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Echoes of the Imperial Stable – Tang Dynasty Steed Collage Workshop
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Exhibition Panels and Book Display for 'The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Prosperity and Magnificence - Civilisation of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in Shaanxi Province' Exhibition /Echoes of the Imperial Stable – Tang Dynasty Steed Collage Workshop
| Date: | 2026/6/21 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tai Po Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | “The Six Steeds of Zhaoling” is a set of famous stone relief sculptures, depicting the six warhorses ridden by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, during his military campaigns. The workshop uses one of the horses from the sculptures as the basis. The instructor will teach participants how to create collage art using thick fabric, cardboard, and shiny handmade paper to highlight the dynamic movement of the royal warhorses. |
Echoes of the Imperial Stable – Tang Dynasty Steed Collage Workshop
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Exhibition Panels and Book Display for 'The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Prosperity and Magnificence - Civilisation of the Sui and Tang Dynasties in Shaanxi Province' Exhibition /Echoes of the Imperial Stable – Tang Dynasty Steed Collage Workshop
| Date: | 2026/6/14 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 noon |
| Venue: | Po On Road Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | “The Six Steeds of Zhaoling” is a set of famous stone relief sculptures, depicting the six warhorses ridden by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, during his military campaigns. The workshop uses one of the horses from the sculptures as the basis. The instructor will teach participants how to create collage art using thick fabric, cardboard, and shiny handmade paper to highlight the dynamic movement of the royal warhorses. |
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. |
Book Display: Astronomy for Everyone
| Date: | 2025/12/2 (Tuesday) to 2025/12/31 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Lek Yuen Public Library |
Astronomy for Everyone
| Date: | 2026/4/1 (Wednesday) to 2026/4/30 (Thursday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Shek Tong Tsui Public Library |
About Lighthouses of Hong Kong
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Subject Talk Series on Hong Kong Memory (2021/22)
| Date & Time: | Available for viewing from 18 March 2022 7:00 p.m. |
| Description: | In the mid-1850s, construction of lighthouses in Hong Kong adjacent waters was first proposed to guide vessels to their destination ports or to serve as a warning signal of shipping hazards, such as rocks and reefs. Initially, all the proposed sites for the lighthouses were located within China’s territorial waters, and the proposals were turned down by the Chinese Mainland. As the maritime transport had been busy, and there was keen support from the business sector, the Hong Kong government built Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse and Green Island Lighthouse in 1875, and Cape Collinson Lighthouse was constructed one year later. Gap Rock Island Lighthouse and Waglan Island Lighthouse, the latter of which was built by the Imperial Maritime Customs, were completed in 1892 and 1893 respectively to facilitate vessels’ entry to Hong Kong from the south and the northeast. In 1905, the new Green Island Lighthouse was constructed to accommodate the light apparatus of Cape D’Aguilar Lighthouse. In 1912, Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse was put into service. A team under the Department of Real Estate and Construction of The University of Hong Kong has studied the lighthouses in Hong Kong over the past few years. This talk covers the following: • the origin, design, construction and maintenance of lighthouses; • the roles of lighthouses in the past and present; • past and present environmental circumstances; • the work and life of lighthouse keepers as well as cultural heritage; and • future feasible uses of lighthouses. |
Subject talk on “Elderly Fitness” : Let’s Improve Our Muscular Fitness
| Date: | 2024/11/17 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sai Kung Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Subject Talk on “Elderly Fitness” : Let’s Improve Our Cardiovascular Fitness
| Date: | 2024/11/10 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tseung Kwan O Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Exhibition on Dr. Louis CHA Collection
Other Exhibitions /Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024 Library Tie-in Activities /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2024/5/1 (Wednesday) to 2024/8/31 (Saturday) |
| Time: | Library Opening Hours |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (8/F Rare Book Reading Room) |
Meet-the-Authors 2025: Joyful Writing - When Words meet Music and Mind: Cantopop and Well-being
| Date & Time: | 19 April 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
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