Newly-built subway stations in Hong Kong offer a peek of ancient China

Hundreds of railway fans rushed into the entrance of Sung Wong Toi Station located in Kowloon City District at around 5 am local time on June 27 to get on the first ride on the opening day of Hong Kong's long-waited Tuen Ma Line.

For the residents living in the centuries-old area, the newly-opened MTR station has been added to their collective memories imprinted by Hong Kong's former Kai Tak Airport and the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City.

Hong Kong's public transit railway system, as a sign of speed and modernity, has surfaced itself with an exhibition of archaeological finds along with Chinese calligraphy in brush and ink.

The exhibition named "Treasures from Sacred Hill" at Sung Wong Toi Station, Hong Kong's first exhibition at a subway station, displays numerous relics including ceramic vases, incense burners and even pottery dice excavated during the station's construction.

"The findings are so rare. It has been the first time in Hong Kong with archaeological items with such a scale," Ray Ma, curator of Archaeology at Hong Kong's Antiquities and Monument Office, told Xinhua, adding that the findings can unveil the picture of Kowloon City and Hong Kong from thousands of years ago.