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Key words Search–Talk on Chinese Classics: Appreciation and Emulation of Chinese Calligraphy
Filial Piety Re-invent: Leaving Care Responsibilities for Professionals.
| Date & Time: | 2023/8/12 (Saturday) 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F) |
| Description: | Traditional Chinese families felt that moving seniors in the family into institutional care is unfilial. Adult children should keep elderly and frail elderly parents at home as far as possible. With improved health care, frail older adults may have to endure prolonged period of high dependency before death. This symposium involves discussion among professionals and family caregivers on the new thoughts on filial piety in the modern world. |
History of the North District: Guided Tour：The Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok Anti-war Memorial Hall
| Date: | 2024/11/30 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. |
| Venue: | Sheung Shui Public Library (Assembly point - The Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok Anti-war Memorial Hall) |
| Description: | This activity is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing 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. |
Monthly Literary Talk 2025: Travel Literature Journal: Xi Xi' s Travel Writings
| Date & Time: | 15 February 2025 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 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. |
Subject Talk II: Material Culture and Tang Dynasty Atmosphere: The Layout of Chi Lin Nunnery as a Reflection of Contemporary Hong Kong Buddhist Temples’ Inheritance of Tang Historical Culture
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Chinese Culture Festival 2026 Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2026/8/22 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Lockhart Road Public Library |
| Description: | 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. |
Subject Talk I: Tang Poetry and Short Stories as Lenses for Chinese-Foreign Cultural Exchange
Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Chinese Culture Festival 2026 Library Tie-in Activities
| Date: | 2026/8/15 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Lockhart Road Public Library |
| Description: | 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. |
The Hidden Cultural Gems: The Art and Architecture of Temples in Central and Western District
Local History and Culture /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series /Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Month 2026
| Date: | 2026/6/6 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room, 8/F, City Hall Public Library) |
| Description: | The Central and Western District of Hong Kong is home to many long-standing temples which embody exquisite traditional craftsmanship and distinctive artistic features, they are key venues for various traditional festivities and rituals, such as celebrating the birthday of deities and holding the Kwun Yum Treasury Opening Festival, bearing witness to the evolution of folk beliefs and religious culture over the years. This talk will introduce these important cultural landmarks and provide insights into their rich historical, artistic and social values. |
Subject talk of "From Sam Tung Uk Museum to Know the Culture of Hakka Chinese and the Development of Tsuen Wan"
| Date: | 2025/1/18 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | Tsuen Wan Public Library (5/F, Extension Activities Room, Tsuen Wan Public Library) |
“Stories of Sha Tau Kok Countryside” Activity Series: Subject Talk: Reconnect Kuk Po – From Oral History Documentary to Reconnecting Village Community
| Date: | 2025/11/16 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. |
| Venue: | Fanling Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | This activity is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has long been promoting Chinese history and culture through organizing 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. |
A Century of Cultural Development in Central and Western District- Business
| Date: | 2024/12/14 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Venue: | City Hall Public Library (8/F, Extension Activities Room) |
| Description: | In the one hundred years between the beginningof the colonial period and the post-war times, the business district of Central and Sheung Wan underwent considerable changes, witnessing the economic transformation and development of Hong Kong. |
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