Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum

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This burial vault dating from the Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220) was discovered in 1955 when workers were levelling the hillside for a housing estate. It is one of Hong Kong's earliest surviving historical monuments and, believe it or not, was once on the coast.

The tomb consists of four barrel-vaulted brick chambers in the form of a cross and set around a domed central chamber; many of the bricks contained moulded patterns of fish, dragons and the like. It's encased in a concrete shell for protection and you can only peek through a plastic window; it's a bit of a journey for an anticlimactic peek through perspex. The museum also contains a few pottery and bronze pieces taken from the tomb.

From Cheung Sha Wan MTR take exit A3 and walk northeast for 10 minutes along Tonkin St.