Since I arrived in Hong Kong, I got used to often compare Shanghai and Hong Kong. One thing good about Hong Kong is the government often organizes good activities for the local people, such as the Mid-Autumn Carnival in Victoria Park. While in Shanghai or let's say mainland in this case, although you might assume the festival tradition should be deeper and more perfound, the fact is completely opposite. Nothing special has been ever arranged, it is even not considered as a Public Holiday. But according to the tradition, people in Shanghai do eat moon cakes and watch the moon. Sometimes, I wonder if China has thrown away too much its history content in exchange of this so-called morden society.
OK, let me go back to the Carnival. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't so good. But the passion of people for the festival wasn't reduced at all. There are people everywhere. Several performances are presented, such as different sorts of dancings. In the middle of the square, there is a scene built by laterns, including a pagoda, a pond and lotus. Beside this scene, there is light riddle section. People queued up to get the riddle and they could put the result to the relevant boxes. A old man, chairman of Hong Kong Riddle Association, was on the stage. Time by time he released the results and explained them. The most funny part for me, is the palm tell corner. A row of plam telling specialists sat behind the tables, and there were about 60 people in a line to wait and get their palm/fortune explained.
After a complete tour around the park, I was quite satisfied about this visit. It is always a nice way to discover Hong Kong and get to know more about here.