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Hong Kong Holidays/ Festivals 2018
2015 Calendar below for reference
The first day of January 1 Jan
Chinese New Year of the Goat 19 Feb
The second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year

Che Kung's Birthday

20 Feb
The third day of the Lunar New Year 21 Feb
Spring Lantern Festival / Yuen Siu 5 Mar
Chinese Groundhog Day 6 Mar
Ching Ming Festival 5 Apr
The day following Ching Ming Festival 6 Apr
Good Friday 3 Apr
The day following Good Friday 4 Apr
Easter Monday 6 Apr
Labour Day 1 May
Birthday of Tin Hau 11 May
Buddha’s Birthday and Cheung Chau Bun Festival

also Tam Kung's Birthday

25 May
Tuen Ng /  Dragon Boat Festival 20 Jun
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day 1 July
Kwan Tai / Kwan Gon's Birthday 8 Aug
Seventh Goddess' Day / Tsat-je 20 Aug
Chinese Ghosts Festival / Yue Lan 27 Aug
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival / Moon Festival 27 Sep
Day after Mid-Autumn Festival

Monkey King Festival

28 Sep
Confucius' Birthday/Teacher's Day 9 Oct
Chinese National Day 1 Oct
Chung Yeung Festival  
Winter Solstice 22 Dec
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

 

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Home > Sightseeing > Kowloon > Jade Market

Jade Market

Unlike some of the touristy markets in Hong Kong this one is an actual market, though a rather ugly one.  It is, and looks like, a collection of covered stalls under a road flyover with only a rather gauche red and green temple gateway added to one corner to give it some "Chinesy" theme.

Inside you will find row after row of little stalls covered in tiny trinkets, mostly jade but also including other similar hand worked precious items such as crystals, bone and silver.

Don't buy anything unless you either know what you are doing or really don't care what you have spent as this is a place with as much pretty junk as valuable stones.

Open hours and entrance fees:

There is no fee to enter the market and inside the stalls are open

Getting there:

Take the MTR Tuen wan line to Yau Ma Tei station then follow the signs, it is about 10 minutes walk.  First south along the main road, then turn right at Public Square street after about 5 minutes.  Go past the quite interesting garden and temple and continue on until you get to the community centre were you turn left and walk past the basket ball court.  You are then facing the market.

Near by:

Temple Street Night Marketis the best known night market in Hong Kong and is very close, but only open in the evening.

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