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Key words Search–Monthly Literary Talk 2026 : Enjoy the Moment with Jin Yong
"Monthly Meeting of Joyful Reading" of Reading Programme for Children and Youth: Little Dino with Me (Family)
| Date: | 2024/10/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Sham Shui Po Public Library |
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) |
Literary Gathering and Exchange: The Story of Kam Shan Literary Society in Hong Kong (1972–1991)
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/10/27 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Literary gathering for Spring Purification (Xiuxi) on the Double Third Festival (i.e., the third day of the third lunar month) has been deep-rooted in Hong Kong literary circles. The Kam Shan Literary Society, led by scholar-merchants Chen Boqi, Liang Yaoming, Liang Qizheng, He Zhuping, and Pan Xinan (a.k.a. Pun Sun-on), organized such literary gatherings for two decades, during 1972 to 1991, consecutively. They brought together literati in Hong Kong for drinking, composing poems, making paintings and calligraphy, as well as playing music and chess. These literary gatherings were held in Nam Tin Chuk Temple in Tsuen Wan, Yan Lo on Kam Shan of Taipo, Wun Chuen Sin Kwoon in Fanling, etc., contributing greatly to the development of Hong Kong classical poetry, paintings, and calligraphy. |
Path of Literary Creation - Talk Series(1) Poetry and Novels
| Date: | 2025/7/19 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Subject Talk Series on “A Literary Stroll through Streets and Alleys of Sham Shui Po”III. The Most Vibrant Old District: Cultural Evolution of Pop Music of 29 Years
| Date: | 2026/6/27 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Lai Chi Kok Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Subject Talk Series on “A Literary Stroll through Streets and Alleys of Sham Shui Po”II. We Are All Here—Snapshots of Sham Shui Po Over the Years
| Date: | 2026/6/13 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Po On Road Public Library |
Dictionaries, Textbooks and Periodicals: Foreign Language Learning of Lingnan Literati in Hong Kong and Macau in Late Qing
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/11/23 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | In the late Qing period of China, Hong Kong and Macau shared the doubly unique position in the Lingnan region. Both ports were the initial contact zones for the young Cantonese generation in the region to be exposed to foreign languages and western learning; both were the origins and nexus of exchange for the bourgeoning print culture, which was represented by the surge of new types of publications, such as bilingual dictionaries, language textbooks, newspapers and magazines. From this historical backdrop emerged a generation of Cantonese bilingual literati, who would in turn impact the diversifying linguistic landscape, print culture and educational environment in the region. The lecture unfolds a varied set of accessible and interesting primary sources recently found in digital archives in Hong Kong, China and the U.S., to engage the public audience in re-living the learning, working and expatriate experience of these late-Qing Cantonese bilinguals who made their very first steps in Hong Kong and Macau. The lecture will focalise two of such characters – Yung Wing (1828–1912), and Kwong Ki Chiu (1836 –1891), whose lives were deeply connected by the Chinese Education Mission to the U.S., and whose paths will shed lights on the historical moments when Lingnan literati reaches the World. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: From History to Fiction: The Fictionalisation of Historical Figures (Talk Cancelled)
| Date: | 2025/10/31 (Friday) |
| Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Yau Ma Tei Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. The talk series is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The talks are also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public to learn more about the broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit https://ccpo.gov.hk/en. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Life, Philosophy, and Relationship with Chinese Culture and Society of Laozi
| Date: | 2025/2/28 (Friday) |
| Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Yau Ma Tei Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. The talk series is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Life, Philosophy, and Relationship with Chinese Culture and Society of Laozi
| Date: | 2025/2/21 (Friday) |
| Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Yau Ma Tei Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. The talk series is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. |
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