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Monday, June 28, 2010

Ruby Tuesday - China Pavilion at Shanghai Expo

China pavilion was probably the most popular site and one of the most expensive pavilions at the Shanghai Expo. Despite not being able to visit the Expo, I'm glad my hubby went there and shared his experiences and getting up, close and personal glimpse of the fascinating exhibits.


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The signature building is also known as the "Oriental Crown." Its design features the shape of a Chinese emperor's crown, with the upper levels larger than the lower ones.


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First, getting into the China Pavilion requires a "reservation" ticket and the passes have time slots on them which shows the designated time you could go inside the pavilion. They will hand out some 1000s of these reservations on a first-come, first-serve basis starting at the 9am opening each day. My hubby was able to get there early and was among the first few thousand people to queue up and got the ticket. But jeez, look at the queues. They're overwhelming, especially for someone like me who dislikes crowds but it seems difficult to avoid large crowds in populated areas of China and it's even impossible at the Expo.

Here's a good look of some of the interesting attractions at the China Pavilion.

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Footprint of the East is the main part of the display. You will see an eight-minute film featuring China's urbanization process over the past three decades.


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A 100-meter projection of a the panoramic painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".


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the Land of Hope was a big projector screen featuring urban living in China


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Beyond the hallway, you pass through some hi-tech presentations which features interesting graphic


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There are also beautiful paintings by young children from all parts of China hanging along the corridors. They look very colourful and appealing.



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The following section features a short amusement park ride which took visitors through the urban development of China from ancient to modern showcasing art displays of the building blocks of cities such as bridges, beams, landscaped gardens, etc.





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34 comments:

  1. I like the Oriental Crown LR! So cute and it's all red, my fave colour! :D

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  2. ooooh look at the crowd! Definitely I won't be visiting here then cause can't stand crowds, i get easily anxious.. :(

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  3. So thanks for the pics, at least I got to visit the China Pavilion too yay! :)

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  4. Cool! (Other than the crowd that is). ;)

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  5. One of the most expensive pavilions? :) Wow...how many billions are used?

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  6. Oruental crown? :p Ouh...hmm..but no matter how I looked at it...it still doesn't look like a emperor's crown. :/

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  7. What is that? I mean the green plants? Look like scenes taken from Avatar.

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  8. That involved a lot of high tech instead of 2D posters.

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  9. What a great event, thanks for sharing it with us.

    Ruby Tuesday

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  10. yeah i could see the shape of a Chinese emperor's crown :D nice pics!

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  11. The Chinese pavilion sure is most impressive.
    Very cleverly decorated, and-yes also Avatar inspired, as is the whole fashion world just now.

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  12. What spectacular architecture and designs!

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  13. That's quite a red building. I really like the children's art. Wonderful, creative illustrations.

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  14. Thanks for posting the pictures of something I'll never get to see in-person. I hope your husband think it was worth the wait. That Oriental Crown is beautiful. When I was in China last year, it was still under construction.

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  15. oh..it's so beautiful! i'd like to get back to Shanghai soon.

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  16. Gorgeous photos. Love the first one.

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  17. It's long queue everyday but I guess it's worth to wait!

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  18. LR: What a special place with all that art, nicely shown.

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  19. these are exceptionally beautiful photos
    the colors are wonderful

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  20. Amazing!

    here is mine:

    http://izsheycharm.blogspot.com/2010/06/happy-monday.html

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  21. Life Ramblings, all of the exhibits are incredible! The RED one is excellent! :)

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  22. A very interesting look at the developing technology of China's closed culture. Pretty amazing when can be done with unlimited manpower.

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  23. Wow.. that is a very beautiful pavilion and those other corners as well as the arts..beautiful and indeed amazing! :) Happy ruby Tuesday!

    Here's mine:
    My Ruby Tuesday: Red flowers, Etc

    See yah.. ;-)

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  24. Thanks to your hubby for clicking such wonderful pictures.Amazing pavilion.Would love to visit such a pavilion one day.

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  25. I wish I could see this Expo someday, too. It looks great! I'm admiring all the pics your hubby had taken from there. China is absolutely the Land of Hope.

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  26. the paintings are so beautiful LR!

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