The Hong Kong paper artisan who makes flower altars and lanterns for Lunar New Year
Meet Kenneth Mo, the craftsman behind the colourful decorations and ornaments that will be used in New Territories traditions to welcome in the Year of the Rooster
Demand for flower altars and lanterns, a village folk tradition at Lunar New Year in Hong Kong’s New Territories, makes this one of the busiest times of the year for Kenneth Mo Cheuk-kei, a paper artisan.
Several bamboo frames that will be made into dragon and lion heads sit in his workshop in Yuen Long, as well as lanterns in various stages of completion.
Panda-monium in Malaysia as foreign street artist paints over Penang heritage mural
The twist in the tale? It was an artistic collaboration between the Chinese tourist and the Malaysian painter
In the video, she tells viewers in Chinese that she wanted to “add a panda” because she found the wall “very special”.
She can then be seen painting the black-and-white animal onto the footrest of a scooter in the Girl on Scooter mural. A local resident tries to stop her, but she continues painting before posing beside her finished work.
The clip, which quickly went viral on social media, shows her handing out small panda souvenirs to onlookers and saying that the gesture helped her “complete the drawing successfully”.
Outraged users condemned her actions as disrespectful and unlawful, accusing her of defacing Penang’s cultural heritage.
