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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) |
A Century of Cultural Development in Central and Western District – Harbour
| Date: | 2025/9/20 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (8/F, Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | Victoria Harbour: Transforming from a fishing village to a free port and to a global metropolis and bearing testimony to a century of reclamation. |
Man Mo Temple Autumn Sacrificial Rites
“Integrating Past with Present: The Journey of Tung Wah’s Intangible Heritage through Time” Subject Talks /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2024/9/7 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
| Description: | TWGHs Man Mo Temple, located on Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan, was built in 1847. It was named after the deities revered in the temple – Man Cheong, the God of Literature, and Kwan Tai, the Martial God. A building cluster of immense historical and cultural significance, the temple was declared a monument by the Hong Kong government in November 2010. The Man Mo Temple Autumn Sacrificial Rites, an intangible cultural heritage item of Hong Kong, has been held annually since 1957. Upholding Chinese cultural traditions, the officiating guests and directors of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals perform the Sanxian Ritual (Three Presentation Ritual) in traditional black ceremonial robes. |
Subject Talk : Hong Kong in the War of Resistance : Cemeteries in Southern District - Stories of Heroes in the War of Resistance
| Date: | 2024/8/24 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Aberdeen Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Perpetuation of Cantonese Opera in the Early Days through Tung Wah’s Archives
“Integrating Past with Present: The Journey of Tung Wah’s Intangible Heritage through Time” Subject Talks /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2024/11/16 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
| Description: | Cantonese opera was inscribed onto the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009 and its early development is closely related to Hong Kong. The TWGHs archives shed light on Cantonese opera performances in Hong Kong during the 19th century, offering information on their peroforming venues, the names of the opera troupes as well as their contribution to charitable causes. Utilising the archives of Tung Wah and other historical materials, the speaker will explore the transformation of Cantonese opera from rural festive entertainment to an urban theatrical performance, and how Cantonese opera singers have progressively gained social recognition. |
“Lingnan Culture Fun Day” Activities Series—Subject Talk “All about Lingnan Kung Fu”
| Date: | 2024/12/21 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 noon |
| Venue: | Tuen Mun Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Parent-child Shadow Puppet-making Workshop
| Date: | 2025/7/12 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tuen Mun Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Monthly Literary Talk 2022: Thinking About Things in This Day and Age: On Writing Things: Writers Reveal the Secrets of Their Craft
| Date & Time: | 14 May 2022 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
Monthly Literary Talk 2022: Thinking About Things in This Day and Age: Echoing in Time: Writing Things…in a Lyrical Mood?
| Date & Time: | 11 June 2022 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
Drink Good Tea, Gain Good Health — Tea Therapy Talk Series(1) Tea Therapy and the Path to Wellness
| Date: | 2025/6/7 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
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