“Fascinating Cantonese Treasure Box” Mid-Autumn Festival Market and
Jao Tsung-I Academy Open Day 2019
Hanging Around @ JTIA is once again co-organizing the Mid-Autumn Festival Carnival with LIFE MART from 13-15 September. It is also Jao Tsung-I Academy’s Open Day this year, and through a series of themed activities, including handmade market, special exhibitions, workshops, parent-child experience activities, games zone, memory exchange activities, etc., you can open your mind’s treasure box hidden in the moonlight, and we can jointly write a new and heart-warming story.
Date: 2pm-9pm, 13 September | 1pm-8pm, 14-15 September
Place: Jao Tsung-I Academy, 800 Castle Peak Road, Mei Foo, Hong Kong
Handmade Market
LIFE MART has invited handicraft people from all over Hong Kong and Taiwan to participate in this market, bringing with them a variety of hand-made items, included food, vintage clothing, fortune-telling and tarot-reading as well as eco-friendly goods. Let’s support people who make their dreams come true with the work of their own hands!
Market Coupon Redemption
To support a wide range of craftspeople, LIFE MART will offer market coupons. All you have to do is to “Like and Share” and once these simple steps are completed, you can redeem your coupons and encourage everyone to spend more in the market (limited quantity, while stocks last).
Redemption location: Reception
Jao Tsung-I Academy Open Day
Historical buildings condense the memory of time, but revitalised buildings move towards the future. Jao Tsung-I Academy hopes to invite the public to enter the centuries-old complex through their Open Day events, listen how its story has changed over time, explore the historical imprint of the buildings, and participate in interesting cultural activities. The entire Academy is a space for us to explore with each other.
Date: 10am-9pm, 13 September 2019; 10am-8pm, 14 - 15 September 2019
Place: Jao Tsung-I Academy
Note: Most venues will be open to the public during the event, including exhibitions, event venues and special cultural guest rooms of Heritage Lodge.
Historical Heritage Twilight Guided Tour
Jao Tsung-I Academy has played different roles over the past 100 years, and retains many traces of history from this period. On this opening day, we are arranging a Historical Heritage Twilight Tour. The tour guides will lead participants to the cultural relics of the past, such as the Kowloon Pass boundary stone, the old incinerator and the ancient ferry port. We invite you to explore together and travel through different times and space in areas that are not ordinarily open to the public.
Time: 5pm-7pm, 14-15 September (1 tour per day)
Place: Gather at the entrance to the Gallery, Lower Zone
Quota: 20/per tour
Cost: HK$80 (including small lanterns & cold brewed tea)
Language: Cantonese
Registration: Please click here
Note: Some architectural monuments are in non-open areas; participants are required to follow the guide’s instructions.
Giant Moon & Moon Rabbit
You can spend the full-moon night with a giant rabbit and moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Photography spot: Light & Shadow lotus pond in the low zone and the Atrium in the mid zone
Searching for the Rabbit
For thousands of years, Chang’e has been trapped in the Moon Palace with only the Jade Rabbit for company. Year after year, day after day, the Jade Rabbit holds the jade pestle, kneeling as he pounds the medicine, to create the pills made that can make you immortal. In the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, the Emperor of Heaven specially rewarded Chang’e and the Jade Rabbit and they want to celebrate with the general public. However, the Jade Rabbit enjoyed so much in Jao Tsung-I Academy himself and forgot to return to the gathering point, and got separated from Chang’e .
The rabbit who wants to learn the lesson hopes that everyone can help him. In the complex, find the eight rabbits that have been scattered around; solve the words of the fairy medicine written on the Jade Rabbit, and so the Jade Rabbit and Chang’e can reunite. Friends who successfully save the Jade Rabbit will have the opportunity to stay for one night (worth HK$1,888) in a suite in the Heritage Lodge, one place per day.
Location: Event’s reception
Fun on a Starry & Moonlit Mid-autumn Night
Searching the moon for precious characters
Where will you spend time with your family this moonlit night? Let’s gaze at the mid-autumn stars and moonlight with the “Vivid World of Chinese Characters” Exhibition. Let’s enjoy the wonderful world of Chinese characters and experience a trio of surprise activities.
*All activities are free apart from “Twisting Good Characters”.
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Mid-autumn Treasure Hunt Look for mysterious lanterns and riddles hidden in the exhibition space, and upload photographs of the riddle answers to Facebook or Instagram, and get a souvenir. #Time & Place: 10:00am – 6:00pm, 1-11 September |
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Circular Amusement Park This upgraded version of the booth game is a test of your wisdom and sensitivity. Participants need to find the corresponding oracle bone and Chinese character rings and then throw these rings onto the correct bowling pin. Participants with the most matching numbers will win. #Time & Place: 5:00pm – 7:00pm, 13-15 September #Session Children: 5:00pm – 5:30pm |
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Twisting Good Characters The exhibition hall has added a “Chinese Character Capsule Machine” this Mid-Autumn Festival, with three special prizes every single day. Are you up to the challenge? #Time & Place 10:00am – 9:00pm, 13 September |
Souvenirs
In conjunction with the market’s theme, local illustrators were invited to design a hand fan that people will be given as soon as they enter the venue to remember the event. (The number of souvenirs is limited, while stocks last)
Location: Event’s reception
Time Captured on Paper
- Old Days x Old Documents -
Limited Edition Exhibition
Thousands of moments are captured on yellowing paper, recording the passing of time and memories so that they will never be forgotten.
In this limited edition exhibition, Hanging Around @ JTIA will collaborate with the Hong Kong Collectors Association to open time’s treasure box by showing over 50 precious historical papers that recall the footsteps of past growth.
Time：2pm-9pm, 13 September | 1pm-8pm, 14-15 September
Place：Hall 3, Block P, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Acknowledgement: Hong Kong Collectors Society
“Fascinating Cantonese Treasure Box” - Cantonese Exhibition
From babble language, we learn to speak word by word till we can say a whole sentence; we grow, we learn another word, and then another sentence till we can converse with those around us of our feeling and important moments. This is mostly expressed in Cantonese, the common language of the current generation of Hong Kong people.
Teams will use Cantonese as the theme. There will be different "Text Cards" in the exhibition to introduce different Cantonese words, explanations, and cultural meanings. Some of the cards use invisible pigments to paint the moon, and visitors can use the UV flashlight to find the hidden moons. In line with the theme of the exhibition, there will be Cantonese crosswords, Cantonese TV, word-making sports, and talks on Cantonese. Remember to find your fascinating Cantonese Treasure Box in this Mid-autumn Festival.
Time: 2pm - 9pm, 13 September | 1pm-8 pm, 14-15 September
Venue: Resource Centre, Block G, Middle Zone, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Free admission
Themed Capsule Machine
The capsule machine must be one of the most popular playthings for kids! This time, LIFE MART team will present you with a classic nostalgic “Cantonese Capsule Machine”. We will choose some interesting Cantonese words and make them into exquisite and mysterious gifts, so that everyone can also learn about the rich Cantonese culture while nostalgic.
Time: 2pm-9pm, 13 September | 1pm-8pm, 14-15 September
Place: Resource centre, first floor, block G, middle zone, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Hide and Seek Tour X Jao Tsung-I Academy
“There’s Some Things you don’t know about Cantonese!” Talk & Sharing Session
Cantonese is the mother tongue of most Hong Kong people. Although everyone speaks Cantonese every day, our relationship with it is like “the most familiar stranger”, despite people being able to “listen and read” it. In order to discuss Cantonese culture, “Hide & Seek Tour” in conjunction with Jao Tsung-I Academy, will give for the first time during the Open Day and Mid-Autumn Festivals talk and share with participants on “There’s some things you don’t know about Cantonese!” , discussing the use of Cantonese in ancient and modern poetry and modern Cantonese pop songs. Together, we can support and pass on our mother tongue by learning more about it!
Organizers: Jao Tsung-I Academy & Hide and Seek Tour
Session A: 3pm-5pm, Saturday 14 September 2019
Session B: 3pm-5pm, Sunday 15 September 2019
(Same content for both sessions)
Place: Fascinating Cantonese Treasure Box Exhibition, First floor, Block G, Middle Zone, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Speaker: George Wan (founder of “Hide and Seek Tour”, a cultural tour organizer)
Quota: 50 per session（suitable for ages 16 and over, first come, first served till quota is filled）
Cost: Free, for supporting the transmission of Cantonese culture
Inter-school Chinese Character Design Competition Exhibition
“Chinese characters derive from pictures and are always in the same line without interruption”
─ Professor Jao Tsung-i in Symbols, First Texts and Letters – The Chinese Character Tree
Sinologist Jao Tsung-i, expounded the origin and evolution of Chinese characters in his book Symbols, First Text and Letters – The Chinese Character Tree. The ancients created the earliest graphic text by observing the shape of the sun and the moon in the heavens and the earth, and the footsteps of the birds and beasts. They eventually developed into a unique text system that has been passed down to the present, and which encapsulates the worldview of Chinese civilization.
The aim of the competition encourages students to explore the wisdom and beauty of Chinese characters, and to deepen their understanding and knowledge of Chinese culture by integrating Chinese characters into their designs.
A total of 27 primary and secondary schools took part in the competition with a total of 390 student works collected. The judging is based on the four criteria of originality, creativity, content-related theme, and wisdom and beauty of the Chinese character. There are 12 winning entries from two categories. A total of 168 entries from primary and secondary schools were selected for the exhibition; we look forward to seeing you there!
Date: 13.9 – 9.10.2019 (Closed on Mondays)
Time: 10am – 6pm
Venue: Exhibition Hall, G/F Block F, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Free admission
Workshops
Capsule Machine DIY Workshop
“Anew Toy” is a social enterprise scheme dedicated to community-based, rejuvenating toys and allowing children to enjoy toys and games in an equal environment. “Anew Toy” also encourages children to share toys and teach them to make their own toys, to give play to their own creative advantages and enhance their self-worth.
There are many capsule machines on the market. Have you ever thought about making your own capsule machine with your mum and dad? Out of a shoe box? Water bottle? Cardboard? Using environmentally friendly materials, the “Recycled Toy Store” will teach you how to make a capsule machine.
Date: 3pm-4:30pm, 13 September 2019
Place: Workshop 2, Block K, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 10 family groups (suitable for ages 6 and over accompanied by a parent)
Cost: HK $180 /family (1 child + 1 adult)
Registration: Please click here
A Brush and Ink - Calming the Mind with Zen Painting
Zentangle painting from the United States is a kind of spiritual activity that transcends religion. Under the guidance of an instructor, different Zen patterns are repeated over and over again. In this environment of freedom, where there is no right or wrong, comparison or criticism, calm your mind, relax, and with one stroke at a time, focus on the moment; be aware of the body’s emotions and thoughts when painting. With every stroke, breathe in and out, return to the present, and be aware of the state of your mind and body.
Chinese tools have been used to create Zen paintings in the West. Do you want to have try? Let us attempt to paint a Zen-style painting with brush and ink one stroke at a time, and create a Zen-like painting that resembles an ink painting.
The class purposely practices meditation, focusing on simplicity and reality, so participants will be able to integrate meditation into their lives when they return to their families.
Instructor: Carrie Yue, Certified Zentangle Teacher, CZT 22
Date: 1pm-3pm, 14 September 2019
Place: Lecture hall, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 15 (suitable for ages 16 and over)
Cost: HK $320/per person (including all materials)
Registration: Please click here
*Participants need not have any painting or meditation experience.
Media Reports:
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Ming Pao Weekly: http://bit.ly/CarrieFish_mpweekly
Old-Style Hand-cranked “Nursery Rhyme” Music Box
A nursery rhyme hides a story, it is you, my growing years, and perhaps it is the common feelings of three generations of the family. Bubble Dreams Garden tries to remember these melodies and use a paper spectrum to tell the story, so as to promote the concept of “Grandparents and children making happy memories together”.
The workshop will teach you how to create a unique music box and paper spectrum to express your feelings to yourself or to those you care about.
Date: 3:30pm-5pm, 14 September 2019
Place: Activity room 10, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 8 (suitable for ages 12 and above)
Cost: HK $298 /per person
Registration: Please click here
Jungle and Animal Nordic Tapestry Workshop
Nordic tapestry displays European and American traditional weaving techniques and wool thread colours on woven fabric, making works of art for the home.
We Create Thinks & Things Design use unique woven fabric of different textures and shades of yarn. They designed “Sloth and Jungle” and “Deer and Forest” hollow wood carvings. Using wood and woven fabrics, we too can make a Nordic tapestry. The instructor will teach you several methods of shallow and deep weaving. After finishing with the wood frame, participants can create other Nordic tapestries by keeping tools such as woven boards and wooden shuttles.
We Create Thinks & Things was founded by Tin Yan and Toey. Both of them like to draw like-minded people. Tin Yan studied fashion design in Paris and did creative work after returning to Hong Kong. Toey has been studying Impressionist oil paintings for many years and likes to match different colours. The two joined a variety of knitting techniques and colour matching to design a series of knitwear. They also prepared different art-related workshops for children and adults to explore the world of art.
Date: 4pm-6pm, 14 September 2019.
Place: Lecture Hall, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 6 (suitable for ages 7 and above)
Cost: HK $400 /per person
Registration: Please click here
Lumi Snow Moon Lantern
Thistle Candle is popular for its workshops and custom gifts for a number of international brands. In the three years since the opening of the business, it has had thousands of students from Taiwan, Japan, and the United Kingdom. Sourcing raw materials from all over the world, jumping out of the limits candle containers, to bring new possibilities to the shape and style of the candle.
Inspired by the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Thistle Candle team designed the Snow Moon Lantern. Its surface texture mimics the lunar surface, and the waxy snowy moonlight transmits light, which makes the light from the inside highlight the texture of the moon.
Date: 6pm-8pm, 14 September
Place: Workshop 2, Block K, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 12 (suitable for ages 12 and over)
Cost: HK $520 /per person
Registration: Please click here
Mid-Autumn Festival Paper-cut Workshop
Paper-cutting is a traditional folk craft with a long history in China. Most themes celebrate theme of good and auspicious blessings. In 2009, paper cuts were included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO’sList of Representative Works of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The tools for paper-cutting are very simple. Just pair of scissors and a piece of red paper can be used, but patterns can be ever-changing and dazzling. This Mid-Autumn Festival, the teacher, Cui Fengyi, who also designed the Moon Rabbit, pattern for this year’s festival, will get workshop participants to create a work of art while learning the techniques of paper-cutting. The finished papercut can not only be taken home for holiday decoration, but also can be sent to relatives and friends, to send them a warm blessing this festive season.
Instructor: Cui Fengyi
Time: 15 September 2019, 2pm-3pm (first session), 3:30pm-4:30pm (second session)
Place: Activity room 10, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 15 /per session (suitable for ages 6 and above with an accompanying adult )
Cost: HK$80 per person / per family (1adult + 1 adult) (including all materials & tools)
Registration: Please click here
Natural Leftovers dyeing - “Family Tie-Dyeing Experience”
A picture book made out of leftovers and onions, lets children know about the problem of kitchen waste in Hong Kong, and how to simply use leftover ingredients and simple tools to tie dye and so to create a unique personal fabric. Each family group receives two pieces of material, including a 50cm x 50cm square towel and A3-size bag to produce their own creation.
Date: 15 September 2019, 3pm-4pm
Place: Workshop 2, Block K, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 12 family groups (suitable for ages 5 and above with an accompanying adult)
Cost: HK $330 / family (1 adult + 1child)
Registration: Please click here
Recycle is Fun
The taste of snacks is important, but attractive snack packaging is equally addictive. The instructor will teach you to upgrade these snack bags to coin wallets, ID holders, and carry bags – and give second life to what many see as simply garbage.
Instructor Peony from the clothing industry, has a strong interest in acupuncture, set up Recycle is Fun, transforming snack packaging into bags and purses.
Date: 15 September 2019, 3pm-5pm
Place: Activity Room 9, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 8 (suitable for ages 9 and over; ages 9-11 needs an accompanying adult)
Cost: HK $198 /person
Registration: Please click here
Moonlight Star Wishing Light
“Look at the stars, and if you can see four of them in a line, make back-to-back wishes. If you can hear a distant star, your wish will come true!” In this moonlight night light workshop, in addition to making a cool moon, you can create your own planet and pick up some stars! Using different materials, pick out your colour, texture and pattern, to create a distinctive star light!
Date: 15 September, 5pm-7pm
Place: Activity Room 10, Block J, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Quota: 20 (suitable for ages 6 years and older)
Cost: HK $350 /per person
Registration: Please click here
*Moonlight star wishing light, approx. 8 cm
Historical Heritage Twilight Guided Tour
Jao Tsung-I Academy has played different roles over the past 100 years, and retains many traces of history from this period. On this opening day, we are arranging a Historical Heritage Twilight Tour. The tour guides will lead participants to the cultural relics of the past, such as the Kowloon Pass boundary stone, the old incinerator and the ancient ferry port. We invite you to explore together and travel through different times and space in areas that are not ordinarily open to the public.
Time: 5pm-7pm, 14-15 September (1 tour per day)
Place: Gather at the entrance to the Gallery, Lower Zone
Quota: 20/per tour
Cost: HK$80 (including small lanterns & cold brewed tea)
Language: Cantonese
Registration: Please click here
Note: Some architectural monuments are in non-open areas; participants are required to follow the guide’s instructions.
Jao Tsung-I Academy Open Day Event── “Traces” Left Behind
Another year, another Mid-Autumn Festival. Isn’t it a pity that autumn will come and the purple and red petals will fade and wilt silently and colourlessly away? Don’t worry, because you can still keep them! Jao Tsung-I Academy will collect petals that fall naturally to the ground and use them on specially prepared postcards. By gently pressing the petals on the paper, you can give new colour to the black and white historical buildings and thus preserve the scenery of the Academy.
Time: 2pm-6pm, 13-15 September
Place: Lecture Hall, Block J, Middle Zone, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Free
Games Zone
In conjunction with the warm and lively atmosphere of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a childhood games zone will be set up providing games such as throwing rainbows, water balloon fishing, fishing for ducks, hand-eye coordination games. We invite children, both large and small, to relive these simple, but fun games.
Time: 2pm-9pm, 13 September | 1pm-8pm, 14-15 September
Place: Outside Block F, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Cost: HK$10 / per time
Casually Making Friends
Apart from gathering together with family and friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is also a good day to make new friends. Participants receive a beautifully designed Cantonese-themed postcard for only HK$10. Everyone writes words on the postcard which we will then randomly give to other participants so you can get to know one another.
Time: 2pm-7pm, 13 September | 1pm-7pm, 14-15 September
Place: First floor, Resource Centre, Block G, Middle Zone, Jao Tsung-I Academy
Cost: Cantonese-themed postcard HK$10
Instant Photos
The Academy is a cluster of Grade 3 historical buildings, and full of decorations during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so how can you let the beautiful scenery go to waste by not taking the opportunity to take pictures? There will be old-style photographers on hand every day, providing a nostalgic photo service as well as a chance for the public to try out the instant photos for free.
Time: 2pm-8pm, 13 September | 1pm-8pm, 14-15 September
Jao Tsung-I Academy Souvenirs
“Vivid World of Chinese Characters” Souvenirs
Te Bottega
Free Tea Demonstration (Designated Pu'er tea)
Workshop Café, a venture by Pacific Coffee
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