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Learn all about what makes Hong Kong special: its people, their history, habits and quirks.
On Lung Ching Chiu, or the ritual for settling the dragon, during the Dajiao Festival on Hong Kong's Kat O island in 2016. Photo: The Conservancy Association
Kat O residents and family members from overseas build a bamboo theatre for various rituals and a Chinese opera presentation during the festival in 2016. Photo: The Conservancy Association
A Cantonese opera performance at the Bamboo Theatre in 2016. Photo: The Conservancy Association
Crow’s Feet No 2, by Wong Yan-kwai, at the 2026 Kat O Dajiao Arts Festival. Photo: The Conservancy Association and Fragrant Village
Chinese culture

Once every 10 years: the story behind Kat O island’s Dajiao Festival

As Kat O welcomes visitors to its Dajiao Festival, heritage advocates hope to reconnect younger generations with the island’s traditions.

Food and Drinks

From milk tea raves to night tea: how Hong Kong restaurants fight to survive

Hong Kong

Hong Kong architect Betty Ng on rejecting rigid design formulas

Food and Drinks

Hong Kong’s most iconic baked goods might have Portuguese roots

Portuguese merchants brought breadmaking to Asia centuries ago. Today, echoes may be found in Hong Kong pineapple buns and sha yung egg puffs.

Portuguese pao de deus, or “bread of God”, is a fluffy brioche that is commonly found in bakeries across Portugal and shares similarities with Hong Kong pineapple buns and cocktail buns. Photo: Santa Nata Hong Kong
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | The Mage: Josie Ho scavenges lost souls in supernatural detective thriller

Josie Ho stars as a former fortune-teller who crosses paths with a policeman investigating gruesome murders in this Pang Brothers film.

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Hong Kong economy

Land sales offer only temporary relief for West Kowloon arts hub, experts warn

Property development cannot replace a sustainable long-term funding model for the West Kowloon Cultural District, experts say.

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Architecture and design

How Hong Kong’s design culture fuels Ella Bridgland, founder of Studio Ella

The interior architect, who moved to the city from London, crafts high-end interiors, blending art and emotion in challenging urban spaces.

Designer Ella Bridgland, known for her work across high-end residential and boutique commercial projects. Photo: Handout
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Broadway Cinematheque at 30: celebrating Hong Kong’s best art house cinema

Opened in 1996 in Yau Ma Tei, Broadway Cinematheque continues to defy the streaming era with independent classics and fresh local voices.

Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Mastermind: Louis Koo plays detective in ludicrously bad mystery thriller

Viewers expecting a gritty whodunit will be sadly disappointed in Mastermind, riddled as it is with hollow tropes and zero forensic logic.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why Josie Ho is diving back into the macabre for her new film The Mage

Ho, who plays a spirit medium in the film, talks about non-traditional horror, her doctor-turned-co-star, and taking on atypical roles.

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Josie Ho in a still from The Mage. Photo: 852 Films
Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | In Hong Kong, language policy can’t be separated from politics

The nation’s rise makes communicating in Mandarin practical. However, we should have room to respond to the evolving realities around us.

Students at the gate of Good Hope School in 2020. The school has clarified that Cantonese is not forbidden at the institution, after a backlash against since-withdrawn language guidelines for graduation videos. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
US-China relations

Chinese art takes long march home from US museums

Works amassed by America’s Gilded Age tycoons are returning to Chinese hands as wealthy collectors reshape a centuries-old art trade.

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Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why the Hong Kong New Wave was a pragmatic win over commercial genres

Directors like Ann Hui, Tsui Hark and Patrick Tam were united by a desire to experiment and an ambition to modernise the local film industry.

Hong Kong tourism

Extended Victoria Park lantern show attracts thousands for National Day

Many people arrive early to avoid huge crowds after social posts warned of past overcrowding at the International Lantern Spectacular.

Crowds gather to see the lantern festival in Victoria Park. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Review | Cyclone: Philip Yung’s transgender drama is bold, lyrical and divisive

Yung’s tale about a transgender mainland Chinese immigrant woman who finds sanctuary in a Hong Kong brothel is spellbinding if flawed.

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Liu Yuqiao as the titular transgender sex worker in a still from Cyclone (category: III, Cantonese, Mandarin). Directed by Philip Yung and co-starring Edwynn Li and Jenny Suen.
Hong Kong society

Video | Disgusting Food Museum comes to Hong Kong

Visitors are handed a vomit bag upon entry and can taste selected foods at the end of the exhibition.

Art

Hong Kong art space Para Site to leave its Quarry Bay home and go nomadic

Para Site’s director James Taylor-Foster talks about an upcoming period of experimentation for the 30-year-old independent art organisation.

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong men turn to plush ‘bag charms’ for self-expression, comfort

Men defying old stereotypes by joining trend of sporting plush toy keychains depicting characters from popular anime shows such as Chiikawa.

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Bryan Hui says his keychain gives him a sense of comfort and healing. Photo: Edmond So
Art

Hong Kong rocker Janice Laujan finds a new medium for a ‘public breakdown’ – art

David Boring lead vocalist Janice Laujan says her exhibition, ‘Memory & Punishment’, carries the same sentiment as her music.

Hong Kong economy

How Hong Kong’s old businesses are adapting to new times

Change does not follow a single formula and may involve creating new experiences, rebuilding unglamorous systems and adopting AI.

Food and Drinks

Milk tea and miso cookies? Brand woos small-town France with Hong Kong tastes

Louise Lui founded Sucré in her French partner’s hometown to bridge cultures with East-meets-West treats. Not everyone got it immediately.

Artisanal cookie brand Sucré, founded by Hong Kong-born Louise Lui and her French partner Victor Selle, introduced Asian flavours – from miso cookies to iced lemon tea – to a small French town. Photo: Sucré
Women and gender

Hong Kong’s female lantern artisan

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Helena Law Lan, 91, became Hong Kong cinema’s grand dame of horror

Law was a Hong Kong TV staple in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until later that she became a cultural icon playing mystical villains in films.

Hong Kong society

From moongazing to bus tours: how to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong

Here’s a round-up of things to do and see for the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on Friday this year.

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Food and Drinks

History of mooncake moulds and their designs, and those preserving the craft

Mooncake artistry flourished during the Ming and Qing dynasties, carved onto wooden moulds depicting flowers, birds and even deities.

(Left) Wooden mooncake moulds for sale at Man Kee Chopping Board in Hong Kong; and (right) mooncakes from Lung King Heen, which makes only small batches of its handmade artisanal mooncakes each year. We look at others helping preserve the ancient craft and how the design of the snacks has changed over the centuries. Photos: Charmaine Mok/Four Seasons Hong Kong
Chinese culture

Few still make Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns the classic way. This artisan does

Hong Kong lantern artisan Wan Wong explains why she keeps the traditional craft alive, barriers she faced as a woman and the key techniques.

Rabbit lanterns made by Hong Kong fashion designer and lantern artist Wan Wong, who continues to keep the traditional ways of making Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns alive. Photo: Wan Wong
Food and Drinks

Hong Kong-style milk tea that has customers queuing out the door – in Tokyo

Despite none being from Hong Kong, the three founders of Urushi to Hibi have created a unique – and popular – cultural fusion experience.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong school withdraws graduation video guideline on Cantonese after backlash

Good Hope School has expressed regret and withdrawn guidance after a viral post alleged Cantonese was banned from graduation videos.

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