What is the symbolism of the Chinese Pavilion at the World Expo

Pavilion Name: Shanghai World Expo China Pavilion Pavilion Location: Expo Park Area A, east of the Expo Axis Pavilion Theme: Crown of the Orient, China, the world's breadbasket, the people of the world modeling highlights: symbol of the spirit of China's sculpture modeling the main building area: three-storey, 15,000 square meters Start Date: December 18, 2007 Completion Date: February 8, 2010 Designer: He Jingtang's team Content of the exhibition Area 1: Exploring the "Footprints of the East"

Through several different styles of exhibits, focusing on the wisdom of China's urban development concepts. One of the multimedia exhibits shows a film that tells the story of China's self-improvement in urbanization over the past 30 years of reform and opening up, and the Chinese people's enthusiasm for building and their expectations for the future. The national treasure painting "Qingming Riverside Drawing" is artistically reproduced in the exhibition hall, conveying the wisdom of classical Chinese cities. Interior rendering of China National Pavilion

Highlights Carefully selected "China Red"

The "China Red" decorating the National Pavilion was selected one by one from hundreds of red material color samples, and is a combination of seven kinds of red. Pavilion body color from top to bottom in turn from deep to light, can be different in the daytime sunlight refraction and night lighting projection and different visual height conditions, forming a unified with a calm, classic visual effect of red. In addition, the red board of China Pavilion is made of metal material and adopts corduroy-like texture program, which not only puts on a more texture "coat" for China Pavilion, but also gives a stable and atmospheric impression to the original flamboyant and jumping red color. The 100-meter wall reproduces "Qingming Riverside Drawing"

In the core of the China National Pavilion, the highest 49-meter layer of the northern part of the exhibition area, more than 100 meters long wall will be enlarged by hundreds of times of the Song Dynasty painting "Qingming Riverside Drawing" covered. The original of the national treasure "Qingming Shanghe Tu" will also appear in the China Pavilion during the Expo. 45-minute experience of the essence of 5,000 years of civilization

Visitors will first see a huge ring-screen theater, and feel the wisdom of China's urban development by watching an 8-minute movie. After that, people will go back in history, starting from the remains of China's earliest modular urban development plan, then to the bustle of Bianjing in the "Along the River During Qingming Festival" enlarged by hundreds of times, and finally to the white color tone, creating a futuristic stretching space, giving the Chinese answer to the future of urban development. From the modern, to the ancient, to the future, the China Pavilion will be up and down five thousand years of exciting condensed presentation, the whole visit takes about 45 minutes. The "New Nine Continents" is inspired by the Yuanmingyuan Garden

On the roof platform of the China Pavilion's regional pavilions, the 27,000-square-meter urban sky garden, "New Nine Continents", will take on a number of functions for the China Pavilion, such as evacuation, public ****** recreation and so on. The New Nine Continents Garden is not only a concentration of traditional Chinese gardens and modern landscaping techniques, but also contains Chinese wisdom and oriental charm. Each small continent will have a representative of the typical landscape arrangement of the Chinese land. Visitors will be able to walk through these landscapes as if they were strolling on a miniature version of China's land, and see all the natural creations, and the long culture and rich landscapes they present are also an important part of the theme of the China Pavilion, "Chinese Wisdom in Urban Development". Seal Script Walls Composed of 24 Seasons

In addition to the National Pavilion's styling, which integrates elements of traditional Chinese architecture and culture, the Regional Pavilions are also designed to be very Chinese, drawing on many traditional elements from ancient China. On the facade of the Regional Pavilion, the designers have used the ancient Chinese character, seal script, as a decoration. The "stacked seal script" decorates the building surface of the Regional Pavilion, conveying the humanistic and geographic information of the twenty-four solar terms. The endangered "Three Chopping Axes" With an average of seven chopping axes for every one centimeter of width, the seemingly simple steps of the China Pavilion contain countless wonders, with 76 steps, the quality and craftsmanship of which is comparable to that of the grand staircase of the Great Hall of the People. At the same time to revive the endangered folk art "three chopping axe", a 1-meter-square stone, chopping axe to reach tens of thousands of knives, the entire China Pavilion Grand Staircase adds up to more than 54 million knives. China Pavilion steps are made of granite "Huaxia gray", highlighting the visual effect of black and white.

Taking the elevator, the audience can go straight to the 49-meter upper floor, which is the highest and largest exhibition floor of the pavilion, and also the core display layer of the "footprint of the East", with an area of 8,500 square meters. The two core display angles of this floor are "development" and "space-time transition".

An unconventional theater is the highlight of the upper level. Director Lu Chuan revealed that, unlike ordinary movie halls, the themed films will be shown in different spaces at the same time, with the audience surrounded by three large screens, one on the front, one on the left and one on the right. The film is 8 minutes long, but the cumulative content screened in different spaces is 24 minutes long, which is extremely visually impactful, starting with convergence, construction and perception, poetically showing the efforts and achievements made by China in urbanization over the past 30 years of reform and opening up. The atmospheric, shocking, modern style of the movie is short, but its content is like a "miniature epic".

Lu Chuan disclosed that the production team of the theme movie is "Nanjing! Nanjing! From the creative stage, the movie is set to be a poetic presentation, so there will be a lot of imaginative "wonders" beyond the real life presented to the audience.

The movie will show us a new kind of humanistic feeling, shocking but not depressing. According to Lu Chuan, the interpretation of some history can be made more artistic by using a relaxed and flexible means of attention and expression.

He said, "The complexity of the film's post-production is no less than that of the movie 'The Lord of the Rings,' and it will reflect the highest level of domestic post-production at present, with many young people who have been trained in Hollywood blockbusters joining in."

Walking out of the theater, the audience will immediately be attracted to another "treasure" - Zhang Zeduan's masterpiece "On the River During Qingming Festival", which has been enlarged hundreds of times. The giant scroll allows people to savor it, and the characters in the painting are presented in a strange way.

Faced with the re-creation of "national treasures" cultural relics, Pan Gongkai said, "We want to make it interesting, fun, both meaningful and informative, educational and entertaining."

The painting depicts the prosperity and bustle of Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province), the world's largest city, during the Xuanhe period of the Northern Song Dynasty. The painting scroll, with its panoramic composition, meticulously and authentically records the shapes and colors of the towns and villages, the markets, and the waterways.

In 2002, the lone copy of Qingming Riverside Scroll was exhibited in the Shanghai Museum, attracting countless visitors to queue up and compete for a glimpse of the real thing. But at that time, the audience can only be 1 meter away from the fence outside the long-distance view only. This time, the original 5-meter-long scroll was enlarged to 100 meters, walking next to the giant scroll, you can once see enough.

Next, on the way to the 41-meter gallery, viewers will see imaginative greenery that will create a dreamy green environment, interspersed with video installations of old and new city dwellers living together under the same roof.

In addition, the four great inventions of ancient China, such as papermaking and printing, and other elements related to the development of urban life will also be creatively displayed in people's search. Zone 2: The Journey of Discovery

Using a railroad car, the tour takes visitors on a journey of discovery through a dialogue between the past and the present, allowing them to realize the wisdom of urban planning in China in the shortest possible time, and completing the experience with a sense of dynamism, surprise, and discovery.

After the 49-meter upper level, visitors will come to the 41-meter middle level for a dynamic experience. The 3,500-square-meter mezzanine level has been described as a "Journey of Wisdom" full of surprises.

The fantastic railroad cars are the main attraction on the middle level. Yao Kaiyang said it is like the amusement program at Disneyland in the U.S., which gives people a fairy tale-like mood. But this "ride" at the China National Pavilion also offers a semi-abstract, poetic tour.

The tour is like a journey of discovery. Huang Jiancheng said, "ride" is a specific way of visitors, the use of dynamic "flow processing", designed in the 41-meter pavilion in the middle, both a surprise, but also a visit to the rhythm of the adjustment, so that visitors in the three levels of the visit process have The design is both a surprise and an adjustment of the rhythm of the visit, allowing visitors to have ups and downs during the three levels of the visit.

The wisdom of traditional Chinese urbanism is on full display during the 10-minute "ride". Wooden buildings, arched bridges, courtyards, gardens, arches and brickwork are some of the highlights along the way.

Pan Gongkai said that China's ancient agrarian culture was characterized by the use of wood in buildings, which were designed for living and housing, and in line with the country's climate. This is different from other countries such as Greece and Egypt, which are dominated by stone buildings. Therefore, this Chinese-style architectural journey will be very interesting. Zone 3: Gathering for Low-Carbon Action

Gathering for China's future urban development with low carbon as the core element, the exhibition will show how the Chinese can respond to the challenges of urbanization in the future through the "modern pursuit of learning from nature" and provide a "Chinese answer" to achieve global sustainable development.

The 33-meter lower gallery, Blooming City, covers an area of about 3,400 square meters and has been given the function of a "future vision.

The design of the environment on this level is quite elaborate, with the white color as the base of the exhibition hall being made into a streamlined shape, and with the outline of light and shadow, the style is simple, expansive and elegant.

If the first two floors are about reviewing the history of China's urban development, this floor is about looking forward to the next 20 years. Here, visitors can give full play to their imagination, participate in interesting interactive programs and think together about the future of urban life.

Pan said the lower level will show how Chinese people are facing the challenges of future urbanization through the wisdom of life and submitting a "Chinese answer" to achieve global sustainable development.

Chinese elements are not the same as traditional elements. The futuristic lower level combines the tradition and modernity of Chang'an in China, blending the introversion of the East with the exuberance of the West, giving visitors the opportunity to think about the city of the future, and to find out where the future of China's cities lies. Water - the thread that runs through it all

Confucius said, "The benevolent man enjoys the mountains, the wise man enjoys the water."

Thus, the element of water is essential to the presentation of Oriental wisdom.

Inside the China National Pavilion, the "flow of water" links the various exhibition floors and exhibits. In different places, the audience will see different forms of water, both real "water", high-tech simulation of "water", and installation of abstract "water", and even more unexpected! The "new new water model".

Water has always been a global topic, and the 2008 World Expo in Zaragoza, Spain, was held under the theme of "Water and Sustainable Development". In urban development, water resources have long been a hot topic of discussion in various countries. In China, there is an ancient way of building cities based on mountains and water. The habit of human beings to live by water and gather around water has made today's cities what they are. Big cities are built on water, and "water" is a source of life and an important transportation channel for human beings.

The China Pavilion, with the element of water throughout, is not only a condensation of oriental wisdom, but also an echo of the global water shortage problem, and a demonstration of the harmony between human beings, human beings and the environment, and the harmony between urban development and the natural environment.