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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988
LEI CHENG UK HAN TOMB DECLARED A MONUMENT
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ADVISORY
AND BOARD MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, WHICH RANKS AS ONE OF THE MOST IN HONG
WAS KONG,
TODAY (FRIDAY)
THE
THE ANTIQUITIES THROUGH EFFORTS OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE
LEI CHENG UK, THE HAN TOMB IN
STRUCTURES SIGNIFICANT ANCIENT
GAZETTED AS A MONUMENT.
THIS ANCIENT TOMB WAS DISCOVERED
IN 1955 WHEN WORKMEN WERK FOR THE PRESENT
LEVELLING A HILL SLOPE IN SHAM SHUI PO TO MAKE WAY LEI CHENG UK ESTATE.
CHAMBERS. FOUR
THE DOMED ROOF OVER THE
OF AND CONSISTS BRICKS IT IS BUILT OF ENTRANCE HALL WAS ARRANGED IN CRUCIFORM WITH A CENTRE.
ADORNED WITH STAMPED GEOMETRIC WHILE MOST OF THE BRICKS ARE
LIKE DA-JI PAN-YU INSCRIPTIONS ΤΟ FOUND
BEAR DESIGNS, A FEW ARE (GREAT FORTUNE TO PAN-YU) AND PAN-YU DA-ZHI-LI (PEACE TO PAN-YU),
PAN-YU IS THE NAME OF THE COUNTRY TO WHICH
DURING THE HAN DYNASTY.
THE
MONUMENTS
THE AREA BELONGED
A TOTAL
OF 58
OFFICE SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR POTTERY AND BRONZE OBJECTS WERE FOUND INSIDE THE TOMB.
FOOD VESSELS, COOKING VESSELS, "THE POTTERY OBJECTS INCLUDE STORAGE JARS AND MODELS OF HOUSES, WELLS AND GRANARIES.
"THE BRONZES ARE MOSTLY
BOWLS, A MIRROR AND A SMALL BELL.
AND FRAGMENTARY
CONSIST OF SEVERAL
OF THE TOMB AND DATE OF EASTERN HAN
"ALI. AVAILABLE EVIDENCES SUCH AS THE DESIGN THE FORMS OF BURIAL OBJECTS STRONGLY SUGGEST A (25 - 220 A.D.), HE POINTED OUT.
"AFTER THE
EXCAVATION
IN
1955, THE
GOVERNMENT
DECIDED
то BUILT
PRESERVE THE TOMB IN SITU AND A GALLERY AND A SMALL GARDEN WERE AROUND IT.
OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN "THE TOMB AND MUSEUM WERE FORMALLY
BRANCH OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S JUNE 1957 AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY UNTIL TODAY," HE SAID.
CONTENTS OF THIS AREA,
DURING
THE SPOKESMAN NOTRD THAT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, THE
INHABITANTS OF THE TOMB REFLECTED THE DAILY LIFE OF THE
HONG KONG WHICH ALSO REPRESENTED THE CONTEMPORARY CULTURE OF THE HAN PERIOD.
ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS
F