The Hung Shing Festival（洪圣节Hóng Shèng Jié） falls on the 13th day of the second lunar month.

Like many of the gods worshipped and celebrated in Hong Kong, Hung Shing（洪圣Hóng Shèng） was originally a historical figure who was later deified. The man behind the immortal was Hung Hei（洪熙Hóng Xī）, who served as Governor of Panyu（番禺Pānyú） in Guangdong province during the Tang dynasty(618 – 907).

Hung was a respected astronomer and geographer who helped forecast the weather for fishermen and merchants. Always seeking order in a capricious world, Chinese people have worshipped him ever since.

Today in Hong Kong, the Hung Shing Festival is marked mostly by fishermen who feel indebted to his name, and celebrations get particularly jovial at the 800-year-old village of Ho Sheung Heung（河上乡Héshàng xiāng） in the New Territories.