Hong kong

When it comes to travel to Hong Kong for winter vacations, it is more likely that traditional celebrations of this season run away with her mind, bringing images of the parade of Chinese New Year, which is in fact one of the main seasonal attractions in the city. However, Hong Kong became a British colony in 1842 and the Opium War of 1860 left the city as a British protectorate until 2000, when Hong Kong returned to China. History made this place a cosmopolitan city where visitors can enjoy a traditional Christmas cake with milk, or New Year dinner with a Cantonese touch. In fact, many hotels in Hong Kong offer special packages from late November until mid-February to cover all the seasonal events, including the Chinese New Year.

On the side of the island, some of the most popular hotels include the Charterhouse Empire, Hotel Causeway Bay, South Pacific Hotel, Novotel Century, Grand Hyatt. Hotel JW Marriott, Ritz Carlton Hong Kong Harbor Plaza North Point. Area Kowloon Hong Kong has many other famous hotels, such as the YMCA International House, the Imperial Hotel, Ramada Hotel Kowloon, Royal Pacific Tower, and the Inter-Continental Hotel Nikko Hong Kong.

If the booking of accommodation in the traditional district of Kowloon and New Territories, or the outlaying island, Christmas and New Year in Hong Kong are seasonal events. Chinese New Year in Hong Kong for three days and about the upcoming February 18, 2007. The new moon comes to the end of Year of the Dog and welcomes the Year of the Boar, which is the twelfth animal of the Chinese horoscope.

Although Christmas is celebrated like any other big city in the western world there is also, as the parade New Year with fireworks. Dragon dancers are the main attraction at New Year Parade, going from one point to another on the island, extending the good wishes and chase away evil spirits left last year. Christmas celebrations not only attract many international visitors to Hong Kong to see how the East celebrated the holidays, but it also attracts artists from around the world gather in Hong Kong.

Hotels in Hong Kong and Christmas trees decorate the ornaments are dressed in colors throughout December, but many other coaches will remain until the Chinese New Year, when music, dance and street artists are increasingly all streets of the Bay.

Christmas lights are replaced with paper lanterns hanging from buildings. The candles are placed inside the lantern to create a blaze of colors through the streets of Hong Kong. They are usually made of red paper and golden ink, symbolizing happiness, prosperity, healing and good fortune.

Hong Kong is full of floral arrangements throughout the island. There will be literally millions of people in the streets, thronged the streets of Hong Kong for the celebration of days and create an atmosphere like you will never see in any other city in the world. A grand display of fireworks and firecrackers in Victoria Harbor announces the end of the festivities of Chinese New Year.

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