Exhibitions
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2025/9/16 (Tuesday) to 2025/9/30 (Tuesday) |
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North Kwai Chung Public Library
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This exhibition is to promote Dr Sun Yat-sen's relationship with his family and their influence on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause. |
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2025/9/1 (Monday) to 2025/9/30 (Tuesday) |
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Sham Shui Po Public Library
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The panel exhibition and book display aim at promoting public’s interest and awareness in Chinese history and culture, enhancing the sense of belonging and affection for our country, as well as introducing the public to related book collections. |
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2025/9/1 (Monday) to 2025/9/30 (Tuesday) |
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Chai Wan Public Library
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The panel exhibition and book display aim at promoting public’s interest and awareness in Chinese history and culture, enhancing the sense of belonging and affection for our country, as well as introducing the public to related book collections. |
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2025/9/18 (Thursday) to 2025/9/30 (Tuesday) |
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Tsing Yi Public Library
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Xi’an Drum Music (Guyue) has roots dating back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It embodies the elegance of court music as well as the richness and grandeur of Tang and Song music. In recognition of its cultural significance, Xi’an Guyue was designated one of the China’s first national intangible cultural heritage items in 2006, and was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. The Music Office will curate a series of ‘Xi’an Guyue’ exhibitions to introduce the development, styles, musical instruments and performance formats of Xi’an Guyue. The exhibition will be roved at various public libraries. |
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2025/9/1 (Monday) to 2025/9/30 (Tuesday) |
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San Po Kong Public Library
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The development of Chinese characters has a long and rich history, beginning with the pottery inscriptions in the late Neolithic period, progressing to the oracle bone scripts and bronze inscriptions in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and evolving through small seal scripts after the unification by Qin to clerical scripts during the Qin and Han periods. By the Tang dynasty, Chinese writing system had fully matured and the art of calligraphy scaled new heights. As of today, Chinese characters continue to embody the wisdom of the past and demonstrates the charm of Chinese culture. The exhibition will use simple writings, images of artefacts and vivid illustrations to showcase the development and cultural connotations of Chinese characters. |
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2025/9/1 (Monday) to 2025/9/29 (Monday) |
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Sau Mau Ping Public Library
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The "Hong Kong Memory" website is a multimedia website that gives free and open access to digitized materials on the historical and cultural heritage of Hong Kong, including text documents, photographs, posters, sound recordings, motion pictures and videos. The website has been made available for public access since December 2012. In order to increase the public awareness on this resourceful website, the Hong Kong Public Libraries will arrange a roving exhibition in 2025 to introduce its origin, content structure and to visualize the characteristics of the "Hong Kong Memory" website. |