The custom of "sek pun" of villagers in Sheung Shui

After villagers of Sheung Shui completed their ancestral worship, food was cooked on the hill and served in basins. People sat around the basins to enjoy the food. This custom is also called “sek shan tou”, which means eating on the hillside.

Date c.1960s to c.1970s
Material Type Image
Collection The Oral Legacies Series II: The Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Hong Kong
Source Hong Kong Museum of History. Image Reference No.: P2000.385
Repository Hong Kong Museum of History
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Hong Kong Museum of History
Accession No. lcs-ich(2)-0094
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