Conception of opening ceremony of Shanghai World Expo

Colorful beams, flag boats passing through colored balls, elegant fountains, changing music and gorgeous fireworks. ...

On April 30th, along the Huangpu River, a grand fireworks show with multimedia lighting fountains was divided into three parts: "Welcome to China", "Join the World Expo" and "Celebrate with the World", which brought the 159-year-old comprehensive World Expo to ancient and modern China for the first time.

At the beginning of the performance, a warm China Red and the slogan "Welcome to China" appeared on the big screen. Red fireworks fly into the night sky, and red beams shoot across the river. Huangpu River is like a huge red carpet, welcoming guests from all over the world.

Hosting the World Expo is a long-cherished dream of China people. Liang Qichao and others once proposed to hold the World Expo in Shanghai, longing for their motherland to "sleep like a lion, and the sick country will fall into depression".

With the changes of the times, the relationship between China and the World Expo is getting closer and closer. Open China has ushered in the World Expo, which embodies the splendid civilization of mankind. On the evening of 30th, every light and fireworks released the Expo dream of China people.

Blue and green have gradually become the main colors of lighting, and the bright, cheerful and enthusiastic rhythm makes people feel the harmony and beauty of urban life.

With the development of industrialization and urbanization, cities not only make people enjoy a better life, but also bring difficulties and challenges such as traffic congestion, environmental pollution and resource shortage. Shanghai World Expo is the first Expo with the theme of city. During the World Expo, people will exchange experiences on urban sustainable development.

The LED ball floating from Lupu Bridge is changing red, yellow and orange, flowing along the river. More than 200 flag ships, under the traction of three speedboats, met with LED luminous balls descending downstream on the river. The speedboat dragged and threw fireworks, and one hundred flag boats passed through the colored balls. This is a unique "water inlet".

The idea of "romantic water" originated from China's classic love story "Butterfly Lovers". A group of permanent fountains by the Huangpu River reappeared this touching story. With the change of music, the dance of water becomes the screen of water, and large projectors project colorful flowers and thousands of butterflies, which embodies the harmony between man and nature.

It is always the ideal of the Expo family to advocate the establishment of a harmonious world that advocates harmony, people-oriented, mutual respect and love, and is close to nature.

Golden fireworks were first lit at Lupu Bridge. Colorful fireworks are set off on barges on both sides of the strait and on the river, chasing each other and competing for beauty.

Silver and purple fireworks bloomed first, and then all kinds of dazzling fireworks bloomed one after another. "Smiling face" and other modeling fireworks depict the open China. Golden fireworks were set off from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and greeted each other over the Pujiang River, forming a special shape of "hand in hand".

With the music of Ode to Joy playing, fireworks are blooming, and all searchlights, lasers and fountains are filled with colorful light and fire, which makes the sky bright for a while and illuminates the night sky.

Scientific development and sustainable development are the ideas pursued by Shanghai World Expo. Wenguo Liu, assistant director of the Expo Bureau and deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcasting and Tourism, said that the fireworks used in the opening ceremony were "low-carbon"-less smoke, light sound and very bright colors.

In addition, the 2000 guest seats in this opening ceremony are made of discarded milk cartons, the program and handbags are made of recycled paper, and low-energy audio and led large screens are also widely used. More than 200 flag boats used in this opening ceremony will also be presented to disabled athletes for training.

"China element" runs through the whole performance. "The shapes of firecrackers, gongs and drums, China Red, Liang Zhu and' fish' mean more than a year, making the whole performance nationalized and internationalized." Wenguo Liu said.

David Atkins, the general director of outdoor lighting, fireworks and fountain installations at the opening ceremony, said: "If such performances are held in any other country in the world, it will take at least one and a half years to rehearse, while in China, it will only take half a year or even less. This reflects China's strong resource allocation capabilities. "