Fun in ICH – September Events

Fringe Activities of "The Oral Legacies Series II: The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong" Exhibition

 

Presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Organised by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office

 

Mid-Autumn Festival - A Talk on the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance

 

The Tai Hang fire dragon dance is a festive activity that has been held for more than a hundred years. It was inscribed onto the third National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2011, and is one of the twenty items on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong. Every year, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the residents of Tai Hang Village would perform a fire dragon parade around the village vicinity as a ritual to ward off evil and invoke blessings. The talk will be conducted by Mr. Chan Tak Fai, Commander-in-Chief of the annual event. He will talk about the crafting of the fire dragon, the ritual details such as consecration, the fire dragon dance, and the ‘sending off' of the dragon.   

 

 

Date	21 September 2019 (Saturday)
Time	2 – 4 pm
Venue	Tai Hang Residents' Welfare Association (121 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay, Hong   Kong)
Speaker	Mr. Chan Tak Fai (Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance Commander-in-Chief, THRWA)
Quota	30 persons (25 for online registration, 5 quotas for walk-in registration)
Registration	Online Registration   Please click here for the online registration form.   Registration deadline is 13 September 2019 (Friday), 5 pm (first come, first served).   Walk-in registration   5 quotas will be reserved for walk-in registration. Interested parties may register for the event   at the entrance of Tai Hang Residents' Welfare Association at 1:45 pm on a first come, first   served basis.
Remarks	1. Applications will only be validated after receiving the confirmation email sent by the   Intangible Cultural Heritage Office.   2. Please arrive and register at the event venue 10 minutes before the talk commences;   otherwise, the reserved seats may be released.

 

A Docent Guide to the Autumn Ancestral Worship of Clans

 

Ancestral worship is a highly regarded tradition among the clans in the New Territories. Every year, around the time of the Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox (in the fourth and ninth months on the lunar calendar), the clansmen would gather at the ancestral hall of their village or at the ancestors' graves to pay their respects in a ritual of worship. This activity will be in the form of a guided tour led by Mr. Tang Kwai Leung, a native of the Tang clan in Ha Tsuen. He will take the participants on a site visit to the Tang Ancestral Hall, offer details about the folk custom, its history and culture, and tell the stories behind the Hall.

 

 

Date	22 September 2019 (Sunday)
Time	2 – 3pm
Venue	Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long
Assembly Time	1:30 pm
Assembly Venue	Tin Shui Wai MTR Station
Guide	Mr. Tang Kwai Leung
Quota	20 persons
Registration	Online Registration   Please click here for the online registration form.   Registration deadline is 5 pm, 13 September 2019 (Friday) (first come, first served).
Remarks	Applications will only be validated after receiving the confirmation email sent by the   Intangible Cultural Heritage Office.

Language: Cantonese

Fee: Free admission

Enquiry: Miss Tse (Tel: 2780 2283, email: siuwai@huluhk.org)