The high technology of Shanghai World Expo is everywhere. For example, OK:SAIC General Motors Pavilion exhibited a concept car called "Leaf", which can convert solar energy, wind energy and even carbon dioxide and water in the air into electric energy to drive wheels. Another example is to live in: the Japanese pavilion, which looks like a silkworm baby, is wrapped in an ultra-light "membrane structure" containing solar power generation devices, and is known as "an environmentally friendly building that can breathe like life"; Also, the "capsule physical examination instrument" displayed in the Israel Pavilion is as big as ordinary pills and contains a smaller high-tech miniature camera; After swallowing, the doctor can check the condition at "zero distance", but there is no pain caused by routine examination.
In fact, a car, a thread, even a brick and a pipe in the Expo Park all contain cutting-edge high-tech achievements. They seem to tell tourists that this is not an imaginary thing, but a real life in the future.
On the other hand, the Expo Park is full of the most traditional and "antique" things, some of which are even related to myths.
When you enter the Mexican Pavilion, the first thing you see is the nearly 4-meter-high Aicart stone tablet. Aicart was regarded by ancient Mexicans as the creator of human beings, providing people with corn kernels and creating opportunities for the development of human civilization.
Jose, general manager of the museum's historical relics exhibits, said that they brought about 30 treasures this time, in addition to the feathered snake god stone tablet, cactus stone tablet and the oldest feathered figure prints in Mayan culture, highlighting the mysterious Mayan civilization.
Also "outdated" is the Nepal Pavilion. The exhibits and decorations in this museum are all handmade. The person in charge of the Nepal Pavilion said that it displayed the 1000-year history of the temple city Kathmandu as the center of architecture, art and culture, and explored its past and future.
Since the opening of 1 in May, high-tech and traditional culture have also been welcomed by tourists. People are willing to line up for an hour or two just to see the true contents of "dazzling" items such as new energy concept cars and giant IMAX screens, and they are also willing to spend half a day wandering and tasting in front of many historical treasures.
Of course, both traditional and modern exhibits will attract more tourists. For example, the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival produced by China Pavilion with high-tech projection technology, and the intelligent robot that can play jasmine with violin in Japanese Pavilion are the most popular exhibits.
The more cities develop, the more attention should be paid to the preservation of historical memory, which is a part of people's lives.
The World Expo, which was born in the industrial revolution, once paid most attention to machines and their great promotion to production. Since the end of19th century, science and technology have become the soul of the World Expo. In the second half of the 20th century, more reflective words such as "harmony", "future wealth" and "rediscovery" appeared in the themes of various world expositions.