Yan Yat is the 7th day of Chinese New Year celebrations. Yan Yat Festival is widely celebrated in China. According to Chinese believes it is the day on which men was created, which makes it everybody’s birthday. Traditonally people eat Yu Shen on this day. Yu means ‘fish’ but when pronounced it can also sound like ‘extra’ . Shen does not only mean ‘raw’ but also ‘life’. So essentially who eats raw fish on Yan Yat also lives longer.
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Yan Yat Festival
3 FebFeatured posts
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Robeco Oranjebal 2011
Only a few tickets left to the Robeco Oranjebal 2011 in Hong Kong! If you’d like to attend, please contact: evenementenhongkong@hotmail.com With the courtesy of Radio Veronica DJ Juri Verstappen:
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Oranjebal Hong Kong
These ‘teaser flyers’ have been distributed by glamourous James Bond Girls on the last two events organized by the Dutch Society in Hong Kong. We’ll be celebrating Queens Day in Style.
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The bridge and the dolphins
China, Hong Kong and Macau have joined forces to build a bridge and tunnel that will connect all three economic regions. The bridge will improve the infrastructure and open up new opportunities for each of the regions involved. It also happens to threaten the Pink Dolphin population.
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Made in Hong Kong: Bamboo Steamers
Tak Chong Sum Kee on Western Street in Sai Ying Pun, Central is the last shop in Hong Kong that actually makes bamboo steamers by hand. Mr Raymond Lam is running his family business with a passion. The age old craft was brought to Hong Kong in the fifties by Mr Lam’s father. Nowadays the [...]
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Peninsula Hotel
The Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong recently celebrated its 80th anniversary. On December 11th in 1928 the hotel opened its doors to the first of many international guests. The hotel is currently owned by the Peninsula Hotel Group, which manages several hotels across China and in the USA and has ambitions to open a Peninsula Hotel [...]
