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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Amid pandemic gloom, Hong Kong lights up for Mid-Autumn Festival, with events across the city

  • One of the largest events is in Kwun Tong, where a glowing, 15-metre moon perched on a tugboat will serve as a backdrop for a concert and carnival
  • Over in Tai Po, about 1,000 turned up to watch another illuminated moon be towed down the Lam Tsuen River by a kayaker on Monday

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People pose for pictures against the backdrop of a huge glowing moon floating in the Kwun Tong typhoon shelter. Photo: Nora Tam
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After more than 18 months of gloom brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival is lighting up Hong Kong, with illuminated installations springing up all around town.
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A glowing, three-dimensional moon 15 metres across sits on a tugboat in the Kwun Tong typhoon shelter, right next to the Kai Tak cruise terminal.

On the adjacent promenade, just below the Kwun Tong Bypass, are rabbit figurines of various sizes – also illuminated.

Visitors take in the lanterns and other illuminated offerings at the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is marking its 100th anniversary during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Dickson Lee
Visitors take in the lanterns and other illuminated offerings at the Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, which is marking its 100th anniversary during this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival. Photo: Dickson Lee

At Wan Chai’s temporary promenade, celebrations on Tuesday night will commence when two small moons are also lit up, and Victoria Park in nearby Causeway Bay will mark the holiday with its long-running lantern carnival.

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The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple, meanwhile, is celebrating both the Mid-Autumn Festival and its 100th anniversary with a carnival and illuminated display of dragons and figures from Chinese mythology.

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