【Green Mid-Autumn】Tips for Waste Reduction

Let's cherish the precious things in our life, both our beloved family and the great environment, in the Mid-Autumn Festival and ever after! Here are some tips for the Festival so that you could waste less with your family and friends in this warm and gathering season. Donate excess mooncakes Estimate how many mooncakes you need before placing orders, and ask your friends and family if they have any preferences on flavours to prevent waste. If you have excess mooncakes, you may donate them to charity. Here is the list of mooncake donation programmes. Recycle mooncake boxes To recycle clean and recyclable mooncake boxes, you shall separate mooncake boxes and other packaging materials, e.g. plastic holders, based on the materials. Then, deliver them to GREEN@COMMUNITY or organisations carrying out relevant collection programmes. Reuse lanterns Avoid buying lanterns of styles easily outdated so that they can be used again next year. Keeping the lanterns for next year can help you reduce waste and save money at the same time.     Reference: Hong Kong Waste Reduction Website

HKCO Chinese Music MV - Moon Chaser

The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra is launching a series of music videos on the theme of Chinese festivals. Following the earlier released Dragon Boat, which went viral online, here is the second one in the series, Moon Chaser. What an amazing visual display of the versatility of Chinese plucked-string instruments through the macro lens! Wish you have a Happy Moon Festival!Composer: Ng King-panDirector: Cheung Kit-bongYangqin: Lee Meng-hsuehXiaoruan: Ge YangPipa: Zhang Ying, Shiu Pui YeeZhongruan: Fung Yin Lam, Wu Man-linDaruan: Lau Yuek-lamQinqin: Wong Yui KiuSanxian: Zhao TaishengZheng: Li TingtingPercussion: Luk Kin Bun Special thanks: HKCO

[Intangible Cultural Heritage] 360° video on Mid-Autumn Festival - The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance

Intangible Cultural Heritage Promotional Videos ProjectThe Intangible Cultural Heritage Office and the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong co-organised the “Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Promotional Videos Project” in 2019. Through this project, students have produced 7 sets 360-degree virtual reality videos and documentaries for introducing local intangible cultural heritage (ICH) items. Under the guidance of instructors, students seized the opportunity to have close contact with local ICH items, interact directly with ICH bearers, as well as conduct video recordings of the activities by themselves, whereby deepening their understanding of each of the ICH items. Let’s enjoy their works together! Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance The event has been held for more than 100 years. Tai Hang was originally a Hakka village. The folk story has it that a plague broke out in Tai Hang in 1880. To dispel the disaster and ward off the disease, villagers crafted a dragon and inserted joss sticks all over it. On the evening of the 14th, 15th and 16th of the eighth lunar month, villagers paraded with the fire dragon around the village and let off firecrackers. The plague ended soon afterwards. Since then, villagers have performed the three-day fire dragon dance every year to pray for peace in Tai Hang. Tai Hang fire dragon dance was inscribed onto the third national list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2011. For more about Tai Hang fire dragon dance, please visit the website of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office.