The Intangible Cultural Heritage Office of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is holding the "ICH Flavours" Carnival at the Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) in North Point today (June 28) and tomorrow (June 29). Under the theme of "Food Culture", the carnival, with free booth activities, workshops and demonstrations, allows members of the public to experience the essence of making techniques for food related to intangible cultural heritage (ICH) through taste and visuals.

     Many ICH items in Hong Kong are related to food. The carnival features various workshops and demonstrations of making techniques for public participation in producing and understanding ICH-related food. Examples include dragon beard's candy, a traditional sweet food; Sau Fan, a traditional snack and a food offering in villages in the New Territories; glutinous rice dumpling with lye, a festive food of the Dragon Boat Festival; and shrimp paste blocks and shrimp paste, local specialties of Cheung Chau, Tai O and Lamma Island.

     Apart from local traditional food that Hong Kong people are familiar with, there are also demonstrations and experiential activities of the Jiangxi Gannan Hakka pounded tea making technique, a representative item of the national ICH, for public to join.

     The Hakka folk song and Nanyin performances held at the Oi! Lawn are attracting many people. The "Mobile ICH" is also stationed at Oi!. With an exhibition and interactive devices, it incorporates learning into fun games to allow the public to explore the rich content of festive-related Hong Kong ICH items.

     The carnival is one of the programmes of the Hong Kong ICH Month 2025. Tomorrow, there will be demonstrations and workshops on traditional food-making techniques related to ICH, including sweet potato cake, Ching Ming Tsai (Paederia scandens sticky rice dumpling), blown sugar, and basin meal. Traditional food and interesting activities are not to be missed. For details of the "ICH Flavours" Carnival, please visit the website: www.icho.hk/en/web/icho/hk_ich_month_2025_ich_flavours.html.

Ends/Saturday, June 28, 2025
Issued at HKT 16:44

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