HKFP Lens: ‘Flying dragons’ and flower blossoms at Hong Kong Lunar New Year Fair

Published
2024/02/09 11:00 (CST)

Hongkongers have flocked to festive fairs to buy flowers and other seasonal adornments as the city prepares to mark its first Lunar New Year on Saturday since all Covid-19 pandemic restrictions were lifted.

A woman at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K

At the city’s largest Lunar New Year Fair at Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, which runs until midnight on February 10, multiple variations on the Year of the Dragon theme were on display – from balloons to stuffed animals – as well as flowers believed to be auspicious.

People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K

Once host to stalls selling satirical items from pro-democracy parties, the government bids for stalls by members of the Democratic Party, citing a recently added term giving officials the right to dismiss bids without saying why.

Students at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
A woman at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
A woman holds a dragon balloon at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
People at a Lunar New Year Fair in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K
A Lunar New Year Fair held in Causeway Bay’s Victoria Park, in Hong Kong, on February 5, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Credit: KYLE_LAM.Y.K

Words by Shan Chan.

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