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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。
Tools | Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in Villages
Dwarf Mountain PineBaeckea frutescens The branches of the plant can be tied together to make brooms. They grow on hillsides facing the sun. The crushed leaves of the plant smell of White Flower oil. They can be used to produce aromatic oil and tannin extracts. Sandpaper vineTetracera asiatica Both the top and the bottom surfaces […]
Clothing | Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in Villages
RamieBoehmeria nivea The ubiquitous plant grows everywhere but it is also very functional. The leaves can be used as pig feed or made into hakka rice cakes named ‘coarse-leaf tart’. Its stems can be made into rope, clothing, and shoes after being soaked and torn. Dioscorea cirrhosa Lour. The ball-shaped rhizome of cirrhosa reveals its […]
Food | Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in Villages
Chinese MugwortArtemisia argyi The Hakka people believe that Chinese mugwort has the properties of removing dirt and filth, and the plant grows exceptionally well near Ching Ming Festival, thus Chinese mugwort leaves are added into Hakka rice cake as an ingredient near Ching Ming times. The Chinese mugwort Hakka rice cake, also referred as ‘Ching […]
Utensils | Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in Villages
Phrynium capitatum The leaves of the plant are large, glabrous, and structured. They are suitable for wrapping glutinous rice dumplings and steaming rice cakes. When rice cakes are steamed, clean, fresh leaves are used to line the base and sides of bamboo steaming baskets. Slurry is poured into the basket after lining. The stiff leaves […]
Rituals | Ethnobotanical Study of Plants in Villages
Pomelo Citrus maxima People bathe in fragrant water made by boiling pomelo leaves in hot water on Chinese New Year’s Eve. The practice can ward off negative energy and improve one’s luck. The leaf has an invigorating aroma. The correlation between pomelo leaf and luck might be related to how the plant’s name sounds like the […]