Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum is located in Tokyo Street, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon 41, the museum in addition to showing Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb outside, next to two exhibition halls, and exhibition on the history of its tomb relics. The tomb was discovered during the construction of the Hong Kong Government in 1955, Lei Cheng Uk Estate, unearthed relics from the Chinese Communist Party 58. From the brick inscriptions fonts, content, and other archaeological finds and concluded that the tomb was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25--220 years), believed to be the burial of the royal nobles. Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb in 1988 was listed as protected monuments.

Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum on display in addition to the unearthed pottery and bronze, it also has "Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb" and "Huanan Han culture," two exhibitions, through text, images, photographs, maps, videos and model and other auxiliary exhibits, introduction of geographical tomb, and the tomb was found through the structure. Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb was discovered in 1955 when the government razed hillside in Lei Cheng Uk Estate, the construction of resettlement blocks. From the tomb of shapes, lines and archaeological finds such as the brick Ming concluded that the tomb should be built in the Eastern Han Dynasty, AD 25 years to 220 years. 1988 Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb was declared a monument, to be kept permanently. To stabilize the temperature and humidity inside the tomb, loss mitigation tomb, the tomb is not open, but the viewers through the set into a glass-door envy, the appearance snoop tombs.

history

Han Lei Cheng Uk Estate in 1955, discovered in August 1955, the Hong Kong government to cope with the demand for public housing, plans to build resettlement blocks in Lei Cheng Uk Estate. When construction workers leveled hills, stumbled on a Han tomb. Go study to explore the Chinese Department Head Professor Lin Yangshan (Frederick Sequier Drake, 1892-1974) and then led the University of Hong Kong students. According to the old folks remember that year, before the official Tomb unearthed, there was a construction worker with a coat wrapped Antiquities transported from the scene. After the reference to Lin Yangshan and other archaeologists assessment, the Hong Kong Council plus built of reinforced concrete hard shell to protect the tomb weathered. Tomb taken over in 1957 by the Hong Kong Urban Council and open to the public to visit the tomb of archaeological finds are on display in the exhibition hall next to the tomb. December 1988, Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb was listed as monuments in Hong Kong.

With effect from January 2005, to commemorate the 50th anniversary unearthed, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department conducted a series of rehabilitation projects, including additions at the top of the tomb using a canopy made of Teflon materials, to prevent the infiltration of rainwater caused leakage, reduce the chance of erosion, at a cost of HK $ 1 million. Tomb in the past have not taken any steps to protect it, in the 1970s, Hong Kong textbooks can see, the tomb was also just a peripheral grassy hill in. Until the late 1990s, just before the municipal councils in the construction of additional facilities to protect and control the humidity in the tomb of the device installed. Today Han tomb is not open, but the public can through the glass door of the tomb, to see this built in the Eastern Han Dynasty tomb.

building style

According to archaeologists concluded that the tomb was built in the Eastern Han Dynasty. And in unearthed 67 pieces of cultural relics, including a minimum of 33 full cultural relics, such as the model houses and a variety of pottery and bronze ware and so on. However, Han did not find any bones.

Han layout for "ten", a total of four tomb. Tomb genus brick tomb, a 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 5 cm thick bricks, and the bricks 10 kinds of patterns engraved with the text and "down Panyu", the chamber inlet channel destroyed before formal unearthed . Tomb genus brick tomb, an average length of 40 cm, 20 cm wide and 5 cm thick bricks. Most of the brick is plain, but also part of the side of a brick engraved with the 10 kinds of patterns and text, including "down Panyu," "Panyu great order calendar" and "Xue teacher."

Exhibition Introduction

Han now become a museum for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Since the need to stabilize the temperature and humidity inside the tomb, the tomb is not open, but visitors can snoop tomb inside walls of glass through the set into the entrance channel envy, exhibition visitors may have next to Han, Han viewing tomb of the geographical environment, the structure of the tomb and found that through, and Lingnan culture of the Han dynasty.

Scenic Area Address: Tokyo Street, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong 41

Bus routes: Take KMB 2a, New World First Bus 702s go