SPD4459 節日下的長洲 - 國慶日Cheung Chau under the festival - National Day

今年慶祝國慶的表演和煙火取消了，不過長洲的慶祝國慶活動如常舉辦。

The firework ceremony for National Day was canceled in this year but in Cheung Chau the ceremony activities for National Day will be on schedule.

城市的大型煙火 ，長洲的小型歌舞晚會。

Large scale firework performance in city, small scale corroboree in Cheung Chau

  

每年的國慶煙花表演，都市人會聚集在尖沙咀或灣仔的海旁欣賞大型的煙花表演。不過長洲的居民每年自己都有一個屬於長洲居民的小型慶祝國慶歌舞晚會。雖然長洲國慶歌舞晚會沒有大型的煙花表演，只有幾名長洲的嬸嬸以歌聲來讚頌國慶日。不過每個長洲的居民都會跟著一起唱歌，舞晚會的氣氛絕不會比起大型的煙花表演遜色。以簡單平實的方式做事，這就是長洲人。

People who live in city normally gather in Tsim Sha Tsui harbor or Wan chai harbor for enjoying the large scale firework ceremony for National Day every year. However, residents in Cheung Chau have their own small scale corroboree for celebrating National Day. The corroboree for celebrating National Day in Cheung Chau doesn’t have firework performance but has few Cheung Chau middle-age female to praise National Day by singing songs. Most of the residents in Cheung Chau also singed together. The atmosphere in the corroboree is as good as the large scale firework performance. Doing thing simply and practically that is the characteristic of Cheung Chau people.

大家還記得這是什麼嗎?

Do you remember what it is?

Edited by student - Matt Chan from SPD4459 Internet Marketing and Public Relations

SPD4459 碩果僅存的特色花牌│The rare survived flower banner

大家應該看過 「慶祝節日的大型花牌」吧 ! 這些常用於慶祝節日的大型花牌。 SPD4459島俠都看過幾百次了， 看也看到膩了。  在SPD4459島俠眼中也許這些鮮豔奪的大型花牌變得黯然失色。 是否在香港這個繁華的城市裡只有千篇一律毫無特色的花牌？ 

You may see large-sized flower banner for celebration something special, such as wedding, 80 years old birthday and so on! This flower banner SPD4459 Island Lover have seen more than 100 times. You may feel that such colorful flower banners are boring and dull. Is Hong Kong such a prosperous city only have the flower banner with no special feature?

螢光花牌
Fluorescent flower banner

在長洲裡，你們有沒有看到這種熟悉而陌生的花牌.螢光紅黃藍綠，是長洲的代表顏色。
In Cheung Chau, have you seen this type of flower banner you may be familiar with? Fluorescent red, yellow, blue and green represent Cheung Chau.

 

螢光招聘花牌 
Fluorescent flower banner for hiring

這一種的花牌叫螢光花牌,又可以叫做螢光大字報。長洲人會用螢光花牌作為慶祝太平清醮, 新店開張,甚至用來招聘員工.長洲螢光花牌主要會放在長洲海旁。長洲居民不論是否坐船外出，他們經過都會看一看有什麼活動將會舉辦或有什麼最新的資訊。 
The Fluorescent flower banner can be called as Fluorescent Gig-character poster. Normally, residents in Cheung Chau use those as celebrating Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival, new store opening and even hiring staffs. The Fluorescent flower banners are mainly placed at Cheung Chau waterfront. Cheung Chau residents are willing to go there and see what is the latest information and what events will be hold.     

  螢光花牌與傳統花牌

Fluorescent flower banner & Traditional flower banner

傳統花牌製作需時而且難以循環再用， 而螢光花牌主要用螢光紙板做花牌，牌上的字可以獨立拆下，又可以循環再用，真是既方便又環保！

Producing traditional flower banner is time consuming and hard to be reused and recycled.  While fluorescent flower banner consist of a large fluorescent board and several small boards that can be dismantled separately.  It is not only convenient, but also environmental friendly. 

這種古舊而有特色的溝通方式，應該只有長洲可以承傳下去。

I think that only Cheung Chau can keep this antiquate and special communication method in this prosperous city. 


Edited by student - Matt Chan from SPD4459 Internet Marketing and Public Relations