Tsing Yi Tin Hau Festival 2016 青衣天后誕

My friends and I spent an afternoon sketching the festive scene of this year's Tin Hau birthday celebration on Tsing Yi Island!  Tin Hau is a very popular sea goddess in Hong Kong, worshipped by many people in every district.  The Cantonese opera street theatre on Tsing Yi Island is especially huge and the street food market is just fantastic!   After sketching, we ate our way through the street food market where many street snacks are becoming increasing difficult to find in regular shopping malls.

下午同畫友速寫青衣天后誕戲棚同食市。雖不是粵劇迷，但邊速寫邊聽粵曲，傳來句句古雅粵語，的確別有一番風味！速寫完，大家不忘掃街，串燒、大菜糕、鵪春蛋、澳門豬肉丸同椰青，食飽後滿足離場。

Tsing Yi Tin Hau Birthday Celebration 青衣天后誕

It was the first time I went to the street market and Cantonese Opera street theatre for Tsing Yi Tin Hau birthday celebration.  The locals were all so obsessed with the many street food and snacks offered by the large number of street stalls there!   What a very festive sight!   I believe most Hongkongese have become bored with the chain stores and air-conditioned malls in Hong Kong!   Such street markets should be present in every district and town around the city all year round!  I believe they do not just provide an alternative and cheaper choice for the locals but also help preserve local food and cultures!

青衣天后誕戲棚同市集規模大，美食處處，現場個個食得淘醉，熱鬧非常！ 其實香港每區每市都要有大型地攤市集啦，一來有助保留地區特色美食同文化，二來市民又多個商場外的選擇，三來更可以等多尐人小本創業，有助復興經濟！