Xinhua News Agency, Hong Kong, December 19 (Reporter Ding Ziyi) A giant gate measuring 3.5 meters in height and 12 meters in width appeared at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Wan Chai, Hong Kong on the 19th. About 2000 high school students in Hong Kong cleaned up their clothes and passed through the Yimen with purple necklaces in their hands.
The high school students attended the first traditional rite of passage ceremony in Hong Kong. After they passed through the door, the officiating guests put on their scarves to symbolize adulthood.
The ceremony was co-organised by the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR Government and the Chinese Temples Committee on the theme "entering a new stage of growth and bringing into play the positive energies of young people". A total of 2000 senior one or more students from five affiliated schools of Hong Kong Pok Oi Hospital, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong Daoist Federation and Hong Kong Buddhist Federation attended the ceremony.
According to the Chinese Temple Committee, Yimen is the temple hall high residence facilities, is the place of prestige. Visitors entering the temple high residence, before passing through the door, need to be tidied again, observe etiquette, so as not to lose the instrument. The rite of passage means that young people should dress properly after adulthood, establish a good and correct outlook on life, abide by the law and obey the law, and fulfill the responsibility of citizens.
Zhang Jiaying, a 16-year-old from the Hong Kong Taoist Federation's Yuen College No. 1 Middle School, believes participating in the event can feel the feeling of adulthood ahead of time, reminding herself of abiding by the law and doing its job for the community.
Liu Jianghua, Secretary for Home Affairs of the Hong Kong Special Administrative region Government, said at the ceremony that under Hong Kong law, Hong Kong residents reach full age when they reach the age of 18. "Today's rite of passage is full of symbolic significance, bearing in mind the scarf. After completing the simple and solemn rite of adulthood, the senior high school students here have formally entered a new stage of growth. We look forward to your efforts to develop your personal potential and commitment to your family and society. "