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Added on the 25/06/2020 12:46:55 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hong Kong's Disneyland shuts its doors until further notice over the deadly virus outbreak in central China, a day after city authorities classified the crisis as an emergency. The closure will pile fresh misery on Hong Kong's tourism, leisure and retail industries which have already been battered by more than seven months of often-violent pro-democracy protests. IMAGES
People in Hong Kong gather to light incense sticks at a temple to welcome the Year of the Rabbit. IMAGES
A Hong Kong cruise ship carrying 3,700 people was ordered back to port on Wednesday for virus testing after nine people were found to be close contacts in an Omicron variant outbreak. IMAGES
Hong Kong, Sep 20 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong prepared Monday for the Mid-Autumn Festival, the second-most important holiday after Chinese New Year, which will fall on Sep. 21 this year. The festival is held annually on the 15th day of the eighth Chinese calendar month and people usually light lantern, make and share moon cake as well as hold a family gathering during the festival. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE TAKE PHOTOS OF AN INFLATABLE MOON CELEBRATING THE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL ON A BARGE IN HONG KONG.
Hong Kong, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- Hong Kong was gearing up Monday to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival by hanging lanterns in the courtyards of temples. During the full moon on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar, Hong Kong celebrates the Mid Autumn Festival which falls on 21 Sept. this year. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).SHOT LIST: LANTERNS HANG IN THE COURTYARD OF WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE IN HONG KONG.
Beijing, June 14 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Wu Hong) China celebrates the Dragon Boat Festival, the traditional festival that commemorates the life and death of the poet Qu Yuan and for which people dress in hanfu, traditional Chinese clothing, and hold lanterns to celebrate the holiday. FOOTAGE FROM THE BEIJING FESTIVAL
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