More info on The Festival of the Bun Hills
Festival of the Bun Hills, also known as the Cheung Chau Festival begins on the eight day
of the Fourth Moon and lasts for four days.
This festival is one of the most strange, unusual and dangerous
of all Chinese celebrations. The four day festival is full of religious rites,
Chinese operas and the burning of paper clothing as gifts. These festivities are
supposed to make ghosts and edgy spirits happy. A party like atmosphere spreads
around Hong Kong, with processions and celebrations every time you turn
around.
There are ginormous structures that tower over Hong Kong and other Chinese cities.
They are covered to the top with bread buns.
In the past, they would give a signal, and the young would clamber up the
bun hills and try to grab as many buns as they could hold. It is believed that
the more buns you grabbed a hold of, the more good luck blessings you receive.
The date and time of this weird tradition was announced a week beforehand.
The processions and parades that commence during this time are bursting with unique colours.
The Chinese people dress up as legendary figures, ride on floral floats, and walk on stilts.
The young are perched above the crowd in make-up and costumes It seems as if they’re suspended
in mid-air.
of the Fourth Moon and lasts for four days.
This festival is one of the most strange, unusual and dangerous
of all Chinese celebrations. The four day festival is full of religious rites,
Chinese operas and the burning of paper clothing as gifts. These festivities are
supposed to make ghosts and edgy spirits happy. A party like atmosphere spreads
around Hong Kong, with processions and celebrations every time you turn
around.
There are ginormous structures that tower over Hong Kong and other Chinese cities.
They are covered to the top with bread buns.
In the past, they would give a signal, and the young would clamber up the
bun hills and try to grab as many buns as they could hold. It is believed that
the more buns you grabbed a hold of, the more good luck blessings you receive.
The date and time of this weird tradition was announced a week beforehand.
The processions and parades that commence during this time are bursting with unique colours.
The Chinese people dress up as legendary figures, ride on floral floats, and walk on stilts.
The young are perched above the crowd in make-up and costumes It seems as if they’re suspended
in mid-air.