Performances and booth activities at "Encountering Chinese Culture" Carnival cum "Vibrant ICH"

A crossover carnival under "Hong Kong ICH Month 2025" and "Encountering Chinese Culture" Carnival of the Chinese Culture Festival will be held. ICH practitioners and performing groups of Hong Kong and Jiangxi Province will participate in ICH-related performances at the carnival to showcase different but equally splendid techniques. The carnival will offer various booth activities featuring both local and Jiangxi Province's ICH items, with a view to giving the public a first-hand experience with the techniques and wisdom behind ICH items of both the Mainland and Hong Kong, and heightening their awareness of and interest in Hong Kong's ICH as well as Chinese culture.

 

The brand new "Mobile ICH" will visit Sha Tin. With exhibitions and interactive devices, it incorporates learning into fun games to help everyone discover the pleasure ICH can bring.

 

Date

22 June 2025 (Sunday)

Time

2:00 – 6:00 pm

Venue

Sha Tin Town Hall (1 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin) and New Town Plaza (Shatin Centre Street)

Language

Cantonese

Fee

Free of charge

 

 

Programme Details:

 

Performances

 

Performance

Time

Performing Group/ Performer

Venue

1

The Pok Fu Lam Fire Dragon Dance

2:05 – 2:25 pm

Pok Fu Lam Village Fire Dragon Association

Entrance Arena, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza & Plaza, Sha Tin Town Hall

2

Intangible Cultural Heritage Performances of Jiangxi (1):

  • Xingguo Folk Song (Representative Item of the National ICH) "Playing Folk Songs Across the Streets"
     
  • Gannan Traditional Tea-plucking Opera (Representative Item of the National ICH) "Liu Er on the Journey"

2:25 – 2:35 pm

Gannan Art and Creative Institute

Entrance Arena, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

3

Puppetry: Rod puppetry Journey to The West – The Flaming Mountain

2:55 – 3:10 pm

Wong Fai Puppet Shadow Company Limited

Entrance Arena, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

4

Intangible Cultural Heritage Performances of Jiangxi (2):

  • Hakka Song "Call Out to the Cousin"
     
  • Hakka Style Dance "People of the Walled Houses"

3:25 – 3:35 pm

Gannan Art and Creative Institute

Entrance Arena, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

5

Hakka Folk Songs

3:40 – 3:55 pm

Sai Kung Hakka Folk Song Group

Entrance Arena, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

 

 

Booth Activities

 

Activities and Participating Instructor/ Organisation

Time

Venue

1

Demonstration and Experiential Activity of Puppetry

 

Wong Fai Puppet Shadow Company Limited

Session 1: 2:00 – 2:30 pm

Session 2: 3:30 – 4:00 pm

Session 3: 4:30 – 5:00 pm

(3 sessions)

West Wing, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

2

Online and offline activities by "ICH Everywhere" and Experiential Activity of Fishing Net Plaiting Technique

 

The Warehouse Teenage Club

 

Hong Kong Southern District Women's Association

2:00 – 5:00 pm

West Wing, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

3

Workshop on Movable-type Printing Technique

 

Mr Leung Kwok-hung (Movable-type printing veteran)

2:00 – 5:00 pm

West Wing, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

4

Cheongsam Bookmark Making Workshop

2:00 – 5:00 pm

West Wing, Level 1, Phase 1, New Town Plaza

5

ICH Story-telling

 

Museum Volunteers, LCSD

Session 1: 3:00 – 3:30 pm

Session 2: 3:45 – 4:15 pm

Session 3: 4:30 – 5:00 pm

Session 4: 5:15 – 5:45pm

(4 sessions)

Foyer, Sha Tin Town Hall

6

Workshop on Chinese Brush Making Technique

 

Mr Cheung Hung-ngai (Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Writing Brush Pen Museum Association)

Session 1: 2:00 – 2:45 pm

Session 2: 3:00 – 3:45 pm

Session 3: 4:00 – 4:45 pm

(3 sessions)

Foyer, Sha Tin Town Hall

7

Workshop on Gold Leaf Decoration Technique

 

Conservation Office, LCSD

Workshop

Session 1: 2:00 – 2:45 pm

Session 2: 3:00 – 3:45 pm

Session 3: 4:00 – 4:45 pm

Session 4: 5:00 – 5:45 pm

(4 sessions)

Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall

Demonstration

Session 1: 2:45 – 3:00 pm

Session 2: 3:45 – 4:00 pm

Session 3: 4:45 – 5:00 pm

Session 4: 5:45 – 6:00 pm

(4 sessions)

Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall

8

Demonstration and Experiential Activity of Patterned Band Weaving Technique

 

Mr Lam Wai-yan

Session 1: 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Session 2: 3:30 – 4:30 pm

Session 3: 5:00 – 6:00 pm

(3 sessions)

Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall

9

Photo Display on ICH and Cultures of Ganzhou, Jiangxi

 

Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Media and Tourism

2:00 – 6:00 pm

Exhibition Gallery, Sha Tin Town Hall

10

Photo Display on ICH and Cultures of Ganzhou, Jiangxi

 

Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Media and Tourism

2:00 – 5:00 pm

Plaza, Sha Tin Town Hall

11

Mobile ICH

 

Hong Kong Resource Centre for Heritage

2:00 – 5:00 pm

Plaza, Sha Tin Town Hall

 

 

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