As in the past, Hong Kong recently held Lunar New Year Fairs in 15 locations for a period of seven days. Five years ago I shared a number of scenes from the Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair and the Fa Hui Park Lunar New Year Fair in Hong Kong. This year I had the chance to visit both again. Below is a set of photos capturing a variety of scenes from the two fairs. I visited Victoria Park Saturday evening and Fai Hui Park Sunday afternoon just before the Lunar Near Year. In general, the fairs were much as they were five years ago with the exception that were many more pig-themed items for sale — not surprising since it is now Year of the Pig. Like before, the photos capture a variety of stalls and the large crowds. And of course there a few scenes from their respective flower markets. One thing is deliberately missing though. The politically themed stalls at Victoria Park, which I featured five years ago, will appear in a later post.
And that's all for now. For Lunar New Year Fair photos taken in other locations, last year I visited the Taipei Lunar New Year Festival at Dihua Street and Macau's Lunar New Year Festival at Tap Seac Square.
Fa Hui Park Lunar New Year Fair
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| One of the entrances to the fair |
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| A dense crowd |
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| Basketball is off limits |
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| Pigs and more |
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| Giant stuffed ancient coins |
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| More pigs |
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| One of the locations to get some fair food |
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| Ah Tak - the green “keep clean ambassador” for Hong Kong's Food and Environmental Hygiene Department |
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| Some of the many flowers for sale |
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| Not all flowers found a home in time |
Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair
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| Simply making one's way from one side of the aisle to the other through the very dense crowd proved quite challenging. |
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| Yes, pigs |
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| Some Hong Kong pride |
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| Bubbles abounded |
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| Slower than a crawling pace |
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| Shirts with messages of some sort |
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| Putting ladders to use to sell pigs |
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| One last pig-themed stall |
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| The trash overflowed |
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| Non-trashy and unwilted colors |
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| These flowers sold shortly after I took the photo |
And that's all for now. For Lunar New Year Fair photos taken in other locations, last year I visited the Taipei Lunar New Year Festival at Dihua Street and Macau's Lunar New Year Festival at Tap Seac Square.
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