Entering the Year of the Rabbit, Hong Kong is also gradually returning to normal. There are many festivals and events in Hong Kong this year, including the incense burning at the Wong Tai Sin Temple and the Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival, which was affected by the epidemic and has been absent for two years. "Hong Kong 01" takes stock of relevant information And the special traffic arrangements on the eve of and during the Lunar New Year, let everyone be prepared, have a good luck, and welcome the new year.
▼January 20, Li Jiachao went to the night market in Victoria Park▼
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▼New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve: The last sprint for the New Year's Eve▼
The 15 Lunar New Year Fairs in Hong Kong (click here) have started on the 25th (16th) of the Lunar New Year and will be held for 7 consecutive days until 2:00 am on the first day of the Lunar New Year (22nd).
This year, only the wet goods area will be set up in the venue, and there will be no dry goods and fast food area.
Among the many Lunar New Year fairs, Victoria Park in Causeway Bay is still the largest, with as many as 175 stalls.
However, citizens should pay attention to the New Year's Eve in Victoria Park, Fa Hui Park in Sham Shui Po and Sha Tsui Road Playground in Tsuen Wan. Special arrangements have been made to control the number of people entering the venue. When the number of people increases, the ticket collection system will be activated. Check the waiting list on the FEHD website (click here).
▼Transportation Arrangements for New Year’s Eve▼
1/ All MTR local railway lines (except the Airport Express, Disney Line and East Rail Line to and from Lok Ma Chau Station) will run overnight on the night of New Year’s Eve, and the Hong Kong Island Line, Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line will run on the evening of the same day Encrypted shifts from 8:00.
Seven Light Rail routes (505, 507, 610, 614P, 615P, 706 and 751) will also run overnight.
The service hours of MTR buses 506, K51 and K54 will be extended on the night of New Year's Eve.
2/ Citybus and NWFB will open 5 additional late-night routes, including 20A High Speed Rail West Kowloon Station to Kai Tak, 38S Causeway Bay (Central Library) to Chi Fu, N116 North Point (Kinwei Garden) to Tsz Wan Shan (Central), N601 Admiralty (East) to Po Tat, 967N Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace) to Tin Shui Wai (North).
Citybus and NWFB will operate special service departures on New Year's Eve.
(Photo provided by Citybus and NWFB)
▼On January 16th, the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Flower Market kicked off▼
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▼From New Year's Eve to the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year: Burning incense on the temple of Wong Tai Sin▼
After the New Year’s Eve dinner on the 30th night (21st), citizens can catch the “last train” to visit the Lunar New Year’s Eve, or go to the Wong Tai Sin Temple, where the incense sticks will be held again this year, and sincerely pray.
The Wong Tai Sin Temple will be open until 4:30 pm on Lunar New Year's Eve, and will be open again at 9:00 pm that night for devotees to wait for the "Touzao incense" at midnight, and will be open all night until 9:00 pm on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Citizens who intend to go to Shangtou to burn incense should note that one-way pilgrimage routes and crowd control measures will be implemented in the temple that night, and there will be no sign-seeking areas, kneeling areas, and offering areas.
Citizens will first line up at the temple square outside Wong Tai Sin Temple and Wong Tai Sin Square. After entering the temple, they will go to the three incense offering points (Main Hall, Sansheng Hall and Yuxiang Pavilion) in a one-way flow, and then leave without staying.
The temple officials also urged citizens not to bring large incense sticks, ingot candles, raw oil and offerings into the temple.
On the other hand, Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin has also set up special opening hours. It is open all night from 11:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve until 6:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Faithful believers are only allowed to bring 3 sticks of fine incense. The Fude Temple outside the temple hall, Yuanchen Hall (Tai Sui Hall) and Fulu Palace (God of Wealth Hall) inside the temple hall will not offer incense during the Spring Festival.
▼January 12, Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple announced the arrangement of incense burners▼
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The Wong Tai Sin Temple, which opened its first incense sticks after two years, will reopen in the Year of the Rabbit.
Huang Xiahui, who used to show up frequently in the past, revealed on FB earlier that she will not be able to return to Hong Kong this year, and will appoint a Qizai Qierv to burn incense on her head to pray for Hong Kong people.
(Photo by Li Zetong)
▼First day of the Lunar New Year: Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival in Tai Po / Waterfront "check in"▼
The Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival in Tai Po has been away for two years, and it returns at the end of the Year of the Rabbit. Visitors can throw treasures inside to pray and make wishes for good luck.
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Stepping into the Year of the Rabbit, it is full of joy.
Citizens may consider going to the Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival in Tai Po, where Hong Kong people have been away for two years, after they go out to pay their respects.
There is a market and a gourmet carnival in Lam Village, Tai Po. Traditionally, treasures can also be thrown to pray for wishes to come true.
In addition, the HKTB has set up interactive attractions for celebrating the New Year at four locations along the waterfront, including Admiralty Tamar Park, Wanchai Temporary Waterfront Promenade, Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Center Observation Deck and Central Pier, and the four attractions will remain open until the Lantern Festival ( February 5).
1/ Tai Po Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival
Venue: Lam Tsuen Wishing Plaza, Tai Po
Opening hours: 8:45 am to 6:30 pm (January 22-February 5)
2/ The New Year's Interactive Attraction of the Tourism Board "Punch-in"
Venue: Admiralty Tamar Park, Wan Chai Temporary Waterfront Promenade, Tsim Sha Tsui Cultural Center Observation Deck and Central Pier
▼On January 18, the opening ceremony of the "Rabbit Leaping in Hong Kong to Welcome Chinese New Year" by the HKTB▼
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▼Traffic arrangements for Dapu Lam Village and Tolo Harbor Highway at the beginning of the year▼
1/ During the Tai Po Lam Tsuen Wishing Festival from the first day to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, KMB 63R will operate a special line, which will pass through MTR Tai Po Market Station, Tai Po Mega Mall, MTR Tai Wo Station, and go directly to Wishing Square. Drive from 8:30am to 6:30pm.
2/ From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm every day, the police will implement traffic control in response to the traffic conditions on Lin Kam Road, except for franchised buses, tourist buses, green minibuses, taxis and authorized vehicles Otherwise, all vehicles should follow the left lane of northbound Tolo Highway outside Ma Wo and the interchange of Lam Kam Road to southbound Lam Kam Road.
The slip road from Tai Po Tai Wo Road to the northbound Tolo Harbor Highway will be closed. Vehicles traveling along Tai Po Tai Wo Road to Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree must use the southbound Tolo Harbor Highway, Kwong-Fuk Interchange, Tai Po Highway-Yuanzhou Aberdeen Eastbound, Tolo Highway slip road, Tolo Highway northbound, the left shoulder of the affected section of Tolo Highway northbound and Lam Kam Road Interchange.
Vehicles traveling from Fanling to Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree must also go via the above route.
▼Chegong’s birthday on the second day of the first lunar month and worshiping Chegong on the third day of the new year▼
On the second and third day of the Lunar New Year, Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin is crowded with people.
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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin is crowded with people.
In the morning, the chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk will ask for a visa for Hong Kong, and many citizens went to offer incense to pray for blessings; many other citizens chose to visit Che Kung Temple on the third day of the lunar new year to avoid the "red mouth".
There is also a Che Kung Christmas Market at the football pitch on Chui Tin Street in Sha Tin outside the Che Kung Temple, with a total of 40 dry goods stalls and 2 wet goods stalls.
Che Kung Temple, Sha Tin Che Kung Temple Prayer
Venue: No. 7, Che Kung Temple Road, Sha Tin
Opening hours: 8:00 am
to 6:00 pm Open all night until the third day of the Lunar New Year
The Year of the Rabbit｜The monsoon came and the temperature dropped sharply overnight on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, as low as 11 degrees. The Year of the Rabbit｜Flowers at the flower market flock to the public to buy more than 2,000 yuan of flowers. The traffic control is inconvenient to park and shop. It is common to eat rabbit meat in Europe. Hot pot restaurants introduce Sichuan rabbit heads but are not accepted by local diners. The Year of the Rabbit｜Hong Kong imported nearly 180,000 kilograms of rabbit meat at one time.
