Hong Kongers celebrate once-in-a-decade festivalAFP, HONG KONGChanting villagers parade a giant effigy through the alleys of rural Hong Kong before setting it ablaze in a once-in-a-decade ceremony to ward off bad luck and appease their ancestors. Residents of Kam Tin decked out their northern corner of the city with towering flower boards and a vast bamboo stage for the Taoist Jiao festival which dates back over 300 years. People burn a paper effigy of the Ghost King during the decennial Jiao Festival of Kam Tin in Hong Kong on Friday. Lai Chi-ming, center, a bamboo scaffolding worker who coplanned the theater altar for Jiao Festival in Kam Tin, Hong Kong, works on the bamboo structure on Thursday Photo: AFPThe multi-day festival is one of Hong Kong’s longest-running traditional events, and features lion and dragon dances, Cantonese opera, and puppet shows. The netting was hung from bamboo scaffolding encasing several tower blocks.

Source: Taipei Times December 20, 2025 16:54 UTC