Pokfulam Village on Hong Kong Island has a long history. It has a hundred-year-old tradition of fire dragon dance at Mid-Autumn Festival. The 30-metre long fire dragon is practically built singlehandedly by its resident Ng Kong Kin.
Master Ng Kong Kin grew up in Pokfulam Village. He learned to make fire dragons as a child. To carry on the traditional he has opened a workshop in the village to teach the art of making fire dragon. He does not put on airs and is very friendly with his students whom he encourages to be creative. But he is committed to upholding his village’s tradition. As they say, “Fame without compromising the original quality, innovation without forgetting the past.” He is content to live a simple life in the village running a fish stall next to his workshop. He is fine with just getting by.
Since 2013 another district on Hong Kong Island started the fire dragon dance tradition at the Mid-Autumn Festival. The one promoting it is Ng Kong Kin’s older brother Ng Kong Nam. He too grew up in Pokfulam Village. Although he has moved out he still loves the fire dragon tradition. He has introduced this tradition to Aberdeen and is teaching fire-dragon making at a youth centre there to the younger generation. He wants more people to know this tradition. Besides being a bone-setter he also teaches the Choi Lee Fat school of Chinese boxing and lion dance. He learned kung fu as a child and is very serious and determined to pass on this traditional culture. He hopes his nephew, Ng Kong Kin’s son, will be the one to continue to uphold their traditions.
The Ng brothers remember their childhood playing at the Pokfulam Reservoir gathering material to make a fire dragon: bamboo, Chinese fan palm, and Banyan tree air roots. They may be very different in character but they share the same goal of promoting the fire dragon tradition.
薄扶林村是港島區一條歷史悠久的村落，而村內中秋舞火龍習俗，更加有百年歷史。全長約30米的火龍，幾乎由村民吳江乾一手一腳包辦。
吳江乾師傅在薄扶林村長大，自小已懂得紥龍，為了傳承火龍文化，近年在村內開設工作室傳授紥龍技術。吳師傅沒有半點兒架子，經常跟學生打成一片，亦鼓勵學生發揮創意；對於傳統文化，他仍然有份堅持，常言道：「成名不變質，創新不忘本」。吳江乾樂天知命，甘於在村內過著簡簡單單的生活，他在火龍工作室旁開檔賣魚，直言能夠餬口便滿足。
自從2013年開始，港島南區有另一處亦有中秋節舞火龍，而推動這活動的，正是吳江乾的哥哥，吳江南師傅。吳江南同樣在薄扶林村長大，雖然已遷出村外居住，但仍心繫火龍文化，他將火龍傳統帶到香港仔，亦在香港仔的青年中心教年輕一代紥火龍，希望讓更多人接觸火龍文化。本身是跌打醫師的他，同時亦有教授蔡李佛拳及舞獅，吳江南自少跟師傅習武，處事嚴謹，亦著意將傳統文化傳承下去，他希望自己的侄兒，即吳江乾的兒子，能夠繼承村內的獨有文化。
吳江南及吳江乾兩兄弟，回想兒時經常到薄扶林水塘玩耍，更會在附近採摘紥火龍的材料，例如竹、葵葉及榕樹根。二人性格各異，但理念相同，希望將火龍文化發揚光大。
