Thousands line Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for drone show, with some saying it’s more impressive than pyrotechnics display
- About 1,000 drones form colourful array of shapes and patterns, including of bun tower, dancing lion and flower board with waving flags
- Some visitors say show is more impressive than fireworks display held earlier this month
Thousands of residents and visitors lined Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour to watch a drone show on Saturday night, with some saying they enjoyed it more than a pyrotechnic display earlier this month.
About 1,000 drones formed a colourful array of shapes and patterns, including of a bun tower, dancing lion and a flower board with waving flags, among other well-known images from Hong Kong culture.
The drone show paid tribute to Buddha, whose birthday is celebrated on May 15, and the annual week-long Cheung Chau Bun Festival, which takes place on the outlying island and honours Pak Tai, a Taoist god of the sea.
The drone show and pyrotechnics display will be held regularly as part of a wider push by tourism authorities to make the city more attractive to visitors.
Kane Chiu, a mainland Chinese in his twenties studying in Hong Kong, said it was his first time watching a drone show and he found it more attractive than the pyrotechnics display he saw on the May 1 Labour Day holiday.
“Comparatively speaking, I personally find the drone show more novel,” he said. “Maybe it is because I have watched pyrotechnics displays several times and found them less astonishing.”