Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Cheung Chau Bun Festival
包山節
A mountain of buns to be climbed for the festival
StatusActive
GenreFestival
Date(s)April / May
FrequencyAnnually
Location(s)Cheung Chau, Hong Kong
Inaugurated18th century
Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Traditional Chinese包山節
Simplified Chinese包山节
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBāoshānjié
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBāau sāan jit
JyutpingBaau1 saan1 zit3
Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival
Traditional Chinese長洲太平清醮
Simplified Chinese长洲太平清醮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChángzhōu Tàipíng Qīngjiào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChèuhng jāu taai pìhng chīng jiu
JyutpingCoeng4 zau1 taai3 ping4 cing1 ziu3

Cheung Chau Bun Festival or Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. Held annually, and with therefore the most public exposure, it is by far the most famous of such Da Jiu festivals, with Jiu () being a Taoist sacrificial ceremony. Such events are held by mostly rural communities in Hong Kong, either annually or at a set interval of years ranging all the way up to once every 60 years (i.e. the same year in the Chinese astrological calendar). Other places that may share the folk custom include Taiwan, Sichuan, Fujian and Guangdong.