| Date: |
2025/11/2 (Sunday) |
| Time: |
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Festivals are an integral part of our lives. Starting from life experience, this lecture attempts to explain what the speaker has seen and heard in the process of moving from armchair to the field since 1975, and at the same time discuss issues and thoughts arising from long-term participant observation and cross-regional comparison.
The Jiao in Hong Kong is not only an important religious festival. For different regional communities, this is an important ritual tool for defining the community’s geographical and population boundaries and establishing ethnic identity. However, from the perspective of long-term follow-up observation, the rituals, content, and interpretation of the local communities’ Jiao festival are constantly adjusted due to changes in the macro-environment and micro-ecology. Therefore, the speaker attempts to use this opportunity to reorganize his half a century field experience from the process of observation and thinking, on the one hand, he will reminisce about the nostalgic past, and on the other hand, he will provide the audience with an insight into the long-term dynamic religious festival landscape of the regional communities in Hong Kong. |
| Date: |
2025/10/25 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Local temples in Hong Kong, despite serving as religious sites where worshippers make offerings to deities, are open to everyone regardless of religious belief. All visitors are welcome to pay homage, seek divine blessings, and engage in celebrations of divine birthdays and rituals to share with deities the joy of these ceremonies.
Temple keepers, known as sizhu 司祝 or miaozhu 廟祝, do not lead large-scale, collective rituals, such as celebrations of divine birthdays. Instead, they invite external “hearth-dwelling” (huoju 火居) Daoist masters from the School of Orthodox Unity or adepts of Daoist altars from the School of Complete Perfection to officiate such ceremonies. Similarly, the Jiao Festival rituals held in villages in the New Territories are entrusted to these Daoist practitioners and conducted in accordance with Daoist ritual protocols. This lecture focuses on divine birthday celebrations and ritual practices in local Hong Kong temples, exploring the ritual traditions and protocols these ceremonies follow, and the roles that Daoist rituals play in temple beliefs. |
| Date & Time: |
2025/11/1 (Saturday) 03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
As patients and their families face the final countdown of life, how can they make a medical care decision? How can patients express their thoughts to their families? Regarding informing about the condition or understanding the patient's thoughts, families do not know how, when, or how much to tell the patient. Speakers will share professional advice on the above questions. |
| Date & Time: |
2025/10/4 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
“Three Instruments of Peace” - AMD, EPA, Will - are important legal documents to protect the individual’s right to make decisions on medical care treatments, financial planning and distribution of assets after death. In this talk, speakers will share their experience in the preparation of the three documents - difficulties encountered both on the practical and psychological level, and how these can be overcome. |
| Date & Time: |
2025/9/7 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Our speakers will share their experience in the decision-making process from medical and personal perspectives when considering the pros and cons of Advance Care Planning (ACP), Advance Medical Directives (AMD) and Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) order. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of cooperation between medical professionals, family members and nursing homes. |
| Date & Time: |
2025/8/17 (Sunday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
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| Description: |
Are we empowered to decide what medical treatments we wish to receive in our final journey? Can such treatments provide cure, or just prolong suffering? Our speakers will facilitate discussion on this topic. |
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| Date: |
2025/11/1 (Saturday) |
| Time: |
2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: |
City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room, 8/F, High Block, Hong Kong City Hall)
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| Description: |
As the 15th National Games is drawing close, our athletes are gearing up in full swing in preparation for the event, hoping to achieve outstanding results. With Hong Kong going to host eight of the competition events, this talk will introduce to readers the relevant sports knowledge and allow everyone to share the excitement of this spectacular sports event. |
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