Hong Kong Bun Festival 2019

The Hong Kong Bun Festival is a popular traditional Chinese festival. The festival coincides with the local celebration of Buddha's birthday. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

A performer walks next to a police officer during a parade on the outlying Cheung Chau island. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

Thousands of local residents and tourists flocked to an outlying island in Hong Kong to celebrate the local festival. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

Local residents perform a flag dance during the parade. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

Participants will race up a 14-meter bamboo tower to snatch as many plastics buns as possible. Buns that are higher up are worth more points. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

Local residents perform a lion dance during a parade at the festival. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

All the local residents were quite excited about the festival. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

Local residents perform a monkey king dance during parade. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)

The festival features a parade with children dressed as deities floated on poles. (Photo: AP/Vincent Yu)