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Recollections of Nanyin and Yue'ou in Hong Kong
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Talk Series on Hong Kong Memory (2026/27)
| Date: | 2026/7/19 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | “Today, we are far apart, and meeting has become difficult; thus I drift alone under the cool evening sky on a silent boat.” These lines, from the classic Cantonese Nanyin “A Wanderer’s Autumn Grief”, are performed time and again by actors appearing in Hong Kong films. Whenever the tunes pop up, they stir a collective memory of Nanyin among Hong Kong people. From the movie “Rouge” more than thirty years ago to the more recent “The Last Dance”, the haunting melody of Nanyin seems like a secret code that always quietly plays on the heartstrings of the Cantonese community. This enduring resonance is no coincidence, probably because Nanyin has been performed by gushi (blind male singers) and Cantonese opera singers in Hong Kong for generations. In contrast, another form of narrative singing Yue’ou, which was presented in the Cantonese vernacular by shiniang (blind female artists) in Hong Kong half a century ago, has been almost completely forgotten. Both Nanyin and Yue’ou belong to the same tradition of narrative song art, with the former being remembered while the latter slipping into oblivion. Remembrance and forgetting are two sides of the same coin. When we speak of “Hong Kong memories”, one may ask, “What exactly have we forgotten?” |
Monthly Literary Talk 2025: Children’s Learning of Classical Chinese Poetry Prose
| Date & Time: | 10 May 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Vanished and Forgotten Villages in Hong Kong
Other Talks / Workshops /Local History and Culture /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Talk Series on Hong Kong Memory (2026/27)
| Date: | 2026/8/22 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | As Hong Kong underwent rapid urbanisation, many villages were relocated, demolished or simply erased from maps. Today, memories of these villages are fading with time, teetering on the brink of oblivion. Through collections of oral history, archival documents and old maps, this talk revives the images of these forgotten villages, retells their stories and rewrites a collective memory of Hong Kong. |
“Appreciating Chinese Tea Culture: The Art of Brewing Chinese Tea” Subject Talk cum Workshop
| Date: | 2024/10/27 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Aberdeen Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | The series of events is 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 www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html. |
Community Landmarks: Mazu Belief and Temples
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /“Social Memory: Conservation and Coexistence of Cultural Heritage” Subject Talks
| Date: | 2026/9/5 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F.) |
| Description: | The Mazu (Tin Hau / Goddess of the Sea) belief and customs represent a traditional folk religion dedicated to venerating Mazu's virtue, benevolence, compassion, as well as her salvation of those in peril at sea. These values are manifested through birthday celebrations of the deity and temple fairs. Tin Hau Temples, as the sites for these practices, serve not only as an embodiment of local history but also as landmarks witnessing Hong Kong's drastic urban landscape transformations. Today, the annual Tin Hau Festival continues to play a significant role in uniting the community. This talk will use Tin Hau Temples in Yau Ma Tei and Ping Yuen, Ta Kwu Ling as examples to demonstrate how temples and deity festivals function as vital historical and cultural resources that carry the collective memory and cultural identity of the community. |
Monthly Literary Talk 2026 : Adaptation and Interpretation of Hong Kong Literature: (1) Tête-bêche: The Theatrical Rebirth of Liu Yichang’s Intersection; (2) Emotional Currents: Film and Stage Adaptations of Spring in a Small Town
| Date & Time: | 19 December 2026 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
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. |
Monthly Literary Talk 2026 : Adaptation and Interpretation of Hong Kong Literature: (1) Eileen Chang on Stage; (2) Hong Kong Cinema and Autumn Sorrow on a Journey
| Date & Time: | 21 November 2026 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
Who Needs a Bank Anyway? Going to the Pawnshop in early 20th-Century China and Hong Kong (Conducted in English)
Public Lectures on History and Business in China /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
| Date: | 2025/3/21 (Friday) |
| Time: | 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre) |
Monthly Literary Talk 2025 : The Interdisciplinary Image of Hong Kong Literature: (1) Dark City? Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong Literature; (2) Discovering the Beauty of Hong Kong Through Four Reading Paths
| Date & Time: | 13 December 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
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