Celebration Time

Bun Festival, Cheung Chau

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May 24th 2007
The Bun Festival is an event that is held annually on Cheung Chau, an outlying island of Hong Kong. This year, I went there to witness the first time this traditional local festival. Cheung Chau is about half an hour by fast ferry from Central. It was in the past inhabited by fishermen, but today, it has become a recreational site during weekends when urban Hong Kong people go there for holida ... read more

Asia » Hong Kong

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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong... ... read more