The 20th Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair Returns on November 1: Hong Kong’s Longest 500-Foot LED Night Dragon to Light Up the Night with Fish Lantern Dance

The 20th Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair will take place in Tai Kok Tsui on November 1. As a flagship annual cultural event in Hong Kong, the fair has long promoted traditional Chinese culture and drawn visitors from both the city and overseas. This year’s edition, themed “Temple Fair Brings People Together, Culture Converges in Hong Kong,” is designed as a cultural celebration that weaves together intangible cultural heritage, contemporary creativity and community inclusion, giving tradition a renewed vitality.

The Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair

Running from morning to night, the fair’s events include a large-scale temple fair parade, an 18-Southern Lion high-pole performance, a street fashion show, a thousand-person Poon Choi feast, and a closing performance by Hong Kong’s longest 500-foot luminous LED night dragon. Together they will promise a festival of both visual impact and cultural depth.

Large-Scale Temple Fair Parade

The Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair will open in the morning with a parade expected to feature 25 teams and nearly 1,000 performers. Southern Lion performances, golden dragon dances, traditional Chinese costume displays, and children’s dance troupes will together turn the street into a scene of colour and energy.

The large-scale temple fair parade

18-Southern Lion High-Pole Performance

The famous lion dance team in Hong Kong, Kwok's Kung Fu & Dragon Lion Dance Team, will present the signature 18-Southern Lion high-pole performance. The lions will leap and somersault between the high poles to the beat of drums and gongs, a spectacle symbolising good fortune and vitality across Hong Kong’s 18 districts.

The 18-Southern Lion high-pole performance

50+ Street Stalls with Local and Ethnic Flavours

More than 50 stalls will line both sides of Fuk Tsun Street, offering classic Hong Kong snacks, vintage toys, and authentic food sold by ethnic minority vendors. Booth games with prizes will also add to the festive atmosphere.

The festive atmosphere of the Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair

Fashion Show Blending Classical and Contemporary Style

A special fashion presentation will see models in traditional Chinese dress leading the audience to step into a “time-travelling” sartorial journey. Designers have reworked classical elements into contemporary silhouettes, highlighting the creative synergy between Hong Kong and Chinese cultural traditions.

The street fashion show

Thousand-Person Poon Choi Feast

Poon Choi symbolises abundance and togetherness in Chinese culture, with each ingredient carrying an auspicious meaning. The fair will again host a thousand-person Poon Choi feast on Fuk Tsun Street, bringing together residents and visitors for a shared meal that embodies Hong Kong’s warmth and community spirit.

The thousand-person Poon Choi feast

Grand Finale: 500-Foot LED Night Dragon and Fish Lantern Dance

In the evening, the fair’s closing segment will feature Hong Kong’s longest 500-foot luminous LED night dragon, performing alongside the Shatoujiao Fish Lantern Dance, a national-level intangible cultural heritage. Street lights along the relevant sections of Fuk Tsun Street will be switched off as the dragon, illuminated by colourful LEDs, winds through the darkness with the giant fish lanterns weaving in between, all accompanied by drums and gongs.

The 500-foot luminous LED night dragon

The Shatoujiao Fish Lantern Dance

The performance will run back and forth along Fuk Tsun Street for about an hour, giving families and visitors a close-up view and photo opportunity, and bringing the evening’s festivities to a climax.

The performance will run back and forth along Fuk Tsun Street for about an hour, giving families and visitors a close-up view and photo opportunity, and bringing the evening’s festivities to a climax.

The Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair

Applications for vacant fixed hawker pitches to close next Monday

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) is reallocating a total of 321 vacant fixed hawker pitches and issuing new licences. Persons who are interested in joining the hawking trade and meet the eligibility criteria may complete and submit their applications via the FEHD website (www.fehd.gov.hk) by 5pm on Monday (October 26).

The pitches are located in Eastern District (four pitches), Central and Western District (seven pitches), Wan Chai District (26 pitches), Yau Tsim District (110 pitches), Mong Kok District (101 pitches), Sham Shui Po District (28 pitches), Kowloon City District (five pitches) and Tsuen Wan District (40 pitches).

A spokesman for the FEHD said today (October 22), "Each applicant is allowed to submit one application only, and an application number will be given to individual applicants in each category, namely holders of the Fixed-Pitch (Newspaper) Hawker Licence, holders of the Itinerant Hawker Licence (Other Classes/Newspaper), eligible registered assistants meeting the application requirements, and members of the public satisfying certain basic criteria. The pitch selection priority order of eligible applicants will be generated in a fair and impartial manner by way of open computer random sequencing and manual ballot."

Upon completion of the ballot, eligible applicants will receive written notification of their pitch selection priority numbers, or they can check the results on the FEHD website the following day. The FEHD will then issue letters in batches according to the pitch selection priority numbers to invite successful applicants for pitch selection and completion of the formalities for the issuance of a new licence.

The spokesman added, "Except for applicants under the categories of licensed fixed-pitch newspaper hawkers or licensed itinerant hawkers, the hawker licence operation period of a newly issued hawker licence is seven years and the licence will not be renewed upon expiry. Applicants shall also design and construct the stall at their own expense in accordance with the specifications previously approved by the FEHD, and may commence business only after the stall is confirmed to be in compliance with the specifications."

Members of the public can visit the FEHD website for details on the allocation of vacant fixed hawker pitches, methods of submitting applications, and stall construction requirements.

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