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Hong Kong ICH Month 2025 kicks off with a Carnival of exciting performances and interactive experiential booths (with photos)
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     In support of the annual Cultural and Natural Heritage Day on the second Saturday of June designated by our country, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will launch the first Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month (Hong Kong ICH Month) in June. The opening ceremony for the Hong Kong ICH Month 2025 was held today (May 31) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
 
     Addressing the opening ceremony, the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing, said that starting this year, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will designate June as Hong Kong ICH Month, thereby deepening the implementation of the Cultural and Natural Heritage Day. Hong Kong ICH Month also aims to present a vibrant annual mega Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) event through a series of engaging programmes. With the theme "ICH Around Town", the inaugural Hong Kong ICH Month will fully showcase that despite Hong Kong's relatively small geographic size, ICH can be found everywhere. He said the programmes will give the public and tourists a greater insight into ICH, and enable their first-hand experience of the cultural richness of ICH as well as the pleasure .
 
     Other officiating guests included the Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau; the Chairperson of the Working Group on Patriotic Education under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee and Legislative Council Member, Dr Starry Lee; Legislative Council Member Mr Kenneth Fok; the Chairperson of the ICH June and Legislative Council Member, Professor Lau Chi-pang; the Chairperson of the ICH Advisory Committee, Professor Ricardo Mak; the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Manda Chan; and the Head of the ICHO, Ms Judith Ng.
 
     Moreover, the ICHO is launching the ICH Carnival at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) with the aspiration of rolling out ICH festive events across the territory, kicking off the Hong Kong ICH Month 2025. The Carnival offers diverse performances of Hong Kong ICH items, such as lion dance and Engor parade, Cheung Chau floating colours and dragon dance parade, Hakka unicorn dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung, Cantonese opera excerpts, Nanyin, Yip Man Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Pixiu dance, and dragon boat dance. There are also more than 10 interactive experiential booths, at which members of the public can participate in and learn the techniques of crafting flower boards and wooden furniture, and making Chinese brushes and clay sculptures, etc. ICH organisations and practitioners will also provide demonstrations on-site. Admission is free. For details of the Carnival, please visit the website: www.icho.hk/en/web/icho/hk_ich_month_2025_fiesta.html.
 
     ​Hong Kong ICH Month 2025 is presented by the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, and organised by the ICHO of the LCSD with ICH June as the strategic partner. Delightful programmes include 80 ICH performances, 60 interactive experiential booths and 20 "ICH Highlight Tours", covering over 100 ICH items and bringing together over 50 ICH practitioners, including representative bearers of the national ICH. ​
 
Ends/Saturday, May 31, 2025
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The opening ceremony for the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Month 2025 was held today (May 31) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Photo shows (form left) the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Ms Manda Chan; the Chairperson of the ICH June and Legislative Council Member, Professor Lau Chi-pang; the Chairperson of the Working Group on Patriotic Education under the Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee and Legislative Council Member, Dr Starry Lee; the Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Cheuk Wing-hing; the Under Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Raistlin Lau; Legislative Council Member Mr Kenneth Fok; the Chairperson of the ICH Advisory Committee, Professor Ricardo Mak; and  the Head of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office, Ms Judith Ng, officiating at the ceremony.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows officiating guests visiting the interactive experiential booth of dragon boat dance.
The opening ceremony for the Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month 2025 was held today (May 31) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Photo shows Nanyin performance.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows performance of the Hakka unicorn dance in Hang Hau in Sai Kung.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows a performer of Engor (Dance of Heroes) with a tourist.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows Cheung Chau floating colours parade.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows the parade of dragon dance.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows members of the public experiencing the Chinese brush making technique.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows the public watching the lion dance performance.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows a tourist experiencing Yip Man Wing Chun.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office is organising an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Carnival today and tomorrow (May 31 to June 1) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza. Photo shows the brand new ICH Mobile Centre, which focuses on festive events and features the highlighted ICH items and interactive devices. It will tour different districts and schools.