BEIJING,May 1-- How much will it cost to
tour the world? The answer is 160 yuan (23.35 U.S. dollars). In just a year's
time, people will be able to enjoy tea in a French garden, chat with friends on
Australia's Uluru and take a trip on Switzerland's Mount Titlis cable car, all
on the same day. The dreamlike journey will take place in the 2010 World Expo
site along the Huangpu River in Shanghai.
A transparent coniform "sun valley", a
projectwhich will capture sunlight and disperse it along the one
kilometre long boulevard of 2010 World Expo,is seen in this photo
taken on April 30, 2009. The one year countdown to the opening of
the 2010 World Expo will be marked on May 1, 2009. (Xinhua
Photo)
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With 365 days to go and more than 1 million tickets
already sold in China, it's time to think about what the 2010 world fair will
have to offer.
What can visitors expect for their 160 yuan? The
organizers have the answers: pavilions, foreign cultures, exhibitions,
performances as well as cuisine and shopping.
Visitors will be dazzled by more than 200 innovative
pavilions. For example, the United Kingdom Pavilion will be a huge "light box"
with 60,000 spines projecting out into the air. The Poland Pavilion will be
designed like a *** cutting. The Spain Pavilion will look as if it was woven
out of reeds. The newly unveiled India Pavilion will replicate a 2,000-year-old
Buddhist stupa.
While strolling around the world, visitors can also
experience the atmosphere of the exotic. Couples may like to take in a French
wedding in the France Pavilion. The Republic of Korea will let visitors to walk
through Seoul's streets. Visitors to the Norway Pavilion will have the chance to
stroll through Scandinavian fjords and forests.
The Expo site will be huge, but never mind, people
can borrow bicycles from the Denmark Pavilion and ride around the world.
Activitiesgreeting the one year
countdown to the opening of the 2010 World Expo will are held in Pudong
Disctrict, Shanghai.The one year countdown to the opening of
the 2010 World Expo will be marked on May 1, 2009.
(Xinhua Photo)
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The Expo site will also become one of the world's
most packed museums as many countries have decided to bring their national
treasures to the event.
Denmark's Little Mermaid, Japan's Monk Jianzhen
statue, and paintings by Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne from the Musee d'Orsay will
be displayed. Moreover, a mysterious national treasure will be on show at the
China Pavilion.
For 160 yuan, locals could expect to buy a ticket or
two to a film at a Shanghai cinema. But at the Expo, many films using new
technology and shown on various innovative screens will be on offer. The spines
of the UK Pavilion will be tipped with tiny colored lights to display images.
The Theme Pavilion, built by the organizers, will have a dome-shaped screen to
imitate the curvature of the Earth and give people a bird's eye view of our blue
planet.
Every day, more than 100 performances will be held
across the Expo site. China's Shaolin and Wudang kung fu will fight for mastery.
The Joint-Africa Pavilion will be a paradise of the continent's folk music.
Visitors can also become performers at the Expo by joining a 1,000-person
chorus.
A tourist poses for a photo in front of
a countdown board for the Shanghai World Expo at the Tian'anmen Square in
Beijing, April 30, 2009. The one year countdown to the opening of the 2010
World Expo will be marked on May 1, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)
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If they feel tired, visitors will be able to take the
weight off their feet at the Expo Center while listening to a forum about the
future of our cities.
The Urban Best Practices Area is one of the
innovations of the Shanghai event. Experiences of tackling the problems facing
the world's urban areas will be shared by more than 50 cities, while Shanghai's
"eco-house" will display an idealized living space.
The Expo will also be a real feast. Chinese food,
French wine, wild fish from Finland, Mexican hoecake and Japanese cuisine will
be on offer. And shopping fans will be busy in the Expo site, too. Almost all
the pavilions will devote about 20 percent of their space to shopping areas, so
people can pick up souvenirs or buy products from across the world without
leaving the city.
(Source: Shanghai Daily)
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