Hong Kong

Festivals and Annual Events

1st January. The English Calendar New Year is celebrated with fanfare, parties and fireworks.

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Festivals and events in Hong Kong

Showing 1–19 of 19 festivals

Plan around 19 festival seasons, public events, Ramadan/Eid periods, book fairs, art cycles, and winter food activity.

New Year

1st January. The English Calendar New Year is celebrated with fanfare, parties and fireworks.

The Ching Ming Festival

The Ching Ming Festival falls on in the third lunar month. It is celebrated to mark the beginning of spring. This is also known as the Tomb Sweeping or Spring Remembrance festival.

Tam Kung Festival

Tam Kung Festival falls on the 8th day of the 4th month in Chinese calendar. This is to honor a sea god Tam Yung, and to bless fishermen for safe journeys and happiness.

Yue Laan -The hungry ghost festival

Yue Laan-The hungry ghost festival-(Aug/Sep) This is the festival to appease ghosts who it is believed come down on the earth during this lunar month.

Hong Kong Music festival

Hong Kong Music festival and Hong Kong Youth Arts festival is held in October every year.

Confucius's Birthday, 27th day of the eighth moon. One of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of China, Confucius is highly revered in Hong Kong and his birthday is celebrated with traditional reverence.

Christmas and New Year

Christmas and New Year is again a time of revelry. East meets West in the true spirit of this festive season.

Dong Zhi Festival

Dong Zhi (Winter Solstice) Festival (11th moon). This is the second biggest festival of the Chinese calendar celebrated on the day when it is the shortest day and the longest night.

Chinese New Year

This is the most important festival in the calendar based on the legend of Nien, the fearsome monster that attacked the homes and people of the Yellow river area.

Birthday of Che Kung

Birthday of Che Kung falls on the second day of the first lunar month. This is celebrated in memory of Che Kung. It is believed the Sung Dynasty general became a Taoist deity after he saved many from plague.

Spring Lantern Festival

Spring Lantern Festival- Also known as Valentine's Day, is celebrated on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, marking the end of the New Year festivities.

Tin Hau festival

Tin Hau festival falls on the 23rd day of the third lunar month. It is in honor of the God of the sea and is celebrated in all places near the sea.

Cheung Chau Bun festival

Cheung Chau Bun festival is held every May. It is celebrated by the people of Hong Kong by carrying White Chinese Buns on huge bamboo sticks.

Birthday of Buddha

Birthday of Buddha falls on the 8th day of the 4th lunar month. This is a Buddhist festival where Buddha's statues are bathed and worshipped, monasteries visited and ceremonies are held.

Dragon Boat Festival

It is celebrated in honor of Qu Yuan, a national hero, who gave his life by jumping into the sea to protest Government corruptions.

Seven Sisters Festival

Seven Sisters Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This festival is especially for girls and young lovers and is based on Chinese folklore.

Mid Autumn Festival

Mid Autumn Festival -(Sep/Oct) This festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth moon. This is again a very big and charming festival to view.

Chung Yeung

Chung Yeung (9th moon, 9th day), like the Ching Ming, is a day to pay respects to and remember the departed loved ones. It is also known as Autumn Remembrance. People move to the hills and make offerings.

Monkey God Festival

Monkey God Festival -Sep / Oct, Day 16th of the Moon. It is believed that the Monkey God gained immortality by accompanying Buddhist pilgrim Tang Xuan in his quest to understand Lord Buddha's teachings.