Customs of Various Festivals in Hong Kong

The celebration of Tin Hau's Birthday usually starts on the eve of the festival, with the return of the gods and firecrackers in the evening. After midnight, representatives of all villages will offer incense and pay respect to the gods at the Tin Hau Temple, and then there will be ceremonies such as "Shouting Ceremony" and "Reading of Blessing Writings", and so on. On the first day of Tin Hau's birthday, the dragon and lion dance teams of all the firecracker associations and the performing groups gather in front of the Tin Hau Temple. After the celebratory performance, the dragon and lion dance teams will go to the Tin Hau Temple to attend to the deity. At the end, a grand ceremony of drawing cannons is held.

On Tin Hau's Birthday, villagers not only perform dragon and lion dances, make pilgrimages to Tin Hau, go out for meetings and parades, but also hold a grand Poon Choi Banquet. Poon Choi is a unique traditional dish in Hong Kong. Traditional Poon Choi is served in wooden pots and the ingredients are discharged one on top of the other. However, in order to have steaming hot Poon Choi, nowadays copper and zi pots are used instead of the bulky wooden pots.

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The 14th day of the 7th lunar month is the main day of the Yu Lan Festival, and in the 7th month of the lunar calendar, people bring joss sticks and candles, gold and silver clothes and paper, as well as offerings such as bean curd and white rice crackers, to pay homage to the goddess by the side of the road after dark. The custom of removing money is rare, but some people still do it. Ancient cloud: "burn clothes and spread money, good fortune and longevity," people than Xiaojiejie "the purpose is to let those who have no dependence on the lonely souls, there are clothes to keep out the cold, there is food to eat. The purpose is to let those lonely souls have clothes to protect them from the cold and food to eat. "Burning clothes" is a folk custom that has been preserved since the opening of Hong Kong. Not only the older generation, but also the younger generation will sincerely offer incense to worship, because they all believe that "planting a good cause, get a good effect".

In Hong Kong, the custom of "Yu Lan Sheng Hui" is also practiced. Organized Yu Lan Sheng Hui in Cheung Sha Wan, Lok Fu, Ngau Tau Kok, Wong Tai Sin, Shek Gap Mei, and so on, and in these Yu Lan Sheng Hui, the most important is the ceremony of fasting. The custom of "rice distribution" has not changed with the times, and the person in charge of distributing rice will give it to the old men and old women. Although rice is no longer given to the poor as in the past, modern people still want to preserve this ancient custom. In the festival, people will bid for the blessing of the lucky objects with great enthusiasm

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