How to Spend the Perfect Weekend in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong-based Hollywood actress and high-fashion model calls her adopted hometown an exciting blend of cultures. "Hong Kong is a real mix of East and West," she says. "It's the culture that makes the city so special."
The city's cultural celebrations include epic festivities like Lunar New Year when Victoria Harbour's sky is lit up with fireworks, the centuries old Cheung Chau Bun Festival when competitors scramble up a tower of steamed buns filled with lotus paste and the thrilling Victoria Harbour river races of the Dragon Boat Festival. This Lunar New Year (17 February) welcomes the Year of the Horse, when the city's streets come alive with parades, lantern displays and bloom displays; considered auspicious for the new year. The festivities last for two weeks, culminating this year on 3 March; the Lantern Festival.
