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Past Exhibitions

2024 Exhibition for Promotion of Culture and Tourism under the Series of Hong Kong-Guangxi Cultural Exchange Activities
2024 "Taste of Intangible Cultural Heritage" Roving Exhibition
2024 Course on Hong Kong Traditional Paper Crafting Arts Series 2 - Exhibition on Fa Pau Crafting Technique
2024 Dancing Dragon with Lanterns to Greet the New Year
2024 "Taste of Intangible Cultural Heritage" Roving Exhibition
2024 A Journey into the Past and Present - Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition
2023 Hong Kong Talents and Arts
2023 Hong Kong Week @Bangkok
2023 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making Exhibition
2023 Exhibition on "Paper Crafting Technique in Hong Kong: History, Transmission and Innovation"
2023 Genesis and Spirit - Tea for Harmony．Yaji Cultural Salon : Exhibition of the Tea Culture of Zhejiang
2023 Delights of ICH - Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Video Show
2023 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making
2022 Student Work of the 'Traditional Craftsmanship．Transmission of Paper Crafting Technique' Workshop
2021 'Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong' Exhibition
2021 Genesis and Spirit – Online Programmes on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
2021 'The Jiao Festival of the Hing Chun Yeuk, Sha Tau Kok' Exhibition
2020 'Folk Festival in These Days ...' Exhibition
2020 'The Oral Legacies Series II: The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong' Exhibition
2019 'The Oral Legacies ─ Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong' Exhibition
2019 Inheritance – The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Japan Exhibition
2019 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making
2019 Genesis and Spirit – Enchanting Shandong ‧ An Exhibition on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Shandong
2019 Hong Kong Flower Show: Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Paper Crafting
2019 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Paper Crafting
2019 'The Oral Legacies: Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region' Exhibition Month
2018 An Artist's Impression of HKICH
2018 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Paper Crafting
2018 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Paper Crafting
2017 The Oral Legacies: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong Exhibition
2017 The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making
2017 Genesis and Spirit: Recalling Jiangnan – An Exhibition on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Zhejiang
2017 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making
2016 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making
2016 300 Years of Hakka Kung Fu: Digital Vision of its Legacy and Future
2016 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage - Exhibition on 'Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making'
2016 Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage - 'Paper-crafting Technique on Southern Dragon' Exhibition
2015 Exhibition and Talks on Intangible Cultural Heritage of Gansu
2014 Indigenous Hong Kong - An Exhibition on our Intangible Cultural Traditions
2014 The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
2013 Genesis and Spirit: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Guizhou Exhibition
2012 The Greatest Skills of Shu : Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sichuan Exhibition
2011 Genesis and Spirit: Intangible Cultural Heritage of China Exhibition
2011 Application for Inscription on the Third National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Hong Kong Items
2010 Golden Dragon of Ma Tin Tsuen, Yuen Long
2009 Exhibition of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China

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"Historical and Architectural Traces of Sam Tung Uk" Audio Guide

⑥ Ancestral Hall: The Lantern Lighting Ceremony

Ancestral Hall: The Lantern Lighting Ceremony

Traditional lantern for newborn sons hung on a tie-beam inscribed with the words for

Traditional lantern for newborn sons hung on a tie-beam inscribed with the words for "a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons", representing the lantern-lighting ritual in the past.

Two green tie-beams, one inscribed with the auspicious Chinese words for

Two green tie-beams, one inscribed with the auspicious Chinese words for "longevity and wealth" and the other with the words "a hundred sons and a thousand grandsons".

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