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Dr. Louis CHA, also known by his pen name "Jin Yong," is a renowned journalist, writer, and internationally acclaimed novelist in Hong Kong. Dr. CHA has written a total of fifteen widely popular martial arts novels. The level of recognition among Chinese readers worldwide for Jin Yong surpasses that of any other martial arts novelist of the same period, making him the most influential martial arts novelist in the 20th century. The Hong Kong Central Library showcases a selection of Dr. CHA’s collection, allowing readers to understand more about his reading world and gain insights into how he crafted his martial arts stories.

“Exhibition on Dr. Louis CHA Collection” is a tie-in activity of “Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024”. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) presented the first Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival last year to great acclaim. This year, the second edition features "Arts & Action" as its theme, taking audiences on a journey through time to explore the charm of Hong Kong's pop culture. It encompasses both "Arts" (creative works) and "Action" (martial arts), an attempt to show the dynamic inheritance, diffusion, integration and breakthroughs within Hong Kong's pop culture.

The event lineup offers a diverse range of formats including thematic exhibitions, film screenings, stage performances and outreach activities, and its rich content spans across literature, various art forms and martial arts, clearly showcasing how Hong Kong's vibrant and diverse pop culture stands out from the rest. For more information, please visit www.pcf.gov.hk/en.

The exhibition 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.

Venue: Tsing Yi Public Library
Period: April 2024

The workshop is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has all along promoted Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public learn more about broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.

Venue: South Kwai Chung Public Library
Period: Apr 2024

The workshop is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has all along promoted Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public learn more about broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.

Venue: North Kwai Chung Public Library
Period: Apr 2024

The workshop is also one of the activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series. The LCSD has all along promoted Chinese history and culture through organising an array of programmes and activities to enable the public learn more about broad and profound Chinese culture. For more information, please visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/ccpo/index.html.

In support of the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024 which themed on “Arts or Action, Why not Both”, and the first Hong Kong Reading for All Day, the Hong Kong Public Libraries organises a creative writing event cum roving exhibition on the theme of “Chivalrous Heroes: My Favourite Characters in Martial Arts Novels” for primary and secondary school students. Heroes in martial arts novels are generally admired for their physical prowess and strong sense of righteousness. Through this event, we would like to encourage children and young people to learn about martial arts novels and to share with the public through pictures or prose the chivalry and patriotism of the characters, their personalities or plots in the novels that are worth learning from. Let reading nourish their life and foster positive values.