Type:Film

Subject:Film
Cartoon
Animation

Description:My Life as McDull is a 2001 Hong Kong animated feature film. The film surrounds the life of McDull, a hugely popular cartoon pig character created by Alice Mak and Brian Tse which has appeared on comics ever since the 1990s. In 2004, the sequel to this film, McDull, Prince de la Bun, was released.<br /> The animation is aided by computer-generated backgrounds, but it retains a delightful hand-drawn look that is pleasing to movie-goers. In a part of the film, McDull decides to train to be an Olympic-level athlete like the Hong Kong Olympian Lee Lai-shan. However, the trade he learns is <strong>Cheung Chau bun-snatching.</strong> Realising that bun-snatching is not a formal sporting event in the Olympic games, McDull’s mother writes a letter to the chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), asking him/her with her limited proficiency of English to sanctify the so-called sport event. [show more]

Type:Others

Subject:ferry
Cheung Chau

Description:It is a ferry company in Hong Kong, founded in 1999. It is a company under NWS Holdings Limited now. There are five routes for now, and the fare is around $10-$30 depending on the route and the seats.

Type:Event

Subject:Chinese Opera in Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Description:In the past, the Opera is divided into male and female audience regions, where male seats are at the left and females at the right. The seats requires a ticket while the empty space in the middle is free of charge. Anyone can watch while standing. The opera is built at a 20 degree angle so the audience can watch easily. [show more]

Type:Deity

Subject:God
Deity

Description:Pak Tai is a deity in Chinese religion, one of the cosmological "Five Forms of the Highest Deity" (五方上帝). He is also identified as Zhuānxū (顓頊), today frequently worshipped as Xuánwǔ (玄武; "Dark Warrior") or Zhēnwǔ (真武), and is associated with the essence of water and winter. His animal form is the Black Dragon and his stellar animal is the tortoise-snake. By virtue of his association with the north, he has been identified and revered frequently as a representation of the supreme God of Heaven.</div> Since Cheung Chau is traditionally an island of fisherfolk, Pak Tai is its most revered divinity, since it is believed he has the power to confer smooth sailing for the fishing boats as well as providing good catches for their crews. Pious believers recognise him as "Pei Fang Chen Wu Hsuan T'ien Shang Ti" (True Soldier and Superior Divinity of the Deep Heaven of the North).</div> One story says that he was originally a prince of Jing Le State in northern Hebei during the time of the Yellow Emperor. As he grew up, he felt the sorrow and pain of the life of ordinary people and wanted to retire to a remote mountain for cultivation of the Tao. [show more]

Type:Temple

Subject:Temple
Historical site

Description:Pak Tai Temple is a taoist temple located on the island of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. The temple is listed as a Grade I historic building. It is most famous for the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, which is a Taoist ceremony held annually on Cheung Chau island. The festival takes place on the 8th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, which occurs usually in April or May. The festival lasts for seven days. It attracts many tourists and Pak Tai worshipers. In 1777, there was a severe outbreak of plague in Cheung Chau. It is said that when a Huizhounese brought a statue of Pak Tai to the island the pestilence miraculously disappeared. Therefore, people have built the temple to worship Pak Tai. [show more]

Type:Event

Subject:Parade

Description:The parade of float in Cheung Chau Bun Festival started because of the plague in the Qing Dynasty. The villagers in Cheung Chau asked for help from Pak Tai and paraded around the island. The plague then miraculously ended after the march, so they keep this as a tradition every year. Kids would wear costumes and act like a historical figure, political figure, or even imaginary figures nowadays. [show more]

Type:Food

Subject:Vegan food
Traditional food
Handmade food
Food

Description:In the old days, Cheung Chau villagers believed that eating hot Ping On Bun helps to avoid disease. Also, they believed that spreading the Pin On Buns which have been powdered into the sea can help to restore calm of the sea. In the old days, buns were to be distributed to the villagers after prayers and used to offer sacrifice to Gods and ghosts.<br /><br /> Its major ingredients include<br /> ► Low-protein flour<br /> ► Lotus seed paste<br /> ► Sugar<br /><br /> It is best served at hot or room temperature.<br /><br /> Bun towers were built annually for the Cheung Chau Bun Festival. Real Ping On buns were used to build the tower. However, after an accident of collapse of a bun tower in 1978, plastic Ping On buns are used for the Cheung Chau Bun Festival every year.<br /><br /><strong>**There are more flavours that can be seen nowadays such as red and green bean.</strong> [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Keychain
Souvenir

Description:Ping On Bun keychain is one of the souvenirs being sold in Cheung Chau. It is using the iconic Ping On Bun to create a gimmick to attract buyers. It is always a tiny squishy ping on bun with a cell phone strap or a chain. Sometimes the ping on bun is made to be a stamp so as to be more useful. [show more]

Type:Physical object

Subject:Cushion
Ping On Bun
Souvenir

Description:Ping On cushion is one of the souvenirs being sold in Cheung Chau. It is using the iconic Ping On Bun which represents the Cheung Chau Bun Festival to create a gimmick to attract buyers. It is shaped and coloured like a real ping on bun. There are different sizes of cushions designed. [show more]

Type:Physical object

Subject:Eco bag
Shopping bag
Bag

Description:Ping On eco bag is one of the souvenirs being sold in Cheung Chau. It is using the icon of Cheung Chau Bun Festival which is Ping On Bun to create a gimmick to attract buyers. It is an eco bag that can let users carry stuff except using a plastic bag. The Chinese words of 'Ping On' is always printed on the bag to represent 'Save and sound' so that the person who is carrying the bag can be blessed and protected by the god. [show more]