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Title
Flower Plaque
Bamboo Banner
喜慶花牌
花匾
Subject
Banner
Entrance
Description
Flower plaques are a type of traditional Chinese craft made to be a temporary banner and usually serves as an entrance to areas of celebration. It is built as a sign of prosperity, luck and happiness to celebrate festivals, weddings and inaugurations. In the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, they are used to express gratitude to the gods for the ongoing peace, and to pray for good weather in the fishing island. They are decorated using bamboo, paper, fabric and plastic in red and fluorescent colours. It is said that flower plaques are derived from traditional arched gateways (牌坊) as a temporary set up.
Creator
Cheung Chau villagers
Format
10m x 40m
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
flowerplaque
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