<p>每十年，锦田的村民们会建造一座近 30 米（100 英尺）高的竹结构——足够容纳几乎半个香港文化中心的容量——以举行仪式和粤剧表演，观众包括居民、神灵和幽灵。\n 这座巨大的结构装饰着色彩斑斓的牌匾和旗帜，是香港最大的此类建筑，作为由锦田土生土长的唐氏家族组织的 2000 万港元（260 万美元）交节的中心。为期五天六夜的庆祝活动将于周六晚上开始。\n“在几代人中，[这个节日] 提醒我们必须报答我们的恩情。它也团结了我们的家族，因为在每次交节期间，大家都会回来，” 66 岁的锦田乡村委员会主席和节日首席组织者唐浩年说。\n 组织委员会的家族成员告诉《邮报》，这个节日已经以其原始形式保存了 340 年，以尊重他们的祖先，并希望团结跨世代和跨世界的家庭。\n 唐氏家族欢迎政府最近为保护非物质文化遗产所做的努力，他们认为这是一个与城市其他居民分享他们节日的机会。\n“我们一直在举办这个 [节日]，但现在它有了一个新的名字，叫做非物质文化遗产，” 68 岁的村长和组织委员会成员唐永康说。\n 这个节日包括约 10 种被当局认可为非物质文化遗产的文化实践，包括竹脚手架、舞狮和舞龙、木偶剧以及村民在仪式中穿着的传统旗袍。\n 在上个月王福苑发生致命火灾，造成至少 160 人遇难后，组织者采取了额外的安全预防措施。\n 组织委员会秘书唐洪恩告诉《邮报》，他们召开了额外会议，以分配更多人力进行夜间巡逻，增加现场灭火器的数量，并严格执行禁烟政策。\n\n 在节日期间还将设立一个专门区域，以安抚王福苑遇难者的灵魂。\n 该住宅区自去年 7 月以来一直被脚手架和网罩覆盖进行翻修工作。调查发现，窗户密封使用了易燃泡沫，部分网罩样本未通过阻燃测试。\n 锦田的交节在中文中被称为 “报恩”，可以追溯到 1685 年，当时唐氏家族寻求感谢两位官员，允许他们返回元朗的故乡。\n 该家族与其他沿海社区在清朝初期（1644-1911 年）被迫向内陆迁移，以防止他们协助郑成功——一位出生于日本的半华裔海商，他凭借强大的海上力量崛起于福建沿海。\n 为了纪念广东和广西的总督周有德和广东省省长王来仁的帮助，村民们在锦田水头村建造了周王义公书院，并建立了每十年举行一次交节的传统。\n 根据香港科技大学文化人类学教授刘铁生的说法，交节在新界的村落社区中很常见，作为感谢神灵保护和安抚游荡灵魂的方式，防止他们打扰生者。\n“这些交节也是地方领导和精英展示他们能力的方式，而对村民来说，这是获得神灵保护和见到久未相见的朋友的机会，” 刘说。\n\n 锦田的节日与众不同之处在于其宏大的规模和独特的道教传统。村民们邀请来自不同道教派别的仪式大师，形成独特的仪式实践和解读。\n 节日围绕着从 12 月 13 日至 19 日的五天六夜道教仪式展开，仪式将在竹脚手架结构上举行，道教大师和家族代表将参与其中。\n 仪式将在最后一晚以游行的形式达到高潮，游行中将有一个巨大的纸浆战士和焚烧供品以安抚灵魂，随后在第二天进行的结束游行将把神灵送回书院。\n 仪式结束后，竹结构将被改造成一个 6000 座的粤剧舞台。除了村民和游客外，在仪式中受到尊敬的神灵和被安抚的幽灵也被算作观众。\n 准备工作提前 10 个月开始，委员会成员安排脚手架的建设，委托纸浆雕塑，选择剧团，并任命家族负责人参与仪式。\n 主席唐表示，今年的节日费用约为 2000 万港元（257 万美元），其中 450 万港元用于脚手架结构，700 万港元用于素食盆菜——一种在大型分层碗中供应的共享宴席菜肴。\n61 岁的委员会接待和总务部门成员唐伟添表示，组织这一十年一度的活动通常由五六十岁的家族成员负责，长辈们传授他们的知识和经验。\n“许多我们的家族成员在退休后会回来参与村务。我们的遗产就是从这里一点一点开始的，” 唐，这位前警察说。\n 年轻成员被鼓励享受节日活动并处理较小的任务——例如在游行中抬举巨大的纸浆人物——然后在生活的后期承担更大的角色，他补充道。\n</p>

<p>甘田交节，这一有着数百年历史的传统节日，重返香港。由唐氏家族主办的节日设有一个 30 米高的竹结构用于仪式和粤剧表演。它包括被认定为非物质文化遗产的文化活动，如舞狮和木偶戏。由于近期发生的火灾事件，安全措施得到了加强。该节日可以追溯到 1685 年，旨在感谢官员并团结家庭。节日中包含独特的道教仪式，并以游行和戏剧表演作为高潮</p>

<p>Once every decade, villagers in Kam Tin build a nearly 30-metre (100-foot) tall bamboo structure – large enough to hold almost half the capacity of the Hong Kong Coliseum – to stage rituals and Cantonese opera performances for an audience of residents, deities and spirits alike.\nThe colossal structure, adorned with vibrant plaques and a flag, is the largest of its kind in Hong Kong and serves as the centrepiece of the HK$20 million (US$2.6 million) Jiao Festival organised by the indigenous Tang clan of Kam Tin. The five-day, six-night celebration will begin on Saturday evening.\n“Throughout the generations, [this festival] reminds us that we must repay our gratitudes. It also unites our clan, as during every Jiao festival, everyone comes back,” said 66-year-old Tang Ho-nin, chairman of the Kam Tin Rural Committee and chief organiser of the festival.\nClansmen of the organising committee told the Post that the festival had been preserved in its original form for 340 years, out of respect for their ancestors and the desire to unite families across generations and across the world.\nThe Tang clan welcomed the government’s recent efforts to safeguard intangible cultural heritage, which they saw as an opportunity to share their festival with other residents in the city.\n“We have been doing this [festival] all along, but now there’s a new name for it being intangible cultural heritage,” said Tang Wing-hong, 68, a village chief and member of the organising committee.\nThe festival features about 10 cultural practices recognised by authorities as intangible cultural heritage, including bamboo scaffolding, lion and dragon dancing, puppet theatre and the traditional cheongsams worn by villagers during rituals.\nBeing held shortly after last month’s deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court that killed at least 160 people, organisers have taken extra precautions to ensure safety.\nSecretary of the organising committee Tang Hung-yan told the Post that additional meetings were held to allocate more manpower for night patrols around the festival, increase the number of fire extinguishers on site and enforce a strict no smoking policy.\n\nA dedicated area will also be set up during the festival to appease the spirits of the Wang Fuk Court victims.\nThe estate had been covered in scaffolding and netting for renovation work since July last year. Investigations later found that flammable foam had been used to seal windows, and some of the netting samples failed fire-retardant tests.\nKnown in Chinese as “repayment for benevolence”, Kam Tin’s Jiao Festival dates back to 1685, when the Tang clansmen sought to thank two officials for allowing them to return to their homeland in Yuen Long.\nThe clan, along with other coastal communities, had been forced to move inland during the early years of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) to prevent them from aiding forces led by Zheng Chenggong – a Japan-born, half-Chinese sea merchant who rose to power with his formidable maritime might from the coast of Fujian.\nTo commemorate the help of Zhou Youde, viceroy of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Wang Lairen, governor of Guangdong, villagers built the Chou Wong Yi Kung Study Hall in Shui Tau Tsuen, Kam Tin, and established the tradition of holding a Jiao Festival every 10 years.\nAccording to cultural anthropologist Professor Liu Tik-sang of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Jiao festivals were common among village communities in the New Territories, serving as a way to thank the gods for their protection and to appease wandering spirits, preventing them from disturbing the living.\n“These Jiao festivals were also a way for local leaders and elites to show their capabilities, while for villagers, it’s a chance to get protection from the gods and see friends they haven’t met in a long time,” Liu said.\n\nWhat sets Kam Tin’s festival apart is its grand scale and its distinct Taoist tradition. Villagers invite ceremonial masters from a different Taoist school, resulting in unique ritual practices and interpretations.\nCentred around five days and six nights of Taoist rituals from December 13 to 19, the festival’s ceremonies will be held at the bamboo scaffolding structure, and Taoist masters and family representatives will take part.\nThe rituals will culminate in a parade featuring a giant papier-mache warrior and the burning of offerings to appease spirits on the final evening, followed by a concluding procession returning the gods to the study hall on the next day.\nAfter the ceremonies, the bamboo structure will be transformed into a 6,000-seat Cantonese opera stage. Besides villagers and visitors, the gods honoured and the ghosts appeased during the rituals are also counted among the audience.\nPreparations begin 10 months in advance, with committee members arranging the construction of the scaffolding, commissioning papier-mache sculptures, selecting opera troupes and appointing heads of families to participate in the rituals.\nChairman Tang said this year’s festival would cost about HK$20 million (US$2.57 million), with HK$4.5 million spent on the scaffolding structure and HK$7 million on vegetarian poon choi – a communal banquet dish served in large layered bowls.\nTang Wai-tim, 61, a member of the committee’s reception and general affairs section, said organising the once-a-decade event typically fell to clansmen in their fifties and sixties, with elders passing on their knowledge and experience.\n“Many of our clansmen return [after retirement] to take up duties in the village’s affairs. Our legacy begins bit by bit from here,” Tang, a former policeman, said.\nYounger members were encouraged to enjoy the festivities and handle smaller tasks – such as carrying giant papier-mache figures during parades – before taking up larger roles later in life, he added.\n</p>
<div class="lb-trans"><p>每十年，锦田的村民们会建造一座近 30 米（100 英尺）高的竹结构——足够容纳几乎半个香港文化中心的容量——以举行仪式和粤剧表演，观众包括居民、神灵和幽灵。\n 这座巨大的结构装饰着色彩斑斓的牌匾和旗帜，是香港最大的此类建筑，作为由锦田土生土长的唐氏家族组织的 2000 万港元（260 万美元）交节的中心。为期五天六夜的庆祝活动将于周六晚上开始。\n“在几代人中，[这个节日] 提醒我们必须报答我们的恩情。它也团结了我们的家族，因为在每次交节期间，大家都会回来，” 66 岁的锦田乡村委员会主席和节日首席组织者唐浩年说。\n 组织委员会的家族成员告诉《邮报》，这个节日已经以其原始形式保存了 340 年，以尊重他们的祖先，并希望团结跨世代和跨世界的家庭。\n 唐氏家族欢迎政府最近为保护非物质文化遗产所做的努力，他们认为这是一个与城市其他居民分享他们节日的机会。\n“我们一直在举办这个 [节日]，但现在它有了一个新的名字，叫做非物质文化遗产，” 68 岁的村长和组织委员会成员唐永康说。\n 这个节日包括约 10 种被当局认可为非物质文化遗产的文化实践，包括竹脚手架、舞狮和舞龙、木偶剧以及村民在仪式中穿着的传统旗袍。\n 在上个月王福苑发生致命火灾，造成至少 160 人遇难后，组织者采取了额外的安全预防措施。\n 组织委员会秘书唐洪恩告诉《邮报》，他们召开了额外会议，以分配更多人力进行夜间巡逻，增加现场灭火器的数量，并严格执行禁烟政策。\n\n 在节日期间还将设立一个专门区域，以安抚王福苑遇难者的灵魂。\n 该住宅区自去年 7 月以来一直被脚手架和网罩覆盖进行翻修工作。调查发现，窗户密封使用了易燃泡沫，部分网罩样本未通过阻燃测试。\n 锦田的交节在中文中被称为 “报恩”，可以追溯到 1685 年，当时唐氏家族寻求感谢两位官员，允许他们返回元朗的故乡。\n 该家族与其他沿海社区在清朝初期（1644-1911 年）被迫向内陆迁移，以防止他们协助郑成功——一位出生于日本的半华裔海商，他凭借强大的海上力量崛起于福建沿海。\n 为了纪念广东和广西的总督周有德和广东省省长王来仁的帮助，村民们在锦田水头村建造了周王义公书院，并建立了每十年举行一次交节的传统。\n 根据香港科技大学文化人类学教授刘铁生的说法，交节在新界的村落社区中很常见，作为感谢神灵保护和安抚游荡灵魂的方式，防止他们打扰生者。\n“这些交节也是地方领导和精英展示他们能力的方式，而对村民来说，这是获得神灵保护和见到久未相见的朋友的机会，” 刘说。\n\n 锦田的节日与众不同之处在于其宏大的规模和独特的道教传统。村民们邀请来自不同道教派别的仪式大师，形成独特的仪式实践和解读。\n 节日围绕着从 12 月 13 日至 19 日的五天六夜道教仪式展开，仪式将在竹脚手架结构上举行，道教大师和家族代表将参与其中。\n 仪式将在最后一晚以游行的形式达到高潮，游行中将有一个巨大的纸浆战士和焚烧供品以安抚灵魂，随后在第二天进行的结束游行将把神灵送回书院。\n 仪式结束后，竹结构将被改造成一个 6000 座的粤剧舞台。除了村民和游客外，在仪式中受到尊敬的神灵和被安抚的幽灵也被算作观众。\n 准备工作提前 10 个月开始，委员会成员安排脚手架的建设，委托纸浆雕塑，选择剧团，并任命家族负责人参与仪式。\n 主席唐表示，今年的节日费用约为 2000 万港元（257 万美元），其中 450 万港元用于脚手架结构，700 万港元用于素食盆菜——一种在大型分层碗中供应的共享宴席菜肴。\n61 岁的委员会接待和总务部门成员唐伟添表示，组织这一十年一度的活动通常由五六十岁的家族成员负责，长辈们传授他们的知识和经验。\n“许多我们的家族成员在退休后会回来参与村务。我们的遗产就是从这里一点一点开始的，” 唐，这位前警察说。\n 年轻成员被鼓励享受节日活动并处理较小的任务——例如在游行中抬举巨大的纸浆人物——然后在生活的后期承担更大的角色，他补充道。\n</p>
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传统的延续：香港拥有数百年历史的锦田饶节重现