Historical items on display again at Sung Wong Toi
Visitors to the Sung Wong Toi MTR Station will be able to learn about life there hundreds of years ago when its exhibition of archaeological discoveries reopens on Friday. The "Treasures from Sacred Hill" exhibition has had its first overhaul since the station opened three years ago, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office said most of the items that will be on display haven't been shown before.  The findings date back to the Song-Yuan period, spanning the 10th to 14th centuries, and were unearthed during the construction of the station.  Susanna Siu, chief heritage executive of the office, said the exhibition includes discoveries linked to maritime trade as well as displays of teaware. "For example, for the teaware we display, we can tell the culture in drinking tea, tasting tea, and even competition in tea drinking. There are very interesting stories behind the artefacts," she said. "We want to tell the history, [elaborate on the] livelihood of the people in the Song-Yuan period in Hong Kong through the displays." The office said written records of Hong Kong during the Song-Yuan period are very limited, making the findings unearthed at the site of the Sacred Hill important for the study of the city’s history.