Literary Gathering and Exchange: The Story of Kam Shan Literary Society in Hong Kong (1972–1991)
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Date:
2024/10/27 (Sunday)
Time:
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Venue:
Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
Speaker:
Dr. CHING Chung Shan,
Department of Chinese Language and Literature,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Organiser:
Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries and the Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Remarks:
The lecture will be cancelled if Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 or above, Black Rainstorm Signal or "extreme conditions" * is issued and remains in force 3 hours before the starting time of the lecture.
*In case of serious disruption of public transport services, extensive flooding, major landslides or large-scale power outage caused by a super typhoon, the Government will make an announcement of "extreme conditions".
Enquiry:
Promotion and Programming Unit, Hong Kong Central Library
(Monday to Friday: 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.; 2:00p.m. - 5:30p.m.)
Telephone: 2921 0285
The Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Telephone: 3943 7382
Literary gathering for Spring Purification (Xiuxi) on the Double Third Festival (i.e., the third day of the third lunar month) has been deep-rooted in Hong Kong literary circles. The Kam Shan Literary Society, led by scholar-merchants Chen Boqi, Liang Yaoming, Liang Qizheng, He Zhuping, and Pan Xinan (a.k.a. Pun Sun-on), organised such literary gatherings for two decades, during 1972 to 1991, consecutively. They brought together literati in Hong Kong for drinking, composing poems, making paintings and calligraphy, as well as playing music and chess. These literary gatherings were held in Nam Tin Chuk Temple in Tsuen Wan, Yan Lo on Kam Shan of Taipo, Wun Chuen Sin Kwoon in Fanling, etc., contributing greatly to the development of Hong Kong classical poetry, paintings, and calligraphy.
Conducted in Cantonese. Free admission by reservation. First come, first served.
Please visit https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13690357 for registration.
Seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
