Batgung

If you are planning a vacation in Hong Kong around August / September time, it is worth checking the calendar to see if you can be here for the Mid Autumn Festival. Parks are filled with children carrying lanterns, which makes a very pretty scene. Traditional lanterns are made of paper, with small candles inside. You can still see plenty of them, but as these photos show, battery-powered inflatable "lanterns" are getting more and more common.