Street-side altars

Taiping Qingjiao, a festival on Cheung Chau island

Cheung Chau island is known for its festival of buns. Said to give thanks for deliverance from the plague and placate the ghosts of pirates, the festival involves a parade and building towers of buns and temporary temples with paper gods.

Lion dancing - Hong Kong style

Goddess of Seafarers - Tin Hau Temple

© Richard Evans

Three monkeys

Duanwu or Dragon Boat Festival

A Chinese friend took us to a branch of the river just outside Zhangzhou where we found the locals energetically participating in and watching dragon boat races.

The courtyard outside the local temple was packed with people and their parked bikes and scooters. People were selling snacks and trinkets, and a stage was set up for opera performances. Further down the river we saw a performance of the famous Zhangzhou hand puppets.

Coffee - Chinese style

Coffee is a luxury here, even instant coffee. Where it is made well it is often brewed in elaborate percolators.

Blokes and their birds

Roger's nursery