Kitchen God Festival
The ‘Kitchen God’ (灶君) is a common sight near ancestral kitchen stoves in the New Territories. According to folklore, the Kitchen God makes an annual trip to the heavenly court on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month to report to the ‘Jade Emperor’ (玉皇大帝) about human affairs, facilitating the adjudication of rewards and […]
Kwan Tai (God of War) Festival
關公信仰是客家人最重要的的信仰，雖然客家人是多神崇拜，但是建主廟的話還是關帝為首，客家人的關帝廟的名稱多數為「協天宮」是關公的另一個封號「協天大帝」，在沙頭角很容易看到祂的身影，例如上面說到的荔枝窩，無獨有偶發現協天 宮包圍著沙頭角海，有谷埔、南涌、膊頭下、烏石角、山咀，非常有特色的協天宮 圈
The Seventh Sister’s Birthday Festival
七姐誕算是一個已經式微的大節日，舊時七夕是華人民間大節，風俗非常多！
在新界鄉郊當然有不少慶祝活動，而且是以女性為主的節日，浪漫和精緻，值得將七夕復興。
相傳這一天，天上的織女和幾位姊妹落到凡間遊歷，期間在河川之間洗澡，此時，牛郎遇到織女一見鍾情，從此雙方墜入愛河，織女偷偷下凡成了牛郎妻子，織女還將天上的手作工藝的藝法傳授給凡人，牛郎與織女男耕女織，過著幸福的生活。
Tuen Ng (Dragon Boat) Festival
Background In Chinese tradition, the Dragon Boat Festival, otherwise known as the ‘May Festival’, coincides with the ‘Month of Five Poisons’. Hence, one of the rituals of the Dragon Boat festival involves warding off the ‘five poisons’: snakes, centipedes, scorpions, geckos, and toads. Rural residents employed different techniques to repel bugs and poisons, leading to […]