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Local
Colors
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| These are not sightseeing sights per
se, and some may just be little things that are interesting to a
visitor. |
| Customs, Festivals
& Celebrations |
- Chinese
New Year
- the biggest event to the Chinese. more...
- Mid-Autumn festival - moon-cakes and Chinese lanterns
under a full moon. more...
- Dragon Boat festival - rice dumplings and dragon boat
racing. more...
- Ching Ming festival -
a time to pay respects to the dead. more...
- Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance - a different kind of dragon
dance. more...
- weddings - weddings in Hong Kong have are a mix of
traditions from east and west. more...
- funerals - hopefully you won't have one here
See
the Hong
Kong Tourism Board website for other festivals
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| Food |
- Snake soup - a local saying goes: 'autumn winds rise
- three snakes fat' more...
- Worm veg? - you
decide for yourself exactly what it is! more...
- Chicken feet soup - talk
about "reaching from beneath"! more...
- Claypot rice - rice
cooked with meat, winter favorite more...
- Thousand year egg - blackened
preserved eggs, a local favorite. more...
- Pineapple bun - a favorite pastry. more...
- Cocktail
bun
- a favorite pastry.
- Steamed egg custard - a tasty dessert. more...
- dim sum
dishes
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| Misc |
- End product delivery - I don't want to give it away:
you'll have to see it! more...
- Bamboo scaffolding - from renovation involving the
outside wall of a 50-storey building to erecting a neon sign
hanging over a busy road, bamboo scaffolding is widely used.
Just keep your eyes open and you will see them everywhere. [more]
- Herbal medicine - with
a history of literally thousands of years in China, herbal medicine
and treatment is quite common in Hong Kong. [more]
- Shoesmith - streetside
shoe repair [more]
- Pawn shops - even
when you see one, you may not recognize it since many of them
don't display an English name. But there are ways to tell ...
[more]
- Cantonese opera -
the traditional
form of opera set in ancient times. more...
- Mahjong - a
favorite passtime for many. more...
- Chinese junk (boat) -
fishermen
families used to live in these [more]
- toilets - in some you are treated like royalty, in
others... more...
- filming
- you might just catch a glimpse of some local movie stars more...
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