Besides the leagues of lanterns (luminosities of lanterns? lusters of lanterns?) on display last night, we observed many dancers and musicians performing on stage in the Tai Po Waterfront Park.
There was a screening of a Cantonese movie in the outdoor cinema area.
Highly skilled puppeteers kept our children entertained.
My favourite section of the carnival was the folk art demonstration and exhibition tent. This lady created amazing art from palm weaving, making insects and animals using only palm leaves.
Tantou new year woodblock paintings go through 20 processes including paper
selection, paper steaming, glue and kalinite applying, plaster pasting,
color matching and finishing touches.
These are examples of Xiangxi Miao cloth painting, inspired by traditional monochrome embroidery.
This artist demonstrated Dawu clay sculpture, the themes of which mostly arise from Chaozhou opera.
Here are some Fengxi hand-made Zuhni red clay pots.
Like Australian events, there were many families enjoying picnics on the grass. Mid-Autumn is really the only time of year you are likely to see this sort of behaviour here in Hong Kong. These picnics involve the sharing of mooncakes and pomelo fruit and the burning of wax candles.
Unlike Australia, there were no food stalls to be found at this carnival and we had to hunt around to find a late-night treat for the children.
I'll finish this post with a photo of our children with actors playing Chang E and Houyi the Archer.
