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Cheung Chau, "Old China" Isle is much smaller than Lantau and is urbanised in a rather charming "Old China" way with distinctly Chinese junks and sampan crowing Cheung Chau’s curving little harbour. This dumpbell shaped island with hills at either end and a village nestled in a connecting rod of land, is narrow enough that you can walk from Cheung Chau harbour on its west side to Tung Wan Harbour on the east in just a few minutes. Cheung Chau is a fishing island. Cheung Chau’s sense of community is strong and once a year the whole island community comes together for a big Bun Festival, which is a celebration held to exorcise wandering and malicious ghosts who have been unable to find rest in this world. The festival is held in the Temple of the Jade Vacuity, Cheung Chau’s oldest temple.