We are tucked away at a table behind the display walls at Sotheby’s spring 2017 auction, where 17 magnificent jades of the Beasts of Antiquity collection will sell a few days later for an aggregate HK$20 million. Ten of the jades in the collection originally belonged to Chung Wah-pui, a retired 82-year-old civil engineer who is […]...
On the third day of the third lunar month, enigmatic temples around Hong Kong will be alive with worshippers making offerings to the so-called Black Deity....
Hong Kong is gearing up for Chinese New Year and special holiday food is showing up everywhere from supermarket shelves to wet market stalls. There’s one thing you absolutely can’t miss: nin4 gou1 (年糕), the sweet, chewy glutinous rice cake that is essential to the Cantonese celebration of the lunar new year. Literally meaning New Year Cake, this […]...
Critical of China's government but fascinated by its history and culture, Renee Chiang and Bao Pu have taken advantage of Hong Kong's freedom to explore their passion for jade. ...
The changes started years ago, but it was only when the giant cow disappeared that it became clear what was happening. In 2015, the bovine emblem of Queen’s Road West restaurant Sammy’s Kitchen was removed, an iconic piece of neon scrubbed from the street it had dominated for 40 years. The cow was taken away […]...
The Chinese calendar is packed with holidays, but there is one type of festival that every village decides when and how to celebrate, Tai Ping Ching Chiu. This year, it's Shek O's turn....
