Mui Wo

Yesterday we took a trip to Mui Wo to witness a festval event dedicated to celebrating the sea gods. There are two sea gods of Hong Kong & China waters, the most popular god is Tin Hau, the second god is Hung Shing. We went by ferry to an outlying island to watch people give thanks to both these gods last night.

One of the final celebrations of the festival is when people place floating flower lanterns into the sea. Hundreds of people were purchasing these lanterns and could then queue up to go to the waters edge and send their lantern on its way. Each lantern represents a prayer that people make, when they release these prayers into the sea there is a possability that the prayers may be granted. Here is a single lantern I took before it got dark, none of the pictures I got in the evening came up very well because the lanterns were all moving too fast and I was too far away.


You could purchase the flower lanterns from these folks in the picture above. They had an endless supply it seemed.

What was good was that we found what looked like quite a nice beach (with shark net) to use in the future. I tried to get a good picture of the beach but this attention seeking dragon boat kept getting in the way.

In case you wanted evidence of the safe ariival of Sam and Dave then here they are on the bridge overlooking the flower lantern festivities. In the background on the right you can see the steps where people walk down to drop their lantern in the water.

And I always wondered where Robyn got her ability to fall instantly asleep on boats. Now it has become clear that it is a hereditary skill.
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