Hong Kong media: the “Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival”, which has been suspended for 3 years due to the epidemic, returns today, and the scene is very lively
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The “Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival”, which has been suspended for 3 years due to the new crown epidemic, returned on New Year’s Day (January 1) this year. In the afternoon, with the sound of gongs and drums, 50 lions and 2 golden dragons danced in the piazza of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, attracting many people to watch, the scene was very lively.
It has been reported that before the performance began, a group of guests, including the Secretary for Home Affairs and Youth Affairs of Hong Kong, Alice Mak, the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Ms. Starry Lee, the Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board, Mr. Pang Yiu-kai and Legislative Council Member and convenor of the Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Dance Preparatory Committee, Mr. Yen Man-yu, etc. have dotted the eyes of the golden dragon and the lion. Yan Wenyu said, during the epidemic many dragon and lion athletes changed careers, with the return of the event, athletes also returned to the team again, hope that the new year society will soon return to normal.
According to the report, the “Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival” activities on the day, in addition to the dragon and lion performance, the event also set up martial arts performances and lion dance experience activities, so that Hong Kong people have a deeper understanding of the traditional Chinese dragon and lion culture.
According to Hong Kong Dagong Wen Hui full media report, the lion dance is China’s folk customs passed down for thousands of years, in order to promote Hong Kong’s dragon and lion culture, to create a local tourism brand, “Hong Kong Dragon and Lion Festival” since 2011 was first held, all the years have attracted many Hong Kong people and tourists to participate, in recent years has become a major tourism event in Hong Kong.
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