By it's nature, "intangible cultural heritage" can be a bit tricky to tally. But that's exactly what Hong Kong has done over the past seven years, compiling a list of 480 items that best represent the city and its people. With the inclusion of such diverse entries as egg tarts, the annual Hind Diwali festival and Bangladesh's International Mother Language Day, the inventory celebrates an array of Hong Kong's communities Read more here . Oral Traditions and Expressions Besides Cantonese, there is a diversity of languages which point to the city's "rich and colourful" history in trade and migration, the Heritage Museum says. New Territories settlers with family histories spanning as far back as 900 years will also see legends and stories about their ancestors protected. 1 Hakka Dialect 2 Wai Tau Dialect 3 Cantonese 4 Four-character idiomatic expressions 5 Fishermen’s Dialect 6 Fujian Dialect 7 Fujian's Hokkien (Minnan) Dialect 8 Fujian's Fuzhou Dialect 9 Chiu Chow Dialect 10 Hoi Luk Fung / Hoklo Dialect 11 Riddles 12 Cantonese Chanting 13 Oral Legends of the following lineages: Sheung Shui Liu; Tuen Mun To; Chuk Yuen Lam; Ho Sheung Heung Hau; Tai Hang Man; Fanling Pang; Ha Tsuen Tang; San Tin Man; Kam Tin Tang; Lung Yeuk Tau Tang Performing Arts Dragon dances and Cantonese opera are among Hong Kong's most recognisable performance traditions, but the heritage list offers more obscure gems. These include fishermen's ballads and the interestingly named "Wedding Laments". 24 Lion Dance 25 Dragon Dance 26 Pixiu (an imaginary beast) Dance 27 Unicorn Dance Punti unicorn dance; Hakka unicorn dance; Hoi Luk Fung/ Hoklo unicorn dance 31 Engor (Dance of Heroes) 32 Cantonese Opera Singing of Excerpts; Opera Music; Opera for Appeasing Gods; Opera Vocals; Episodic Acts of Cantonese Opera 38 Fujian Opera 39 Puppetry Shadow Puppetry, Rod Puppetry; Glove Puppetry; String Puppetry; Hand Puppets in Cantonese Opera 45 Eight Categories of Instrumental Music (a type of music in Guangdong) 46 Ritual Music Taoist and Buddhist Ritual Music 49 Rite Music 50 Cantonese Music (flourished 1920s-50s) 51 Chiu Chow Music 52 Nanyin (Southern Tunes 53 Fujian Nanyin 54 Zhuzhici Poems/Village Names in a Song 55 Hakka Folk Song 56 Funeral Laments 57 Wedding Laments (a Hakka ritual) 58 Fishermen’s Laments Wedding laments for both ordinary fishermen and Hoklo fishermen; Death Rites 62 Fishermen's Ballads Social Practices, Rituals and Festive Events Hong Kong has enough local festivals to fill your calendar, but notably present in the heritage list are those celebrated by minorities including Nepalese and Pakistanis. Martial arts also add a kick to the list, with traditions such as master Ip Man's famous wing chun. * Unique versions of these festivals or traditions in certain villages or lineages were included in the list but are excised here for brevity. FESTIVALS: 63 Che Kung (General Che) 64 Tai Wong Yeh (Great Lord) Festival Local iterations of the festival in Sam Mun Tsai and Yuen Chau Tsai in Tai Po, as well as Mui Wo 68 Tin Kung Yuk Wong Tai Tai (Jade Emperor) 69 Kwan Tai (God of War)* 72 Lantern Lighting Ritual* 89 Tai Ping Hung Chiu (ceremony for purification)* 94 Pa Tin Gei (ceremony for purification)* 97 To Tei (Earth God)* 107 Spring and Autumn Ancestral Worship of Lineage* 128 Man Cheong (God of Literature and Bureaucracy) Festival 129 Hung Shing (God of the Sea) Festival* 139 Kwun Yum (Goddess of Mercy) Festival* 143 Guang Ze Zun Wang (Revered King of Broad Blessings) Festival 144 Sam Shan Kwok Wong (Kings of Three Mountains) Festival 145 Pak Tai (Supreme Emperor of the North) Festival* 148 Offering Sacrifices to White Tiger during Insects Awakening Day 149 Chun Kwan Emperor Festival 150 Tin Hau (Empress of Heaven) Festival* 176 Tam Kung (Lord Tam) Festival* 179 LiLing Divine Festival 180 Kam Fa (Lady Golden Flower) Festival 181 Feast Day 182 Dragon Boat Festival* 187 Lung Mo (Dragon Mother) Festival* 190 Man Cheong (God of Literature) and Mo Tai (God of Martial Art) Festival 191 Chou (Zhou Youde) Wong (Wang Lairen) Yi Kung 192 Hau Wong (Marquis Prince) Festival* 195 Lo Pan (Master) Festival 196 The Seventh Sister’s Birthday Festival 197 Yu Lan Festival* 287 Tei Chong Wong (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva) Festival* 291 Fire Dragon Dance* 294 Chai Tin Tai Shing (Monkey King) Festival 295 Wong Tai Sin Festival 296 Yuen Tin Sheung Tai (Supreme Emperor of the Dark Heaven) Festival 297 Tei Mo Yuen Kwan (Earth Mother Goddess) Festival 298 Wah Kwong (God of Fire and patron of Cantonese opera) Festival* 303 Autumn Sacrificial Rites 304 Ancestral Worship of the Kwok Clan in Kowloon City 305 General Cheung Fei Festival 306 Thanking Deities 307 Jiao / Da Chiu* 324 International Mother Language Day 325 Diwali (Festival of Lights), a Hindu tradition 326 Teej (Festival of Women), a Nepalese celebration 327 Poem Reciting Function, a Pakistani tradition 328 Holi (Hindu Festival of Colours) 329 Dussehra (Hindu Festival of Victory of Good over Evil) 330 Annakut (New Year's Day in Hindu) 331 Orthodox Unity School Taoist Tradition (New Territories)* 338 Orthodox Unity School Taoist Tradition (Urban) 339 Complete Perfection School Taoist Tradition 340 - 346 including Taoist wedding ceremony, rehabilitation ceremony for temples and others 347 Cantonese Rite of Liberating the Flaming-mouths (Feeding the Hungry Ghosts) 348 Traditional Funeral Rites 349 Traditional Wedding Ceremonies* 355 Enshrinement ceremony for the Chinese Unicorn (once every 10 years) 356 Vegetable Tea preparation during festivals 357 Sek Shan Tou (Eating on the Hillside) 358 Basin Meal 359 Sticking Hui Chun (Spring Scrolls) MARTIAL ARTS 360 Tai Shing Pek Kwar Moon Style (Monkey and Axe Hammer Style) - wushu 361 Tai Chi Chuan* 366 Northern Shaolin Tay Tong Pak Kar 367 Weng Chun Fist* 370 Pak Hok Pai (White Crane) Fist 371 Southern Shaolin Ng Cho Kun (Five Ancestors Fist) Tiebigong (Iron Arm Skill) 372 Hung Gar Kuen Style 373-377 Lam Family Hung Kyun; Kung Chi Fuk Fu Fist; Fu Hok Seung Ying Fist; Dan Tau Kwan; Tit Sin Fist 378 Fu Style Bagua Quan (Fu Style Eight Trigrams Fist) 379 Hua Yue Xin Yi Liu He Ba Fa Chuan (Six Harmonies Eight Methods Boxing) 380 Wing Chun Fist 381- 383 Pao Fa Lien Wing Chun; Snake Crane Wing Chun; Yip Man Wing Chun 384 Cangzhou Wushu* 387 Choi Lee Fat Fist* 390 Lung Ying Fist (Dragon Sign Fist) 391 Tanglangquan (Northern Praying Mantis) 392 - 395 Its variations Knowledge and Practices Concerning Nature and the Universe 396 Culture of Traditional Chinese Medicine 397 - 399 Herbal Tea; Snake Wine; Bone Setting 400 Fishermen’s knowledge about the universe and the nature 401 Traditional Jade Stone Knowledge 402 Traditional Chinese Almanac Traditional Craftsmanship From its time-honoured soy sauce making traditions to jewellery crafting building techniques, this section deals with the tangible heritage that's truly Hong Kong. TECHNIQUES IN MAKING: 403 Fermented Black Soybean 404 Bean Curd 405 Seafood Sauce 406 Preserved Fruit 407 Fei Gei Lam (Aeroplane Olive) 408 Soy Sauce by local factories 409 Sesame Oil 410 Fish Maw 411 Shrimp Paste Blocks and Shrimp Paste 412 Pickled Vegetable 413 Soy Sauce (Fujian Sauce Factories) 414 Preserved Meat 415 Brewing Glutinous Rice Wine 416 Dried Oyster and Oyster Sauce 417 Fermented Soybean Sauce 418 Salted Fish 419 Moon Cake 420 Melon Seed (the snack) 421 Betrothal Cakes 422 Chiu Chow Sugar Loaf 423 Chiu Chow Style Sweets and Cakes 424 Chiu Chow Five Assorted Betrothal Cakes 425 Glutinous Rice Dumpling 426- 427 With lye or with pork 428 Sau Fan 429 Shek Lau Tsai 430 Cha Kwo (Steamed Sticky Rice Dumpling) 431 Ching Ming Tsai (Paederia scandens Sticky Rice Dumpling) 432 Sweet Potato Cake 433 Hakka Cuisine 434 Cantonese Cuisine 435 Chinese Dim Sum 436 Chiu Chow Marinated Food 437 Dumpling 438 Noodles 439 Egg Tart 440 Pineapple Bun 441 Wonton 442 Hong Kong Style Milk Tea 443 Yuan Yang Mixed Milk Tea and Coffee 444 Ding Ding Candy 445 Blown Sugar (small balloon can be made from syrup) 446 Paper Crafting 447- 455 Ghost Master; Sky Lantern; Flower-canon; Flower-lantern; Paper Offerings; etc 456 Drawn Work Figurine 457 Wreath Crafting 458 Flower Board Crafting 459 Wood Carving 460 - 461 ordinary and religious carvings 462 Charcoal Drawing 463 Mirror Painting of Deity Image 464 Gravestone Carving 465 Gold Leaf Decoration 466 Ivory Carving 467 Shiwan Pottery 468 Painting Mounting 469 Paper-cutting Technique 470 Lacquerware 471 Guangcai (The Canton Famille Rose Porcelain) 472 Seal Carving 473 Gravure-type Printing 474 Movable-type Printing 475 Dough Figurine Crafting 476 White Herring Bone Ornaments 477 Mahjong Tile Making 478 Brocade Box Making 479 Birdcage Production 480 Guqin (seven-stringed plucked instrument) 481 Umbrella Making 482 Piu Sik (Floating Colours) Making 483 Tattoo Technique 484 Face Threading Technique 485 Leather Shoe Making 486 Quilt Making 497 Sewing techniques 501 Lantern Band Embroidery 502 Cantonese Opera Headdress Crafting 503 Cantonese Opera Costume Embroidery 504 Jade Carving 505 Jewellery 506 Galvanised Iron Products 507 Chopping Board 508 Steamer 509 Cake Mould 510 Wooden Furniture Crafting 511 Coffin Crafting 512 Ying Stone (ornamental limestone from Yingde) Rockery Miniature Landscape Crafting 513 Gardening 514 Stilt House Construction 515 Traditional Architecture Preservation 516 Bamboo Shed Theatre Building 517 Wooden Boat Building 518 Fishing Method 519 Fishing Net Plaiting Technique 520 Aquaculture of Seawater fish 521 Gei Wai (Inter-tidal shrimp ponds) Operation 522 Aquaculture of Fresh-water Fish 523 Oyster Farming 524 Rice Cultivation 525 Vegetable Cultivation 526 Salt Making 527 Honey making 528 Pig Raising 529 Chicken Raising 530 Guangdong Hand Puppets Making
