ICH Highlight Tours — Islands District

 

Field Trips

To tie in with the theme "ICH Around Town", the ICH Office will recommend six handpicked districts, namely Yau Tsim Mong, Tsuen Wan, Tai Po, Sha Tin, Eastern and Islands, for the launch of "ICH Highlight Tours". The public can join ICH field trips organised by the ICH Office and delve into the Islands District to explore ICH-related traditional craftsmanship or other items and feel the richness and diversity of ICH.

 

Date

Tour 1 and Tour 2: 31 May 2025 (Saturday)

Assembly Time and Point

Successful participants will be notified by email on or before 23 May 2025 for details of assembly time and point

Activity Time

(around 2 hours)

Tour 1 and Tour 2: 10:00 am – 12:00 nn

ICH Items/ Locations of Visiting

Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade, Salted Fish Making Technique, Shrimp Paste Blocks and Shrimp Paste Making Technique, Cha Kwo (Steamed Sticky Rice Dumpling) Making Technique, Fishing Net Plaiting Technique, Stilt House, Kwan Tai Temple, Tsan Lung She, Yeung Hau Temple, Tin Hau Temple, Hung Shing Temple

Guide

Mr Chan Tin-kuen and Mr Simon Go

Quota

20 persons per tour

Participation Method
  • Please duly complete and submit the online enrolment form from 10:30 am on 16 May 2025 (Friday) to 6:30 pm on 17 May 2025 (Saturday).
  • In case of excess applications, all quotas will be allocated by ballot.

Language

 Cantonese

Fee

Free of charge

 

Remarks:

  • The programmes are subject to change without prior notice. The organiser reserves the right of final decision.

 

 

Other Event Highlights

 

Category

ICH Item/Event Highlights

Date(s) and Location

Details

1

Festival

Hau Wong (Marquis Prince) Festival of Tai O: Thanksgiving Opera Performance

  • The Tai O Hau Wong Festival Committee will hold the Hau Wong Festival from the third to the eighth days of the sixth lunar month (27 June to 2 July 2025), with a Cantonese opera troupe hired to perform Cantonese opera to thank the deities, and rituals consisting of inviting deities, celebrations, sale of blessed objects by auction, and more.

Main festive day: 30 June 2025

Festive period: 27 June to 2 July 2025

 

Tai O

Please visit the website of the Chinese Temples Committee.

2

Festival

"Extraordinary Experiences – Tai O Dragon Boat Water Parade" Field Trip

  • Participants will watch the dragon boat water parade from stilt houses with Tai O residents on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival.

31 May 2025

 

Tai O

3

Festival

Dragon Boat Race (Peng Chau)

  • The Peng Chau Rural Committee will hold the dragon boat race of Peng Chau during the Dragon Boat Festival in the fifth lunar month.

31 May 2025

 

Peng Chau

To be announced

4

Festival

Lung Mo (Dragon Mother) Festival of Peng Chau

  • The Peng Chau Yuet Lung Sing Yuen (Lung Mo Temple) will hold the Lung Mo Festival on the seventh and eighth days of the fifth lunar month (2 and 3 June 2025), with chanting scriptures as the main ritual.

2 and 3 June 2025

 

Peng Chau

Please visit the Facebook page of the Peng Chau Yuet Lung Sing Yuen.

5

Festival

Man Cheong (God of Literature) and Mo Tai (God of Martial Art) Festival of Mui Wo

  • The Man Cheong and Mo Tai Festival will be held at Pak Ngan Heung, Mui Wo, Lantau on the thirteenth day of the fifth lunar month, with rituals consisting of the enshrinement ceremony for lions, worshipping, celebration, and more.

To be announced

 

Mui Wo

To be announced

 

Remarks:

  • The programmes are subject ot change without prior notice. The organiser reserves the right of final decision.