Although Hong Kong culture incorporates a large number of Western elements, the profound Chinese culture is still well inherited in Hong Kong and is delicately displayed in the Spring Festival customs of Hong Kong people.

Hong Kong people pay attention to "meanings" during the Chinese New Year, which represent good omens of auspiciousness and joy. During the Spring Festival, when they meet and greet each other, they say "good luck and good fortune", and even the food and items they come into contact with must have good luck.

Therefore, during the Spring Festival, every household must have a "full box". The round appearance symbolizes a perfect reunion and offers sincere greetings and happy wishes to guests.

The whole box contains a variety of candies and snacks, such as melon seeds symbolizing catching money, sugared lotus seeds symbolizing the birth of a son, sugared lotus roots symbolizing a perfect match, sugared shredded coconut symbolizing a father and a son, etc.

In traditional Chinese festivals, seemingly ordinary food is often endowed with rich meanings.

People will choose foods with good omens and prepare sumptuous delicacies of all kinds, hoping for good luck in the coming year.

In Hong Kong, the signature New Year dish of the Spring Festival is "Pon Choi", which is stewed in a basin-shaped bowl with rich ingredients such as squid, mushrooms, prawns, nostoc, braised pork, etc. It symbolizes family reunion and auspicious celebrations.

The rice cake, which symbolizes prosperity every year in Chinese festival customs, is an indispensable traditional delicacy during the Spring Festival in Hong Kong.

In addition to food, traditional culture is also fully reflected in the Spring Festival customs of Hong Kong people.

There is a popular saying in Hong Kong: "On the 28th, you need to wash yourself off. If you don't wash off, you will get dirty."

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Hong Kong people will carefully clean the inside and outside of their homes, which symbolizes sweeping away the bad luck and dissatisfaction of the past year, which means getting rid of the old and ushering in the new.

In addition to general cleaning, Hong Kong people also clean themselves, including washing their hair, bathing, and getting haircuts. It is said that doing these cleanings before the New Year can ward off misfortune, cure diseases, and bring good fortune.

The New Year's Eve reunion dinner can be said to be the highlight.

Every household in Hong Kong will prepare Hong Kong-style "Poon Choi" for the New Year. The whole family sits around a table, and the elders and children raise glasses to congratulate each other. What they enjoy is not only the sumptuous New Year dishes, but also the closely connected emotions; they exchange not only the past, but also everything.

Replaceable family happiness.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Hong Kong people, old and young, go to the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Kowloon to pay homage. Many Hong Kong people even compete to grab the "first stick of incense" in order to wish for peace and prosperity in the coming year. This is a famous Hong Kong tradition.

New Year customs.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, another temple, Che Kung Temple, is always crowded with Hong Kong devotees and foreign tourists.

After everyone has finished offering incense and paying homage, they will turn the copper windmill in front of the altar to pray for bad luck and good luck in the new year.

In addition, during the Spring Festival, Causeway Bay also hosts the largest New Year's Eve flower market in Hong Kong, with a dazzling array of stalls displaying all kinds of colorful seasonal flowers and potted plants; a float parade is held in Tsim Sha Tsui on the first day of the new year; and on the second day of the new year, you can

Go to Victoria Harbor to enjoy the world-famous dazzling fireworks display, and make wishes under the brilliant night sky... Hong Kong's Spring Festival has a strong traditional New Year flavor and authentic festival customs.

If you want to experience the festive atmosphere of Hong Kong, you can visit Hong Kong to celebrate the authentic Chinese New Year and enjoy a Spring Festival holiday that is both familiar and full of novelty.