HAU WONG FESTIVAL

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Hau wong birthday festival happens yearly on lunar Month 6 Day 6.

Hau Wong festival (侯王寶誕) is celebrated in a few areas in Hong Kong, i.e. Kowloon City and on Lantau island (Tai O and Tung Chung).

Tai O village's food speciality is shrimp paste and also dried salted fish. Strong smell expected during hot summer...

During Hau Wong festival in Tai O, there is free outdoor Chinese opera. Some advertisements can be see around the widespread village.

There are many kinds of Chinese opera. The one featured in Tai O village during Hau Wong festival is Cantonese opera.

Numerous green flags are set up all around Tai Po to celebrate Hau Wong festival.

During Hau Wong festival, some seafood restaurants are full thanks to the numerous locals celebrating the event.

Numerous colorful flags are set up all around Tai O to celebrate Hau Wong festival. Those are colourful clan banners.

Various deities are staying in Yeung Hau Temple. They are covered with traditional Chinese outfit.

Hau Wong deity is located into Yeung Hau Temple, North of Tai O and facing the Hong Kong international airport. The temple doors feature fearful guards supposed to chase away any evil.

Some temporary toilets are installed during Hau Wong festival near the Opera theater. They are overlooking the shore and everything left behind will be washed away during high tide...

Temporary bridge between Yeung Hau Temple and the Chinese opera theater. It crosses the sea and allows Hau Wong deity to travel easily.

On top of the temporary Chinese opera theater, many colorful flags can be seen. Cantonese Opera schedule and details are also given.

One billboard only indicates that it is Hau Wong festival and various information. Worth to notice that the shape of the Chinese opera theater and the other various temporary buildings seem to remain the same over the years.

The temporary buildings include a Chinese opera theater, altars for devotion and prayers, huge candles burning slowly during the whole festival...

The main impressive building remains the Chinese opera featuring backstage, stage, wide seating area for a few hundreds people, an altar for deities to enjoy the show.

Hau Wong deity birthday in Tai O village on Lantau island. Hau Wong temple is one of the numerous Chinese temple in Tai O.

Normally the Cantonese opera show lasts five days with performances during afternoon and evening time.

Positioning of the flags is based on the symbolic meaning of their respective colors.

Local performers get prepared in the Chinese opera theater backstage.

Chinese Cantonese opera is played during afternoon and evening time. Performers wear beautiful outfits.

Big attendance for this yearly Hau Wong festival! Old and young generations are here.

Small speech by some local villagers representative before the Cantonese opera starts.

Numerous performers are acting during Cantonese performance today. Up to twenty performers on the stage!

Cantonese opera performance is started and it will last around three hours.

Cantonese opera stars have dedicated assistants to help them to dress and to comb.

Cantonese opera main stars have a dedicated and private room where they can get prepared.

This assistant is in the long backstage behind the temporary Chinese opera theater.

Cantonese opera performers are mainly coming from Hong Kong.

Cantonese opera outfits are quite complex so the help of assistants is always needed to ensure it is neat and correctly set up.

Normally during free outdoor Chinese opera events, it is always "allowed" to go inside the backstage to take pictures of the performers.

Hau Wong Festival Photo Gallery

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