ONE of Hong Kong’s modern-looking neighborhoods in Wan Chai District is home to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance,a folk art form with a history of over 100 years.Many years ago,this neighborhood was a village populated...ONE of Hong Kong’s modern-looking neighborhoods in Wan Chai District is home to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance,a folk art form with a history of over 100 years.Many years ago,this neighborhood was a village populated by a subgroup of the Han Chinese people named the Hakka,who live mainly in the provinces of Guangdong,Jiangxi,and Fujian in China and speak the Hakka language.It is said that ever since a plague swept through the village,the villagers started to perform a fire dragon dance for three days around the Mid-Autumn Festival in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year to pray for peace.This later evolved into a festive event in Hong Kong.This tradition was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2011.展开更多
文摘ONE of Hong Kong’s modern-looking neighborhoods in Wan Chai District is home to the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance,a folk art form with a history of over 100 years.Many years ago,this neighborhood was a village populated by a subgroup of the Han Chinese people named the Hakka,who live mainly in the provinces of Guangdong,Jiangxi,and Fujian in China and speak the Hakka language.It is said that ever since a plague swept through the village,the villagers started to perform a fire dragon dance for three days around the Mid-Autumn Festival in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year to pray for peace.This later evolved into a festive event in Hong Kong.This tradition was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2011.
