another beautiful day, another adventure. since my friend christina from hamburg / beijing was in town, we took the chance to go to cheung chau, one of hong kong's outlying islands, to celebrate their annual bun festival.
according to the legend, 200 years ago cheung chau was devastated by the plague but eventually saved by the gods, and in order to keep the spirits satisfied, the inhabitants vowed to commemorate the miracle every year by having colourful parades and eating lots of buns. i was was excited to get some bubble tea...
and a bun, of course!
they came with various fillings, i got lotus seed paste.
it was quite a spectacle. they had a marching band very much reminiscent of kölscher karneval, a dragon dance and little kids strapped to poles invisible under their festive dresses and thus seemingly 'floating' through the crowd.
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