"Hong Kong ICH Month 2025" Opening Ceremony cum ICH Carnival

"Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month 2025" Opening Ceremony cum ICH Carnival will gather local ICH practitioners to bring rich ICH experiences to citizens and tourists. They not only enjoy the wonderful ICH performances but also participate in the ICH booths and interact with ICH practitioners. Citizens and tourists can have up-close experiences of the rich array of Hong Kong ICH items and thus gain a deep understanding of Chinese culture.

 

Date

31 May – 1 June 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)

Time

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

Venue

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza

(10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui)

Opening Ceremony

The Ceremony was held at 12:00 nn on 31 May 2025 at the Foyer of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Admission for ICH Carnival

Free of charge

Language

Cantonese

 

 

Programme Details:

 

Parades

 

Date and Time

Parade

Performing Group

Route

1

31 May 2025 (Saturday)

 

12:45 – 1:30 pm

Parade of Lion Dance and Engor (Dance of Heroes)

Kwok's Kung Fu & Dragon Lion Dance Team, Hong Kong Yuen Long Chiu Kiu Engor Association

Foyer of Hong Kong Cultural Centre → Open space outside Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza B → Tsim Sha Tsui Public Pier → Art Square, Forecourt of Hong Kong Museum of Art

2

31 May 2025 (Saturday)

 

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Parade of Floating Colours Parade at Cheung Chau and Dragon Dance

Hing Lung Street Kai-Fong Association, Kwok's Kung Fu & Dragon Lion Dance Team

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza C → Art Square, Forecourt of Hong Kong Museum of Art → Tsim Sha Tsui Public Pier

 

 

Performances

 

Date and Venue

Time

Performance

Performing Group/ Performer

1

31 May 2025 (Saturday)

 

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza C

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Nanyin

The Gong Strikes One

2

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Cantonese Opera Excerpt

School of Chinese Opera, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

3

4:30 – 5:00 pm

Hakka Unicorn Dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung

Joint Association of Traditional Hakka Unicorn in Sai Kung and Hang Hau Hong Kong

4

1 June 2025 (Sunday)

 

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza C

11:30 am – 12:00 nn

Tai Chi

Tai Chi Academy International

5

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Pixiu Dance

Hong Kong Lion House Dragon Lion Sports Association

6

2:00 – 2:30 pm

Nanyin

Ms Pian Lee

7

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Yip Man Wing Chun

Ving Tsun Athletic Association

8

5:00 – 5:30 pm

Dragon Boat Dance

Tai Po Yuen Chow Tsai Tai Wong Yea Holy Temple Management Association

 

 

Interactive Booths

 

Date, Time and Venue

Interactive Booths and Speaker

Time Slots of Experiential Activities

1

31 May – 1 June 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)

 

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

 

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza A and B

Demonstration and Experience of Wooden Furniture Crafting Technique

 

Artisan Workshop

Wooden Toy Cart Making

31 May 2025 (Saturday)

Session 1: 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Session 2: 4:00 – 5:00 pm

(2 sessions)

Wooden Spinning Top Making

1 June 2025 (Sunday)

Session 1: 1:00 – 1:45 pm

Session 2: 4:00 – 4:45 pm

(2 sessions)

2

Demonstration and Experience of Lion Dance

 

Kwok's Kung Fu & Dragon Lion Dance Team

Full day

3

Know More on ICH Food

 

Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Hong Kong Baptist University

Bookmark Making

Starts at 00:30 every hour, 30 minutes per session

(7 sessions)

4

Demonstration and Experience of Hakka Unicorn Dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung

 

Joint Association of Traditional Hakka Unicorn in Sai Kung and Hang Hau Hong Kong

Full day

5

Demonstration and Experience of Dragon Boat Dance

 

Tai Po Yuen Chow Tsai Tai Wong Yea Holy Temple Management Association

Full day

6

Experience of AI Tai Chi

 

Tai Chi Academy International

AI Tai Chi

Starts at 00:30 every hour, 30 minutes per session

(7 sessions)

7

Interactive Display of Floating Colours Parade at Cheung Chau

 

Hing Lung Street Kai-Fong Association

Full day

8

Experience of Cheongsam Apron

 

InspirNation

Full day

9

Mobile ICH

 

Organised by: Hong Kong Resource Centre for Heritage

Full day

10

31 May – 1 June 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)

 

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

 

Hong Kong Cultural Centre Creative Market

Demonstration and Experience of Chinese Brush Making Technique

 

Hong Kong Chinese Writing Brush Pen Museum Association

Chinese Brush Making

Starts at 00:30 every hour, 30 minutes per session

(7 sessions)

11

Demonstration and Experience of Clay Sculpture Technique

 

Master Lin Bingxiong

Workshop of Painting

Starts at 00:00 and 00:30 every hour, 20 minutes per session

(14 sessions)

Workshop of Clay Sculpture

Starts at 00:00 and 00:30 every hour, 20 minutes per session

(14 sessions)

Demonstration and Experience of Plastering

Full day

12

Interactive Game of Chiu Chow Dialect

 

Teo Chew Cultural Association

Interactive Game of Chiu Chow Dialect

Starts at 00:30 every hour, 30 minutes per session

(7 sessions)

13

Workshop on Dragon Boat Festival Sachet

 

The Great China Intangible Cultural Heritage Association

Workshop

Starts at 00:00, 00:20 and 00:40 every hour, 20 minutes per session

(21 sessions)

14

Workshop on Traditional Chinese Almanac Bookbinding

 

The Great China Intangible Cultural Heritage Association

Workshop

Starts at 00:00, 00:20 and 00:40 every hour, 20 minutes per session

(21 sessions)

15

31 May – 1 June 2025 (Saturday and Sunday)

 

11:00 am – 6:00 pm

 

Art Square, Forecourt of Hong Kong Museum of Art

Demonstration and Experience of Flower Board Making Technique

 

Master Choi Wing-kei, Wing Kei Flower Store

Flower Board Writing

Session 1: 11:00 – 11:30 am

Session 2: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Session 3: 12:30 – 1:00 pm

Session 4: 1:45 – 2:15 pm

Session 5: 2:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 6: 3:15 – 3:45 pm

Session 7: 4:00 – 4:30 pm

Session 8: 4:45 – 5:15 pm

Session 9: 5:30 – 6:00 pm

(9 sessions)

Tin Foil Flower Making

Session 1: 11:00 – 11:30 am

Session 2: 11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Session 3: 12:30 – 1:00 pm

Session 4: 1:45 – 2:15 pm

Session 5: 2:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 6: 3:15 – 3:45 pm

Session 7: 4:00 – 4:30 pm

Session 8: 4:45 – 5:15 pm

Session 9: 5:30 – 6:00 pm

(9 sessions)

16

Demonstration and Experience of Pixiu Dance

 

Hong Kong Lion House Dragon Lion Sports Association

Experience of Pixiu Dance

Session 1: 11:30 am – 12:00 nn

Session 2: 1:00 – 1:30 pm

Session 3: 2:30 – 3:00 pm

Session 4: 4:00 – 4:30 pm

Session 5: 5:30 – 6:00 pm

(5 sessions)

17

Demonstration and Experience of Yip Man Wing Chun

 

Ving Tsun Athletic Association

Demonstration

31 May 2025 (Saturday)

12:30 – 1:00 pm

1 June 2025 (Sunday)

3:30 – 4:00 pm

Wing Chun Wooden Dummy

Session 1: 1:00 – 2:00 pm

Session 2: 4:00 – 5:00 pm

(2 sessions)

18

"Library-on-Wheels" Outreach Truck

 

Hong Kong Public Libraries

Full day