Mix a little bit of old and a little bit of new, you’ll get that perfect blend of a typical Hong Kong Chinese New Year celebration. Here are its 7 stages:

#1 New Year’s Eve

After a large feast with family, squeeze into a flower market to buy an auspicious bloom

Visit:

Flower Markets 2015 – Free Admission

#2 New Year’s Day

Light incense at a temple, visit relatives, catch a game of football and lose your voice cheering at the International Chinese New Year Night Parade

Visit:

Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple – Free Admission but visit with a respectful heart.

Lunar New Year Cup – Local Football Game

Sweet 20-World Party Cathay Pacific Night Parade – Enjoy the parade for free along the route.

#3 CNY’s Second Day

Married women must visit their parents on this day. Later, head out to get photos of the Lunar New Year Fireworks

Visit:

2015 Lunar New Year Fireworks Display – Free Admission

#4 Auspicious Third Day

Avoid arguments on this day and try to win some money at the racetrack

Visit:

CNY Race Day – Minimal fee of HK$10

#5 Back To Work

It’s common for people to resume work on the fourth day of CNY

#6 Yen Yat

The seventh day of CNY is believed to be the birthday for Human Being. Everyone grows a year older!

Visit:

Hong Kong Pulse 3D Light Show – open to public.

#7 Chap Goh Mei

Also, known as the Lantern Festival, you are asked to solve a riddle and lit candles outside your house to guide wayward spirits home. This is also the day here single women would write their contact number on mandarin oranges and throw it in a river or a lake while single men would collect them. The taste of the oranges indicates their possible love – sweet for good fate and sour represents bad match.

Visit:

Urban Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival 2015 – Free Admission

For more information, visit Discover Hong Kong Facebook page. 

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