Video of Wild Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, in Spring
Scenes from the wilder side of Cheung Chau, shot during April and on 1 May 2010.
Video of Tin Hau Festival in 2010
Scenes of the Tin Hau Festival, on 1 May 2010
Scenes of Cheung Chau on 1 Jan 2010
Some video I shot on Cheung Chau on Jan 1st:
Tung Wan Tsai farm
A small farm on the northeast tip of Cheung Chau is a fine place to visit, and even seems a surprising place given that the surroundings are uninhabited, with only scrubby vegetation. [Jan 2022 update: the farm has closed down;…
Walking in southern Cheung Chau with toddler and pushchair
Now my son is two, he’s rather heavy for lugging about in backpack carrier. Easier to take the pushcair, for carrying him when tired – or when dawdling too much. This, though, means trying to avoid flights of steps. Just…
Exploring southeast Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Southeast Cheung Chau boasts paths that wind around headlands and curl up and over hillsides, passing through woodland, and near to naturally sculpted giant boulders, once grand but now ruined houses, a couple of temples, a tiny nunnery, and cliffs…
Cheung Chau Bun Festival 2007 – things to see and do 2007年長洲太平清醮
Though most attention on the Bun Festival focuses on the parade day – this year to be held on 24 May – it’s actually held over several days: this year’s Bun Festival starts on 21 May (there’s also a Climbing…
A Brief History of the Cheung Chau Bun Festival 長洲太平清醮簡史
The Cheung Chau Bun Festival is a kind of Jiao Festival – a festival that a village might hold every year or every few years. More specifically, it’s a Tai Ping Qing Jiao [literal meaning: “the Purest Sacrifice celebrated for…
Cheung Chau Windsurfing Centre, Hong Kong
So this is where it all began, the launding point for the career of Hong Kong’s gold medal winning Olympian, Lee Lai-shan (San San): The Cheung Chau Windsurfing Centre. Set on a tiny headland between Cheung Chau’s two main beaches,…
A Day at the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, Hong Kong
Today is the climax of the Bun Festival, the annual blend of carnival and exorcism rituals, which marks the birthday of the island’s leading god, Pak Tei (“Northern King”). At the festival site, in front of the Pak Tei temple,…