People ambling through Sai Kung’s Waterfront Park will be struck by an outstanding artwork straddling the duck-less duck pond. “Bamboo Chapel”, designed and built by the artist Hui Ka-hung, is the centrepiece of the Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival, running until the end of the month. “Bamboo Chapel” is quite beautiful with its red, blue and yellow geometrically shaped glass panels shining in the sun.
This festival, now in its third year, commemorates nearly 300 years of peaceful co-existence of Roman Catholicism and Hakka culture on Yim Tin Tsai island, perhaps the most storied in Sai Kung. If you want to know what it is all about call on the charming girls who have volunteered to man the visitor centre at Waterfront Park or visit the website www.yimtintsaiartsfestival.hk
During the last two weeks of this year, there will be shows on “The Story of Yim Tin Tsai”, Hakka teacake-making workshops, classes on salt-making, a heritage industry of Yim Tin Tsai, and guided walking tours of the island after you disembark from the Kaito. The festival is organised by the Tourism Commission and Hulu Culture. UNESCO heritage awards have been given to the iconic St Joseph’s Chapel on Yim Tin Tsai and for preservation of the salt pans.
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