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- Talk Series on "Hong Kong Memories: Rediscovering Hong Kong's History and Culture"
- Subject Talk Series on Life & Death Education
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- “A Century of Architecture: The Story of Tung Wah Museum” Subject Talks
- “Integrating Past with Present: The Journey of Tung Wah’s Intangible Heritage through Time” Subject Talks
- “Centred on People: Specialist Healthcare Services and Everyday Life” Subject Talks
- “Keeping up with the Times: Mapping the Development of Hong Kong’s Healthcare Services through the Archives” Subject Talks
- Subject Talks on Cosmopolitan Hong Kong
- Subject Talk Series on History and Culture of Hong Kong
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- Storytelling for Children (Cantonese)
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Talks / Workshops
Half a Century in the Festival Field: A Self-Reflection in Hong Kong Jiao Festival
| Date: | 2025/11/2 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| 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. |
“Shuttlecock Fever” Workshop
| Date: | 2025/11/2 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. |
| Venue: | Chai Wan Public Library |
It's Hard to Speak Out
| Date & Time: | 2025/11/1 (Saturday) 03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| 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. |
Arts Beyond Boundaries Workshop
| Date: | 2025/11/1 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Sights and Sounds of Sports: Staying in Touch with Sports Events
| 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) |
| 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. |
Subject talk on "Tourism, Living and Culture in the Greater Bay Area”
| Date: | 2025/10/26 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tsuen Wan Public Library (5/F, Extension Activities Room, Tsuen Wan Public Library) |
Workshop on Multi-culture: Islamic Pattern Bookmark
| Date: | 2025/10/25 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | To Kwa Wan Public Library |
Celebrating Festivals and Divine Birthdays Through Daoist Rituals in Hong Kong Temples
| Date: | 2025/10/25 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| 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. |
Sports and Child Growth: Communication and Swimming Skills
| Date & Time: | 2025/10/19 (Sunday) 03:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Series on “Healthy Eating” - Subject Talk on Chinese Medicine: Self-Care Diet to Pain Relief
| Date: | 2025/10/19 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tung Chung Public Library |
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