The ‘Parade through Macao, Latin City’, organized by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC), in celebration of the 17th anniversary of Macao’s Handover to China, will be held on 4 December. This year the Parade takes the classic Chinese text Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing) as its background and is themed “VIVA’s Adventures through Shan Hai”, kicking off a fantastic adventure. In addition to the Parade, IC organizes the game “VIVA’s Adventures through Shan Hai - Come to win air tickets” in social media, offering opportunities for participants to win a round-trip ticket sponsored by Air Macau. The game is open to the public.

　　A series of excellent activities will be launched in conjunction with the Parade. IC promotes the game “VIVA’s Adventures through Shan Hai – Come to win air tickets” in social media, such as IC’s official WeChat account and the “Parade through Macao, Latin City” page on Facebook. Participants may enter the game by following the above social media from today until 4 December, finding the difference of deity or beast within the designated time. After passing three stages, participants will have a chance to enter a lucky draw and win one round-trip economy ticket to any destination of choice, sponsored by Air Macau. Three winners will be selected.

　　The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shan Hai Jing) is a popular Chinese ancient classic that records the geography of ancient times, deities and beasts and bizarre myths. In this year’s Parade, local illustrator Un Chi Wai was invited to design several creative characters on the Parade route, including the Mottled flying-fish, a fish that can fly and swim underwater and which brings abundant harvests with its arrival; the Qiyu-bird, which has three heads and six tails and likes to laugh and can drive away nightmares as well as get rid of terrible evils; the Hairy people who have their bodies covered with thick hair; and the Tiny people who have a very short stature. The Torch-Dragon, a deity with human head and a snake body which by opening its eyes makes the day break and by closing them makes the night fall, besides manipulating rain and wind. Un Chi Wai, graduated from the Chinese Culture University, with a major in advertising, is engaged in illustration and graphic design works.

For more information about the Parade, please visit the Parade webpage at http://www.icm.gov.mo/macaoparade and the Parade page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/macaoparade and IC’s Wechat account “ICmacao”.

Local illustrator Un Chi Wai was invited to design several creative characters on the Parade route.