At midnight on May 27th, with the countdown, Cheung Chau's annual Bun Festivalon Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong, instantly entered its climax in the finals of the Bun Scrambling Competition. This year's festival was the first held after three years of the epidemic, attracting more than 1,400 citizens and tourists to witness the birth of the new "King" and "Queen" of the competition in a tense and exciting atmosphere. In the end, Zhong Yuchuan won the title of King while the "Queen" Wong Ka Yan also was crowned the "Queen of Queens" of the competition.

At midnight on the 27th, with the countdown of the audience and the guests, 12 athletes (9 men and 3 women) who had won the selection to the finals started climbing from the bottom of the bun mountain at the same time to the 14.42-meter-high top to compete for the peace bun of the highest-score.

According to the rules, competitors must pick as many buns as possible within three minutes and return to the ground. There are 9,000 lucky buns on bun mountain, divided into three areas according to their score. The higher the more points the bun has. And the one with the highest total score wins.

After fierce competition, bus driver Zhong Yuchuan, who had won two silver and two bronze, won the men's championship, fulfilling his dream of becoming the "King of Bun Mountain" for the first time. In the women's group, popular player Wong Ka Yan won the championship for the sixth time. Since winning the championship for the first time in 2010, she has won five championships in total and become the first "Queen of Queens" for her three consecutive championships since 2016. Before the competition, Wong had accepted an interview with reporters, saying that she would prepare for the competition calmly and was happy to infect her friends around her to try to participate in this unique sport.

The Cheung Chau's annual Bun Festival 2023 will be held during the traditional festival of the Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival, one of the national intangible cultural heritage projects in Hong Kong, and the heated Bun Scrambling Competition will be the final event. The competition originated from the traditional folk customs of the Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival. Five "bun mountains" made of lucky buns are set up to worship the Northern Emperor. After the festival, lucky buns are offered to residents. The closer the lucky bun is to the top of the "bun mountain", the more luck it brings. Since 2005, the Hong Kong government has transformed the custom into a cultural and tourism sports event in the form of a competition. The Festival is popular among citizens every year, including a series of activities such as the selection and the final of the Bun Scrambling Competition, and the climbing carnival, attracting over 10,000 participants.

香港长洲岛“抢包山”决赛凌晨鸣锣
女子组冠军黄嘉欣成为首位“包山后中后”

5月27日凌晨零时正，随着倒计时一声令下，香港长洲岛“包山嘉年华2023”在“抢包山”决赛中瞬间点燃高潮。本届“抢包山”是疫情三年后的再次复办，吸引了逾1400名市民和游客观看，在紧张刺激气氛中见证新一届“包山王”和“包山后”的诞生。最终，钟玉川夺得“包山王”，而“包山后”黄嘉欣则同时荣膺“包山后中后”桂冠。

27日凌晨零时正，随着全场观众倒数和主礼嘉宾的一声鸣锣，12位经过选拔晋身决赛的健儿（9男3女）从包山底部同时出发，身手矫健地向14.42米高的包山顶部攀爬上去，争抢山顶分值最高的平安包。

按比赛规定，选手必须在三分钟时限内摘取最多包子，并返回地面。包山上共镶缀了9000个仿真平安包，划分为三个分值区域，位置越高分数越多，总分最高者胜出。

经过一番激烈竞夺，曾夺得两次亚军、两次季军的巴士司机钟玉川夺得男子组冠军，如愿以偿地首度封“包山王”。而女子组热门选手黄嘉欣，则第六次拿下冠军桂冠，她从2010年首次参赛夺冠后五度夺冠，因2016年起连续获得三次冠军，荣膺首位“包山后中后”。赛前黄嘉欣曾接受记者专访表示，自己会以平常心去认真准备比赛，很开心能感染到身边的朋友，一起去尝试抢包山这项特色运动。

香港长洲“包山嘉年华2023”，在香港国家级非遗项目“长洲太平清醮”传统节庆期间举行，而万众瞩目的“抢包山”决赛正是其压轴节目。“抢包山”源自长洲太平清醮的传统民俗，当地设置五座由平安包堆积的“包山”供奉北帝，太平清醮结束后，平安包供居民抢拿，拿到越接近“包山”顶的平安包寓意福气越多。自2005年起，香港特区政府将“抢包山”比赛形式改为一项文旅运动项目，每年的包山嘉年华均深受市民欢迎，包括抢包山选拔赛、攀爬嘉年华及抢包山比赛等连串活动，吸引逾万人参加。

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