HKFP Lens: Hong Kong’s bun festival draws crowds to Cheung Chau
Hong Kong’s iconic bun festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cheung Chau on Wednesday, a public holiday marking Buddha’s Birthday. The Jiao Festival and bun scramble returned to the island last year, after a three-year halt owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Other celebrations included a kung fu show, and the Piu Sik Parade, which translates as “Floating Colours” – in which children in fancy dress are held up on towering poles and paraded through the winding streets of the outlying island. Traditionally, they dress up in satirical costumes mimicking top officials, such as the chief ...