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Heritage tour and basin meal for 1,000

The first major event of the Year of Heritage will take place at Lung Yeuk Tau in Fanling, a renowned village for its "Five Wais and Six Tsuens" and numerous well- preserved monuments and relics, on March 9.

The event, known as the Heritage Day in Lung Yeuk Tau, aims to enable the general public to enjoy the unique past of the rural area through a variety of activities as well as to appreciate the architectural features, history and background of the monuments and the tradition and customs of walled villages.

It will feature a guided tour to the Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, Lo Wai, Kun Lung Wai, Ma Wat Wai, Shun Him Church and Tin Hau Kung; and a display of relics including traditional farming implements, traditional wedding gift boxes, old style fire extinguishers, village ware, etc.

This will be followed by a basin meal and a traditional Cantonese opera will be performed by the Chinese Artists' Association of Hong Kong. Excerpts of two famous operas will be presented.

The basin meal is divided into three categories: supreme, traditional and vegetarian. The supreme meal covers abalone, shrimps, roasted suckling pigs, mushrooms, chicken, dried oysters, dried scallops, garoupa fillet, etc. The traditional menu is a typical basin meal which includes ducks, chicken, roasted pig, stewed pork, fish, mushrooms and different kinds of vegetables. The vegetarian menu is specially designed to cater for the requirements of vegetarians with vegetarian food like roast duck, chicken, abalone and a variety of traditional Chinese vegetables.

Admission ticket for the supreme basin meal is $1,000 per person while that for the other two are both priced at $250 each. The price includes transportation from KCR Fanling Station to Lung Yeuk Tau and return, basin meal, souvenir and a lucky draw.

All participants will be presented a souvenir cover which is specially designed to compliment the event. This is the second in a series of special postal items to commemorate the Year of Heritage.

The event is to cater for about 1,000 people and tickets are now on sale on a first-come-first-served basis at the Heritage Resource Centre of the Antiquities and Monuments Office, 136 Nathan Road, Kowloon. Further enquiries can be made at the Antiquities and Monuments Office at 2721 2326.

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