1. Today, our group is going to presentto you about the festivals in HongKong .The three festival that we are goingto present to you all are:Hungry Ghost FestivalChinese New YearDragon Boat Festival

2. Hungry Ghost FestivalWhy do they celebrate Hungry Ghost festival?As they miss their families and ancestors deeply, they actively carry ontheir traditions, and also to show respect to them.When do they celebrate the festival?The festival lasts for a month every year which starts from the first dayof the seventh lunar month until the end of the month.How do they celebrate the festival?They celebrate the festival by burning incense and joss papers,performing live Chinese operas and dramas for ghosts and distributingfree rice.Where do they celebrate the festival?These performances usually take place in parks, piazzas, pitches orother sufficiently spacious places.

3. Chinese New Year Hong Kong is a year-round party destination but nothingmatches the warmth, colour and spectacle of seeing the city celebrate the Chinese New Year. Asia s world welcome chinese new year with colorful flower market , breathtaking fireworks , dazzling world-class night parade , bustling incense - filled temples , lively event and much more .Chinese New Year is the longest and most important festivalin the Chinese calendar. The origin of Chinese New Year isitself centuries old and gain significance because of several myths and traditions.

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5. What is Dragon Boat Festival ?Dragon boat is about two dragon boats racing in alively, vibrant spectacle. They race in teams in thedecorated dragon boats which follows the beat of theheavy drums that are crafted and painted in dragonheads and tails which could at least carry 20-22paddlers.

6. Why do they commemorate Dragon boat ? It is to commemorate the death of a popular Chinese national hero ,Qu Yuan , whom had drowned himself in Mi Lo River over 2,000 years ago to protest against the corrupt rulers. It is said that the townspeople attempted to rescue Qu Yuan , by beating drums to scare fish away and throwing dumplings into the sea to keep the fish from eating his body.

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