Cheung Chau Bun Festival
| Cheung Chau Bun Festival 包山節 | |
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A mountain of buns to be climbed for the festival | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Festival |
| Date(s) | April / May |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
| Inaugurated | 18th century |
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| Traditional Chinese | 包山節 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 包山节 | ||||||||||||
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| Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival | |||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 長洲太平清醮 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长洲太平清醮 | ||||||||||||
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Cheung Chau Bun Festival or Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. Held annually, and with therefore the most public exposure, it is by far the most famous of such Da Jiu festivals, with Jiu (醮) being a Taoist sacrificial ceremony. Such events are held by mostly rural communities in Hong Kong, either annually or at a set interval of years ranging all the way up to once every 60 years (i.e. the same year in the Chinese astrological calendar). Other places that may share the folk custom include Taiwan, Sichuan, Fujian and Guangdong.