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	Hong Kong : Hotels , Travel Information guide / Festivel
		As the Chinese observe their own calendar, most of the dates of the festivals are listed in accordance with it, though the equivalent month in the international calendar is also stated.
		Celebrated on Cheung Chau Island, this festival is held in honour of the deity Pak Tai, who drove away evil spirits from the island.
		The highlights of this festival are the boat races - attended by teams from all over the world - and the delicious meat-and-rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves.
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /events/festivals.htm (861 words)

	Chinese Holidays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is one of the most important festivals in the Chinese calender, it's a time for people to visit their friends and relatives.
		The Ching Ming Festical is in the springtime and the Chung Yeung Festival takes place on the ninth day of the ninth moon.
		This is a festival which also combines into a big sporting event that takes place every year in either May or June in Hong Kong.
	library.thinkquest.org /18802/chinhol.htm (343 words)

	Chinese Culture - Chinese Festival - Chung Yeung
		This festival takes place on the ninth day of the ninth month of the Chinese lunar calendar and actually commemorates two occasions.
		Being the ninth day of the ninth month, it is the DOUBLE NINE, also means forever and is the day on which Chinese people go to the hillsides to tend their ancestors graves, make sacrifices of special paper money and paper winter clothing, after which a picnic is held.
		As the number nine is regarded as being auspicious, therefore feasts, ascending a height, country walk and flying kites on the hill are part of the features of the day, which people believe will bring good luck.
	www.west-meet-east.com /festchu.htm (250 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals
		Experiencing a major Chinese festival in Hong Kong is an enchanting and mesmerising adventure.
		Hong Kong's major traditional festivals are colourful and noisy affairs, at which thousands upon thousands of people turn out to join the celebrations.
		Fireworks, festive feasting, lion and dragon dancers, incense smoke, Chinese opera, mah jong, fortune-telling, carnivals and parades come together in a variety of combinations to create a uniquely festive atmosphere seen nowhere else in the world.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/index.jhtml (133 words)

	Hong Kong Museum of Art - "Festive Hong Kong" Selected Items from the Xubaizhai Collection: Chong Yang (Chung ...
		Falling in the autumn every year, the traditional Chinese festival of Chong Yang (Chung Yeung) is a time when people like to go on excursions to the countryside and appreciate the blossoming chrysanthemums.
		However, the Japanese invasion of China had escalated rapidly by 1937, and the mood among the participants who gathered at Zheng's house in Shanghai that year was heavy-hearted, marked by dejection about what was befalling the motherland.
		This was indeed a year when the festive mood usually associated with Chong Yang (Chung Yeung) subsided under the weight of the historical background, as these two beautiful works reveal so expressively.
	www.lcsd.gov.hk /ce/Museum/Arts/english/news/enews_20041001_2.html (299 words)

	DiscoverHongKong - Heritage - Chinese Festivals - Chung Yeung Festival
		The Chung Yeung Festival is a day to respect and remember ancestors.
		Also known as Autumn Remembrance, this festival is similar to Ching Ming in the spring, in that families journey to the graves of their ancestors to perform cleansing rites and pay their respects.
		The Chung Yeung Festival commemorates a Han Dynasty (BC 202-AD 220) legend, which tells how a soothsayer advised Woon King that he should take his family to a high place for the entire ninth day of the ninth moon.
	www.discoverhongkong.com /eng/heritage/festivals/he_fest_chun.jhtml (210 words)

	Cheung Yeung Festival
		Cheung Yeung mountain-climbing: The Cheung Yeung Festival is observed on the ninth day of the ninth month (in October).
		This festival is related to a disastrous incident that occurred during the Han dynasty(206 BC-AD 211).
		Therefore, a Kam Kung Festival in his honor is held on the eighth day of the fourth month in the district of Shaukiwan on the eastern tip of Hong Kong Island in an area known as Ah Kung Nyam or
	www.regit.com /hongkong/festival/chgyeung.htm (169 words)

	HK O! Day - About the Competition
		Chung Yeung Festival is the best season to put off our routine work and join some outdoor activities with friends and relatives.
		It is a challenge to participants physical strength and logical thinking, while it suits people in all ages and can take place in the format of a team or an individual.
		Therefore the Army would like to pick the date of Chung Yeung Festival to organize "Hong Kong O! Day" every year and invite the people of Hong Kong to join it, aiming at promoting it to every part of the city.
	www.salvation.org.hk /chq/crd/orienteering/2005/content/02aboutcom_eng.html (313 words)

	hongkong hotels - Hong Kong festivals and events
		Description: This year's Shopping Festival is more exciting than ever as it coincides with a host of celebrations marking the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of China.
		Description: It is believed that the gates of the underworld open once a year and the discontented and vengeful ghosts of those who died without proper funeral rites, who met a violent death, or whose living relatives neglected their after-life spirits, roam the earth looking to satisfy their hunger for attention and peace.
		Description: One of the major festivals celebrated in Hong Kong, the Moon Festival is also one of the most widely celebrated festivals for Chinese all over the world, and is traditionally a time for family reunions.
	hk-hotels.com /info/festival.php (574 words)

	Cemetery comes alive as Chinese honor their dead - Examiner.com
		Chung Yeung, also known as the Double Ninth Festival, falls each year on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar — or roughly Oct. 30.
		Three generations gathered around the Phan family plot Sunday, where a bounty of their dead loved ones’ favorite foods — from piles of fresh fruit to roasted chickens and dumplings — were spread in front of the grave, including the all-important whole roast pig with its head and tail still attached.
		Chinese communities frequently devote a whole week to Chung Yeung so that certain families can choose the most auspicious day to visit their ancestors, according to Laela’s cousin, Sing.
	www.examiner.com /a-369636~Cemetery_comes_alive_as_Chinese_honor_their_dead.html (780 words)

	Chung Yeung Festival in Hong Kong - TOPICS Online Magazine for Learners of English
		In Hong Kong there is a holiday called Chung Yueng Festival.
		They thought that going to a high place saved their lives.
		They worship their ancestors in the cemetery, so we have two days a year to worship our ancestors.
	www.topics-mag.com /internatl/holidays/hong_kong/chung-yueng.htm (134 words)

	Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initial popular reaction has been largely unfavourable, primarily because of concerns that it will impose an undue burden on the poorer members of society, and may also harm Hong Kong's attractiveness as a tourist destination.
		The population of Hong Kong increased markedly during the 1990s, reaching 6.86 million in 2005.
		The world famous Hong Kong International Dragonboat Festival, now known as the Circus Capital Stanley Dragon Boat Championships, is a celebration of community that is televised globally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong (7106 words)

	Special traffic arrangements for Chung Yeung Festival : Hong Kong
		Peel Rise in the vicinity of the Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery and the slip road from Shek Pai Wan Road leading to the Aberdeen Chinese Cemetery will be closed to vehicular traffic from 7 am to 6 pm.
		During the period from 7 am to 7 pm on October 22, the tram stop on Wong Nai Chung Road opposite the Hong Kong Jockey Club will be relocated northwards for about 30 meters.
		Police will implement special traffic arrangements and crowd control measures in the vicinity of Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery between October 1 and November 7 to facilitate grave-sweepers during the Chung Yeung Festival.
	www.info.gov.hk /police/pprb/peb/english/100901_e.html (2285 words)

	Macau \| Paradise of the Orient » Chung Yeung Festival
		Chung Yeung Festival - a day for hiking Also known as Autumn Remembrance, this festival is similar to Ching Ming in the spring, in that families journey to the graves of their ancestors to perform cleansing rites and pay their respects.
		Today, many Macaunese families head to the hills to picnic during the Chung Yeung Festival.
		With the cooler weather and clear skies at this time of the year, many people simply take the opportunity to go on one of Macau’s hikes.
	a2zmacau.com /macau-events/chung-yeung-festival (294 words)

	Hong Kong Hotels Online Hotel Reservation Hong Kong
		It is the most significant festival for ethnic Chinese around the world.
		This is such a big festival that most shops and small restaurants will be closed on those 3 days and some up to 8 days.
		It is also known as the Moon Festival or the Lantern Festival, this is a time to bake moon cakes (sweet rolls with sesame seeds, duck's eggs, and lotus seeds), eat moon cakes, and give away moon cakes!
	www.a1hongkonghotels.com /holiday-festivals.html (325 words)

	Free Chung Yeung Festival Ecards, Chung Yeung Festival Greeting Cards From 123Greetings.com
		Chung Yeung Festival is the annual celebration of the Chinese when they remember the dead and climb a hill to pay respects to their ancestors.
		On this day, you can go for a walk to the hills or arrange a picnic in the countryside with your friends/ family/ sweetheart.
		Home : Events : Chung Yeung Festival [ Oct 19 ]
	www.123greetings.com /events/chung_yeung_festival (168 words)

	People's Daily Online -- 7.3 mln people to travel through HK checkpoints during National Day,Chung Yeung Festival
		An estimated 7.3 million people will travel through Hong Kong checkpoints during the National Day and Chung Yeung (or Double Ninth Festival, 9th day of the 9th lunar month) holidays, up 19 percent on the same period last year,Simon Peh, assistant director of Hong Kong government's Immigration Department said Monday.
		The department expects 5.6 million travelers to pass through land boundary checkpoints, up 19 percent from the same period last year.
		The department said it will deploy 250 more officers to cope with demand.
	english.people.com.cn /200509/27/eng20050927_211081.html (255 words)

	Hong Kong Festivals - Calendar of Events
		Almost nowhere else in the world do so many different events – festivals, conventions, exhibitions, performances and competitions – take place at once.
		Hong Kong is simply a hive of non-stop activity, night and day.
		Click here to see the Calendar of Events for this year
	www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /events (199 words)

	Hongkong Post - News
		No mail delivery on Chung Yeung Festival holiday
		There will be no mail delivery during the Chung Yeung Festival on October 22, Postmaster General, Mr Allan Chiang has announced.
		All post offices will be closed on that day, but one mail collection will be made from all posting boxes except those located on outlying islands and in remote areas
	www.hongkongpost.com /eng/publications/news/2004/20041015a/index.htm (69 words)

	Gallardo Family Newsletter Podcast's Show Archive \| PodShow
		In this show: There is the new format for the show; bad preparation and the final exam; Qu Yuan and the Tuen Ng Festival; loss of meaning of festivals; review of "The Problem of Cell 13"; WWDC 2007 keynote; review of Google Docs; Adrina Thorpe with "Did You Think"
		Today: Festivals Christmas and St. Valentine's Day; Podfading and Chinese wisdom
		I forgot to release this Halloween Special were we talk about Halloween,All Saint's Day, All Souls Day, and Chung Yeung Festival.
	www.podshow.com /shows/?mode=current&show_id=840 (672 words)

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