Tag: Lantern

Handmade Rare Chinese Lanterns Light Up the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is a traditional festival celebrated in Chinese culture since the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907). For Hong Kong residents, this annual festival brings family, relatives, and friends together to celebrate and enjoy traditional food—especially the moon cakes.  Our Epoch reporters went to Blue House Cluster to…


Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival: Hand-Making Sky Lanterns & Paper Cranes to Challenge Guinness World Record

“The 2022 Hong Kong Sky Lantern Festival,” organized by the non-profit-making organization GP43, kicked off at Wonderland, West Kowloon Cultural District, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong on Aug. 6. The two-day event showcased more than 200 “blessing the sky lanterns” and two million “blessing paper cranes” to pray for Hong Kong and successfully challenge the…