SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1989
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REGIONAL SECRETARY TO OFFICIATE AT BUN FESTIVAL
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO FLOCK
CHEUNG CHAU ON THURSDAY (MAY 11) WHEN THE ISLANDERS HOLD A GRAND PROCESSION ΤΟ CELEBRATE THE ANNUAL BUN FESTIVAL.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE FUNCTION WHICH IS BEING ORGANISED BY THE CHEUNG CHAU RURAL COMMITTEE AND THE CHEUNG CHAU "TA CHIU" (1989) COMMITTEE.
THE TWO-HOUR PROCESSION, INVOLVING ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SCHOOL CHILDREN, WILL START AT 2 PM FROM THE PAK TEI TEMPLE AND MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE BUSTLING ALLEYS TO FUNG SHUI IN FRONT OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT TAI SHEK HAU,
LANE
AFTER PERFORMING AT FUNG SHUI LANE THE PROCESSION WILL MAKE CIRCUIT OF CHEUNG CHAU TOWN AND RETURN TO THE PAK TEI TEMPLE.
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THERE WILL BE 11 FLOATS, NUMEROUS LION AND FLAG PARADES, CHINESE FOLK DANCES AND FESTIVAL MUSIC AND GONGS.
UNICORN DANCES, FEATURING DRUMS
SHRINES OF DEITIES AND THE FAMED SWORD OF THE GOD, PAK TEI.
WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED DURING THE PROCESSION.
THE BUN FESTIVAL, HELD TO APPEASE THE WANDERING SPIRITS OF PEOPLE KILLED BY THE PIRATES ON THE ISLAND IN THE PAST, HAS BEEN ORGANISED ANNUALLY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FOR A CENTURY.
CELEBRATIONS OF THE WEEK-LONG FESTIVAL, FEATURING DAILY CANTONESE OPERA SHOWS, AN EYE-DOTTING CEREMONY FOR LIONS AND UNICORNS, A GHOST-WORSHIPPING CEREMONY, A SMALLER SCALE PROCESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BUNS, WILL START TOMORROW (MONDAY) WITH THE GRAND PROCESSION ON THURSDAY BEING THE CLIMAX.
ISLANDERS WILL
AS AN ACT OF SINCERITY AND HUMILITY, THE ABSTAIN FROM MEAT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM TUESDAY AND NO ANIMAL WILL BE SLAUGHTERED DURING THIS PERIOD.
TO COMMEMORATE THE FESTIVAL, THE POST OFFICE HAS ISSUED A SET OF FOUR SPECIAL STAMPS AND SOUVENIR COVERS WHICH WILL BE PUT ON SALE AT THE CHEUNG CHAU POST OFFICE FROM TOMORROW TO MAY 15, EXCEPT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE CHEUNG CHAU BUN PROCESSION WHICH WILL BEGIN AT 2 PM ON THURSDAY (MAY 11).
FESTIVAL
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