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Monthly Literary Talk 2025 : The Interdisciplinary Image of Hong Kong Literature: (1) A Continuation of Tradition: On the Teaching of Classical Chinese Poetry Writing in Hong Kong; (2) Landscape and Culture: A Literary Walking Tour at The Chinese University of Hong Kong
| Date & Time: | 18 October 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Talk of Ci Writing: Essentials of Ci Writing(Full)
| Date & Time: | 8/3/2026 (Sunday), 15/3/2026 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Kowloon Public Library |
| Description: | To provide beginners with basic knowledge of Chinese poetry writing, cultivate their interest in prosodic writing and enhance their proficiency in Chinese. |
Talk of Shi Writing: Rules of Shi Writing with Examples
| Date & Time: | 22/3/2026 (Sunday), 29/3/2026 (Sunday) 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Lockhart Road Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | To provide beginners with basic knowledge of Chinese poetry writing, cultivate their interest in prosodic writing and enhance their proficiency in Chinese. |
Hong Kong Cheongsam Story
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Subject Talk Series on Hong Kong Memory (2024/25) /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2024/11/16 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | This subject talk is one of the events of The 4th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Culture and Arts Festival. Hong Kong is hosting the festival for the first time, organising and coordinating 260 performances and exchange activities to be held across the "9+2" cities of the Greater Bay Area. The festival aims to showcase the vibrant and diverse cultural richness of the region and foster cultural exchange and cooperation among the cities. For detailed information about the festival, please visit www.gbacxlo.gov.hk. The popularity of Hong Kong’s cheongsam culture can date back to the early 20th century when politicians, merchants, teachers and students, ladies of prominent families as well as singers, film stars and Chinese opera performers began to wear the dress. With a large number of tailors coming to Hong Kong in the late 1940s, the cheongsam became a fashionable garment that was highly sought after in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, after a century’s passing down and changes along the way, the cheongsam remains hugely popular in Hong Kong. In this talk, you will learn more about the cheongsam for men and women in Hong Kong, including its history, craft, legacy, the change and continuity in terms of social practices, as well as its preservation as an intangible cultural heritage. |
Monthly Literary Talk 2024: Literary Imagination - Visual, Spatial, and Fantastical Elements in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Fiction: "Technology" and "Fantasy" in the Fictional Hong Kong
| Date & Time: | 8 June 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Series on "Exploring Chinese Culture": Subject Talk on "The Popular Method of Brewing Tea in the Tang Dynasty"
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Chinese Culture Festival 2026 Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2026/9/19 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tung Chung Public Library |
Series on "Exploring Chinese Culture": Subject Talk on "The Popular Method of Brewing Tea in the Tang Dynasty"
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Chinese Culture Festival 2026 Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2026/9/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Cheung Chau 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 of Ci Writing: Introduction to Ci Writing (Full)
| Date & Time: | 7/3/2026 (Saturday), 14/3/2026 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | To provide beginners with basic knowledge of Chinese poetry writing, cultivate their interest in prosodic writing and enhance their proficiency in Chinese. |
Talk of Shi Writing: Introduction to Jintishi(Full)
| Date & Time: | 21/3/2026 (Saturday), 28/3/2026 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sha Tin Public Library |
| Description: | To provide beginners with basic knowledge of Chinese poetry writing, cultivate their interest in prosodic writing and enhance their proficiency in Chinese. |
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