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Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong

Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong. III Life in Rural Hong Kong. (5) Traditional Customs. Life in Rural Hong Kong. keep many traditional Chinese customs celebrate many Chinese festivals throughout the year. Life in Rural Hong Kong. Rural people worshipping their ancestors.

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Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong

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  1. Chapter 2 Traditional Rural Life of Hong Kong • III Life in Rural Hong Kong (5) Traditional Customs

  2. Life in Rural Hong Kong • keep many traditional Chinese customs • celebrate many Chinese festivals throughout the year

  3. Life in Rural Hong Kong

  4. Rural people worshipping their ancestors Life in Rural Hong Kong

  5. Rural people worship their ancestors during the Qingming and Chongyang Festivals.

  6. Life in Rural Hong Kong • the Goddess of the Sea • protects fishermen and give them a full net of fish

  7. Life in Rural Hong Kong Click to open History Archives: Tam Kung (譚公)

  8. Life in Rural Hong Kong Worshipping Tianhou http://www.chiculture.net/1604/ Hong Kong people celebrating the Tianhou Festival

  9. Life in Rural Hong Kong Worshipping Tianhou

  10. Life in Rural Hong Kong Daimao was the oldest Tianhou temple in Hong Kong. It was built in 1266.

  11. Life in Rural Hong Kong Many people would visit Daimao during the Tianhou Festival.

  12. (c) The Daijiao Festival • a religious festival • to pray for peace and prosperity

  13. Life in Rural Hong Kong • burn incense; • bring wine, fruit and roasted pigs to thank gods for their blessings; • put up huge ‘flower boards’ with messages of peace and honouring gods; • put up Cantonese operas and lion and dragon dances.

  14. The street parade

  15. Life in Rural Hong Kong Knowing More About History • It is also called the Taiping Qingjiao. • It dates back to 1777. A serious plague occurred in that year. Click to open Taiping Qingjiao on Cheung Chau

  16. The plague stopped when local people brought a statue of Beidi to Cheung Chau. Yu Xu Gong (玉虛宮) is built to worship Beidi.

  17. Life in Rural Hong Kong The Dajiao Festival Click the screen to play the video clip (Length: 1:50)

  18. Musicians Performers Cantonese operas put up during the Dajiao Festival

  19. Life in Rural Hong Kong Cantonese Operas Click the screen to play the video clip (Length: 1:43)

  20. Life in Rural Hong Kong Browse the homepage of the Cheung Chau Rural Committee and find out the another name of Taiping Qingjiao. http://www.cheungchaurc.com/index2.html Answer: It is also known as the Cheung Chau Bun Festival.

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