Video. Climbers race up giant bun tower at Hong Kong’s colourful Bun Festival

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · May 25, 2026 · 86 words · By Nathalie Texier

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What to know about Video. Climbers race up giant bun tower at Hong Kong’s colourful Bun Festival

Contestants raced up a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of plastic steamed buns during the annual Bun Scrambling Competition on Cheung Chau.

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What happened

Contestants raced up a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of plastic steamed buns during the annual Bun Scrambling Competition on Cheung Chau.

Why it matters

The event is one of the main attractions of Hong Kong’s traditional Bun Festival, which also features lion dances, lantern displays and street celebrations.

Common ground

Video showed climbers scrambling to the top of the tower before grabbing buns and descending as crowds cheered below.

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Claim 1: “Contestants raced up a 14-metre tower covered in thousands of plastic steamed buns during the annual Bun Scrambling Competition on Cheung Chau.”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence of the annual Cheung Chau Bun Festival, the provided evidence does not mention the specific height of the tower (14 metres) or the use of 'plastic' steamed buns. The search results for this claim were largely dictionary definitions of the word 'annual'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bamboo scaffolding has been widely used in construction work for centuries. Many landmarks, notably the Great Wall of China, were built using scaffolding made from bamboo, and its use continues today …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_scaffolding

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cheung Chau (Chinese: 長洲; lit. 'Long Island') is an outlying island of Hong Kong, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is also called Dumbbell Island (啞鈴島; aa2 ling4 dou2) due to i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheung_Chau

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cheung Chau Bun Festival or Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. Held annually, and with therefore the most public exposure, it is b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheung_Chau_Bun_Festival

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Claim 2: “Residents and tourists packed the island to watch the contest, while vendors sold traditional steamed buns linked to the centuries-old festival.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that the festival draws crowds to Cheung Chau island and is a 'century-old tradition'. Wikipedia also confirms it is a traditional festival on the island.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ping on bun (Chinese: 平安包; Jyutping: ping4 on1 baau1) is a traditional Hong Kong food. It is a steamed bun consisting of low-protein rice flour and sugar, with a filling of either lotus seed paste, se…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_on_bun

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Claim 3: “The event is one of the main attractions of Hong Kong’s traditional Bun Festival, which also features lion dances, lantern displays and street celebrations.”

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Wikipedia confirms that the Cheung Chau Bun Festival is a traditional Chinese festival held annually on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. While the specific list of activities (lion dances, lanterns) isn't detailed in the snippet, the festival's existence and nature as a main attraction are verified.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The culture of Hong Kong is a combination of Chinese and Western influences, rooted in Lingnan Cantonese heritage and shaped by its time as a British colony (1841 to 1997). In addition to absorbing gl…
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