suburbs. The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, and there is a folk custom of climbing mountains to commemorate the ancients who climbed mountains to avoid disasters. Many people also use this festival to visit graves.

Buddha's birthday is a religious festival. In addition to the traditional festivals in China, since British rule, three Christian festivals, Good Friday, Easter and Christmas, have been listed as public holidays. During these religious festivals, believers hold celebrations or commemorative activities.

Customs and Habits Many Hong Kong people believe in geomantic numerology in addition to praying for divination. For example, decoration, many people will look at Feng Shui first; Most wedding and opening businesses also check the victory first and choose an auspicious day.

On the other hand, many people in Hong Kong also have the idea of combining Chinese and Western cultures, and are afraid of unknown numbers or names. For example, some buildings in Hong Kong don't have floors with four words, such as the 4th floor,14th floor (China uses the sound of "four" to approach "death" and avoids four; Except for the buildings built after 2007 in Xinhe, the prefix 4 is reserved. Some developers consider 13 unlucky (13 is taboo in the west), so there will be a strange phenomenon that the top layer of 12 is 15.