World Expo, Shanghai: The Multiculturalism Brought By The Expo To Open The Wisdom Of The People

The statue of "Little Mermaid" was sent to China's Danish pavilion for a long time.

Just five weeks after the opening of World Expo in Shanghai in 2010, the Danish pavilion with the statue of "Little Mermaid" has exceeded 1 million visitors, almost double the original size.

For many years, the statue of the little mermaid has been the embodiment of Andersen's beautiful fairy tales and a symbol of Denmark's nation and culture.

The statue of "Little Mermaid" came to China and opened up a new form of cultural exchange.

Shanghai World Expo Denmark exhibition area general representative, former Danish ambassador to China White mousse Shen said.

In addition to displaying its cultural tradition and historical connotation in the field of exhibition building and display, cultural performing arts with distinctive national characteristics and regional styles has also become a "national card" for all countries in the world to display their soft power in World Expo.

On the recently held Brazil National Pavilion Day, the lively Samba song and dance restored a small Carnival in Brazil, which led the surprise audience to almost a "small earthquake" in the theater. The Hamburg City day also presented the rock bands of the most representative female Quartet and the five young men to the audience at the same time, which not only complemented tradition and modern times, but also showed the inheritance and development of multiculturalism.

The 5.28 square kilometer World Expo Park in Shanghai has undoubtedly become a gathering place of the national customs and classical culture around the world. Multiculturalism brings both communication and collision, and also shapes beauty and harmony.

People in this Expo City accept the baptism of four winds, and let the idea of culture nourish the city and culture drive development.

Traditional culture is the foundation of urban development.

In the corner of Puxi Park in World Expo, there is a Ningbo case hall, famous for its reuse of tile tiles.

The walls of the pavilion used about 400000 pieces of tiles from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, stacked up like books, as if they were clothings with a clear texture and unique style.

In the gray background, a few wisps of dark red tiles float up, like the morning glow of the morning glow.

Watt valve, a humble waste, is endowed with new life here.

The cultural heritage in this urban renewal is realized by Wang Shu, Dean of the school of architecture and art of The China Academy of Art and Ni Liang Fu, a skillful craftsman in Ningbo.

"Over the past few years, the scale of old town reconstruction has grown larger and larger, and a large number of tiles have been treated as waste products.

In fact, it contains not only the history and culture, but also a kind of building material that can be recycled, and is a national heritage that should be protected and inherited. "

Ni Liangfu, 48, said.

Wang Shu told reporters that at the beginning, many people believed that modern cities should no longer have such traditional building materials and architectural styles. Even in the countryside, new houses were rarely used again.

But the national tradition that has been formed for thousands of years can not be easily discarded, nor should it be placed in museums only.

Wang Shu believes that China's urbanization process and the new rural construction can not be pushed away from the old buildings, and that the things and practices in the city can not be moved to the countryside simply.

Since 2003, through the active advocacy of Wang Shu and the bold practice of Ni Liang Fu, the architectural style of the tile valve has been reused in cities such as Ningbo and Hangzhou.

This new type of traditional architecture, which is very distinctive in ethnic and regional culture, is not only accepted by people, but also has led to new trends.

Recently, representatives from 40 exhibitors in World Expo, Shanghai came to Jiangsu for inspection.

In the history of Xijin ferry, which has a history of one thousand or six hundred or seven hundred years, stands the only well preserved stone pagoda across the street in the Yuan Dynasty. The green stone slab The Strip, which is carved with rutting marks under the tower, has a deep historical accumulation layer along the ancient plank Road and the ancient crossing. It has been carefully protected by the glass cover.

The site of the British Consulate built in modern times is not only original, but also a part of the local museum. It has been watching the history of Zhenjiang with more than 30000 artifacts in the museum.

The historical and cultural block of Xijin ferry area is only 0.5 square kilometers, but it has gathered two state-level cultural relic protection units and 14 provincial and municipal cultural relic protection units.

Following the UNESCO's Asia Pacific excellent protection award in 2001, Zhenjiang has moved away from pesticides, hardware machinery and other factories in recent years, making Xijin ferry into a cultural and creative industrial park and Expo area.

"This is quite different from the same city nowadays.

Traditional culture is the foundation of a city. At any time, the root of the city can not be abandoned for the sake of immediate interests.

Abdel Hamid Hassan from Saudi Arabia said after he visited Xijin ferry.

Culture contains inexhaustible power to drive the development of cities.

Italy Pavilion is one of the many popular pavilions in World Expo, Shanghai. Its success is mainly due to the active participation of various parts of Italy and the ingenious integration of their respective historical culture and innovative achievements, giving visitors special attraction.

Take Campania as an example, it has not only the world-famous historical heritage such as Pompeii, but also one of the most advanced areas of European aerospace technology.

Around the theme of "urban life quality service innovation", Campania displays its subway system as a classic of history, architecture and art, satellite remote sensing and seismic monitoring technology, pformation and sustainable development of old blocks, and will simulate the shadow play of the old palace and the Pompeii under the moonlight.

Maria Assunta Atchley Sabatini, Secretary General of the general office of the Italy government of World Expo, Shanghai, believes that the rotation of different regions will undoubtedly make the cultural connotations of Italy Pavilion more diverse and rich. It is undoubtedly a journey for visitors to browse these millennial wisdom deposits in search of innovative inspiration, self perfection and new development driven by culture.

In the more than 400 square meter exhibition area in Dusseldorf, Germany, the pformation of the surface roads of Rhine River to the busy old port area of the tunnel and ship to the "media port" and other classic urban changes in the 90s of last century are presented in miniature by physical and multimedia technology.

Dirk Elbes, mayor of Dusseldorf, stressed that both urban development and livable city are inseparable from the inheritance of culture.

Facing the old port and old streets with historical culture, Dusseldorf has not simply pushed it back in the new stage of development. Instead, it has carried out the preservation and pformation of the old urban areas from the needs of industrial pformation, thus realizing the redefinition of the city and the expansion of the urban space.

Jiangnan Plaza, Puxi Park, World Expo, is the birthplace of Chinese national industry - the former site of Jiangnan Shipyard.

There are 15 sets of sculptures permanently laid out here to jointly illustrate the theme of "industrial memory".

Sun Zhenhua, vice president of the Chinese Sculpture Society and President of the Shenzhen Sculpture Academy, believes that sculpture helps restore people's historical memory and reflects the urban imprint left by Jiangnan Shipyard for more than 100 years in Shanghai.

Sun Zhenhua said: "urban development needs to be accumulated, and no development should be lost."

It is hoped that World Expo, Shanghai, will be able to build a banner that inherits historical context and respects historical accumulation, so as to provide reference for China's urban development in the future.

Let the Expo bring multiculturalism to open the minds of the people.

In 1968, he first came to China, beautiful scenery in Jiangxi, Fujian and other places, especially the local ceramics and Chinese long ceramic culture.

16 years later, GUI hahao began to set up ceramics in Kyoto, and is now a famous Japanese Potter.

This year, GUI hahao came to visit and learn from World Expo, Shanghai, and jointly held a "China Japan Ceramic Treasures Exhibition" with Chinese counterparts.

65 year old GUI and Hao Shan said: "in front of ancient Chinese ceramics, I saw not only exquisite artistry, profound cultural details, but also amazing imagination, which contains ancient artisans lofty aspirations and unremitting pursuit.

These cultural and spiritual aspects not only inspire us with new creative inspiration, but also lack in contemporary society.

I hope World Expo can play a role in bringing together multiculturalism and inheriting the national spirit.

A 10 metre long canoe in the open air outside the New Zealand Pavilion.

The canoe has not been completed, and every day several Maori craftsmen hold axe chisels, beating and carving.

The giant exhibit, named "seed", symbolizes the long history of Maori people crossing the sea from the South Pacific Islands to New Zealand about 1000 years ago. It is also a witness of the Maori people fighting and surviving in the wind and waves.

"Until the New Zealand Pavilion Day in July 9th, the" seed "will be completed and sent to China.

The canoe, a symbol of Maori traditional culture, will become a bridge of friendship between the two countries.

Philip Gibson, general representative of New Zealand exhibition area, said.