CNY 2015: How to celebrate the 15 days – day by day
Chinese New Year Eve: Family dinner At Chinese New Year’s Eve, families usually eat a special dinner together – and it will vary from region to region and family to […]
Tag Archives: Chinese Tradition
Overview of CNY activities in Hong Kong 2014
Are you planning to visit Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year or you are not yet sure whether to stay or travel during that time? Maybe it helps if […]
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance 2013 – Part 2
After yesterday’s post about the dragon getting ready, it’s time to show the dragon in full swing! The only problem with that is that there were too many people on […]
Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance 2013 – Part 1
Celebrating mid-autumn here in Hong Kong really is great – there are lots of beautiful lantern decorations everywhere and the choice of moon cakes is almost mind-blowing. But the most […]
Rising Moon sculpture for the Mid-Autumn Festival 2013
This year’s highlight at the Lantern Wonderland in Victoria Park in Hong Kong is a sculpture called Rising Moon. You can already see it from quite a distance – it […]
Ghost month in Singapore
While visiting Singapore, the other thing that I noticed were all the celebrations around the ghost month. Almost at every corner were little shrines were food was donated and incense […]
Ghost Month in Hong Kong
Last week of one my regular hiking fellows commented that he won’t join my next night hikes. I asked him why, and he said that the ghost month is coming […]
Picture of the Week: Paper Tigers
It’s not Friday, it’s Wednesday. But I felt like reviving my picture of the week blog post. This time I choose paper tigers. Can you guess what they are being […]
Again: Hairy crab season in Hong Kong
Almost one year has passed since I wrote the post about hairy crab season in Hong Kong, and so it’s time for this year’s season. All over town you can […]
Be careful of the double nine
Today is the Double Ninth Festival – that means, it is the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar, and it is a traditional Chinese holiday. According […]
