Festivals in China

3 Feb 2013

Thirty-six floats and performing groups from 14 countries will take part in the Chinese New Year Night Parade in Tsim Sha Tsui next Sunday.

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Revellers set shining examples

13 Sep 2011

Revellers and fun-seekers packed into Victoria Park last night for the lantern carnival to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, the most important festival and occasion for family reunions after the...

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Gallic breadth

5 Apr 2011

It's still early April, but Le French May is almost upon us. The annual celebration of all things French begins on April 15 and continues until June 23. This makes the title something of a...

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Cry for the moon

23 Sep 2007

According to the Chinese lunar calendar, autumn occurs during the seventh, eighth and ninth lunar months. Hence, the 15th day of the eighth month marks the Mid-Autumn Festival, which, this year,...

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Weather fails to douse festive spirit

19 Sep 2005

Clouds and rain block view of full moon, but thousands flock to the five lantern festivals around the city

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Have Your Say

16 Sep 2005

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Opinion

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Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

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Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

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Carnivals light up the city

A number of lantern carnivals are being held across Hong Kong to mark the Mid-Autumn Festival. Besides creative lantern displays, the programmes include music and dance performances, and fortune-...

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All light on the night

COLOURFUL STARFRUIT, rabbits, goldfish and traditional paper lanterns jostle for space in storefronts, as Hong Kong prepares for Sunday's annual Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Enchanting festival of lights

If you are wondering what to do over the Mid-Autumn Festival, you might want to visit one of the colourful lantern carnivals organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.

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Lantern festival turns HK into city of lights

'We especially wanted to be here this year. There has been too much bad news and we need to celebrate and have fun'

Victoria Park was ablaze with lantern lights last night as...

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'World's biggest' lantern to loom over Mid-Autumn festivities

35 metres wide and 15 metres tall, it will light up Victoria Park

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Expectations on a theme

THE CULTURAL SCENE in Hong Kong has experienced one of its worst years - Sars practically annihilated the Le French May festival and two months of programming was wiped clean from the city's...

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