Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Ching Ming Festival- public holiday in Hong Kong

Today was public holiday in Hong Kong. It is called Ching Ming Festival and is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites.
They do many things on this day, but one thing that is very interesting is that they burn paper gifts for departed.
Anyway, of course we didn't celebrate this but walked around our neighborhood because streets were empty and it was nice and quiet for a change!
Here is the view around our neighborhood (from top of the hill). Nobody is around and you can kind of see water view between buildings...!

今日、香港は祝日でした。中国のお盆になるのかな。
祖先崇拝は、何千年にもわたり受け継がれている中国式伝統行事の一つです。
でも私たちはもちろん何もする事がないのでお店が全部閉まっている静かな近所を歩き回ったよ。

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