To mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, a Huaiyang food week was launched in Hong Kong on July 7.
Chefs specializing in Huaiyang cuisine prepared an innovative Huaiyang classic - Red Mansion Banquet, a series of traditional dishes created by culinary and cultural experts in Jiangsu based on the food described in the literary masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions.
At the opening ceremony, artists from Yangzhou of Jiangsu province also showcased a series of intangible cultural heritages including paper-cutting, embroidery, woodblock printing, tanci kaipian (storytelling in a local dialect to the accompaniment of stringed instruments), Yangzhou storytelling, and Yangzhou ditty and puppet show.
