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Hong Kong Travel Guide
February Festivals

Chinese New Year: is also know as the Lunar New Year and is celebrated with lion dances, fireworks and parades.
Spring Lantern Festival: marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Victoria Park is where the primary celebrations are held with hundreds of beautiful lanterns on display at night.
May Festivals

Birthday of Tin Hau: is celebrated to ensure good weather, peaceful times and good fishing. Boats are decorated with colourful ribbons and carry items of devotion that include floral paper offerings. Joss House bay is the site of traditional rites and visitors can enjoy the parade and lion dance at Yuen Long.
Cheung Chau Bun Festival: is celebrated, for four days with parades, opera performances and children wearing ornate colourful costumes. Tall towers of buns are built in front of the front of the Pak Tai temple commemorate the Pak Tai, the Taoist God of the Sea.
June Festivals

Tuen Ng Festival: is a festival held to honour Tuen Ng, a minister of state during the ancient days. It is celebrated with dragon boat races. Crowds of people throng the banks of the rivers where the races occur.
August Festivals

Hungry Ghost Festival: is possibly the best time to watch street Chinese operas that are held during the one month festival.
September Festivals

Mid Autumn Festival: is celebrated with moon cakes and also lanterns. Hong Kong becomes illuminated by the glow of candles from beautifully decorated lanterns.
October Festivals

Birthday of Confucius: is celebrated throughout Hong Kong by devout followers.
December Festivals

Winter Festival: is celebrated on the day when the sun is at is weakest and daylight is the shortest. Putting on new clothes and drinking the night away with family and friends is one way the locals celebrate.