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Monkey God Festival |
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All the primary traditional festival of Hong Kong are really lively and full of noise in which thousands of people gather together for the grand celebrations. All these festivals are the best ways to feel the unparalleled culture of this advanced destination of Hong Kong staying on the coast of southern part of China. There are several great festivals all the way through the whole year in China to make all the people happy as well as lively. Every year, the city of Hong Kong is prepared to celebrate the most naughtily or annoyingly playful deity at the yearly celebrated Monkey god festival. The Monkey god festival is a one day festival and this one-day festival is held on the 19th of September in the Sau Mau Ping Temple in Kowloon of Hong Kong. All the festivals of Hong Kong are celebrated by performing some unique culture of the island and these are undoubtedly an awesome experience for a layman while traveling in Hong Kong.
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The Monkey god festival unfolds a tale of salvation. By the legend, The monkey god was threw out from the Taoist heaven for some mischief-making but later was ransomed after a pilgrim's journey to the Western part to achieve Buddhist educations.
All the tourists can see a obsessed medium plays the monkey's ordeals. The medium then carry over burning coals before climbing up a ladder of edge tool to act the efforts to accomplish the god.
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