The Bun Festival, one of Hong Kong's most colorful cultural celebration events, has been on China's national list of intangible cultural heritage since 2011. On Wednesday, Cheung Chau, a small island south of Hong Kong island, was chock-a-block with people celebrating the Bun Festival, an annual traditional cultural event in the city. At 1:30 pm local time, the "piu sik" …
A local villager displays a dough sculpture during a rural event in Laoshan district of Qingdao, Shandong province on Nov 16. A lively competition took place at a farm located on Wanggezhuang street of Laoshan district in Qingdao, Shandong province on Nov 16. Local villagers gathered to participate in an event centered around the art of crafting mantou, the beloved …
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s colorful Bun Festival is back after three years of COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors packed the tiny island of Cheung Chau to watch children parade in costumes and to eat buns stamped with the Chinese characters for “peace” and “safety.” The festival’s highlight is a midnight “bun-scrambling” competition in which climbers race up a tower covered with …
