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Title

  • Yu Lan Festival
Alternative Title

  • 盂蘭節

  • 香港潮人盂蘭勝會

  • 中元節

  • 牛頭角區坊眾盂蘭勝會

  • Yulan Festival

  • Hungry Ghost Festival
Date

  • 2009-09-06
Description

  • 於2011年列入第三批國家級非遺代表性項目名錄

  • "There are about 1.2 million Chiu Chow natives in Hong Kong. They actively carry on the cultural traditions of Chiu Chow and Shantou. During the annual festival, Chiu Chow diaspora residing in Hong Kong organise the month-long Yu Lan Festival, which spans from the beginning to the end of the seventh lunar month. The event has been held for more than 100 years. Its main objective is to carry out ancestral worship ceremonies and perform rituals for wandering ghosts in the netherworld. The activities include burning paper offerings on the street, performing Chiu Chow operas for thanksgiving to the deities, burning effigies of the Ghost King, distributing auspicious rice and auctioning auspicious objects. Yu Lan Festival of the Hong Kong Chiu Chow community was inscribed onto the third national list of ICH in 2011.

    香港的潮籍人士約一百二十多萬，他們積極傳承潮汕的人文風俗。每年一度的中元節，各地區的旅港潮人均舉辦盂蘭勝會，從農曆七月初一起舉行，直至七月底止，歷時一個月，至今已有一百多年的歷史。盂蘭勝會主要是祭祀祖先及陰曹無祀孤鬼，活動包括燒街衣、潮劇神功戲、化大士王、派平安米、福物競投等。香港潮人盂蘭勝會於2011年列入第三批國家級非遺代表性項目名錄。" -- Intangible Cultural Heritage Office website
Based near label

  • Kwun Tong

  • Kowloon
Source

  • The images are digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library
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Identifier

  • Call No.: DS796.H75 C445

  • Master #: 2009-04