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The profound significance of the World Expo

The World Expo is a grand gathering of new ideas, concepts, cultures, creations and products. It takes the peace and development of mankind as its theme and the promotion of the respective images of participating countries as its basic purpose. Its most important function is to highly condense the civilization of an era and then vividly show it to people with the greatest enlightenment.

The far-reaching impact of the World Expo can be summarized as the following six aspects:

Dissemination of invention

At that time, the freshest, hottest and top-notch science and technology in the world were exhibited at the World Expo and widely spread.

Spread, which has a certain, even huge impact on human life. For example:

Steam engines and agricultural machinery were exhibited at 185 1 London World Expo.

During the Philadelphia 1876 World Expo, Bell's telephone, Edison's phonograph and duplex telegraph, victorious sewing machine, bicycle, typewriter and easy-to-operate darning machine were exhibited for the first time. There is also a huge steam engine designed by American engineer Coles. Height 13m, weight 56 tons, horsepower 1.400. It provides power for all mechanical equipment through cables with a total length of 23 kilometers.

Lighting equipment, cars and phonographs were the most popular exhibits at the 1889 Paris World Expo. Inventor Edison showed about 4,000 patents he obtained in Paris.

The novel mechanical equipment exhibited at the World Expo aroused great interest of visitors and was quickly popularized and widely used in the future.

When the French Lumiere brothers and American Edison's invention-synchronized recording film was shown at 1900 Paris Expo, countless audiences were deeply attracted by this magical invention. It is precisely because of the sensational effect of 1900 Paris World Expo that in 1908 ~ 19 14, the products of French film companies occupied 60% ~ 70% of the world market.

The plane invented by the Wright brothers was exhibited at the World Expo in St. Louis, USA on 1904. It indicates that after the era of navigation, mankind will enter the era of aviation.

1939 A new invention, the TV camera, appeared at the opening ceremony of the new york World Expo, and NBC used it to broadcast the opening ceremony live. Many inventions, such as nylon, plastics, tape recorders and tapes, will have a great impact on human society in the future and will also be exhibited.

In short, from high-power steam engines, locomotives, high-speed ships, airplanes, cranes, elevators, telephones, telegrams, phonographs, movies, televisions, and tungsten filament incandescent lamps to 1000 times telescopes, X-ray instruments, robots, and aerospace technology, almost all the most important inventions of mankind have passed through the World Expo and spread all over the world.

(B) to promote lifestyle

It can be said that nine times out of ten, in the modern life language that people casually say, the World Expo has begun. For example, with the official opening of the 1855 Paris World Expo "Special Tourism Line", "tourism" entered the historical stage as an industry for the first time.

1904, at the St. Louis World Expo, ice cream and hamburgers happened to be cooked on the spot and made people taste. This smell has been fragrant for a hundred years. The world's first merry-go-round "Felice", 80 meters high, spun 1 1,440 screaming tourists (36 wheelboxes, each of which can hold 40 people) into the sky at the Chicago World Expo, unprecedented! A rotating "happiness" to the present.

Another example is lottery tickets, fast food, coke, resorts, amusement parks and department stores, where many goods are concentrated and traded ... all from the World Expo.

Expand cultural exchanges

Every World Expo has a variety of cultural and recreational activities, which has expanded cultural exchanges among countries around the world. For example, 1873' s famous song "Blue Danube" first appeared at the Vienna World Expo. After more than 100 years of circulation, it has become the second national anthem of Austria and a cultural treasure of mankind.

1878 At the Paris World Expo, the French decorative art exhibition, the French 1000 cultural exhibition and the Russian anthropological exhibition were all very popular. In the meantime, Hugo, a famous French writer, presided over the writers' conference and formulated international laws to protect literary property rights. The head of the Russian delegation attending the writers' conference is the prestigious Turgenev. In addition, Thelocka Dro Palace holds concerts every night, and the hall that can accommodate 4,500 people is packed almost every day. Tchaikovsky appeared at the concert.

The design of Japan Pavilion in Osaka 1970 World Expo in Japan originated from the five petals of Japan's national flower cherry blossom, which directly framed the logo of the World Expo. The theme of the Japan Pavilion is: Japan and Japanese-past, present and future. The interior shows the lifestyle and culture of the Japanese people.

World Expo 1967 Montreal introduced world-class opera, ballet and chamber music, as well as symphony orchestras and pop singers.

Expo 2000 Hanover, Germany is also a cultural activity involving the whole world. Various programs can be seen everywhere in the exhibition area, including works of art, cooking performances, hundreds of concerts, drama and dance performances, magic performances and various children's days.

Eyes and the like, day and night, one after another.

(D) to promote architectural innovation

The host countries and participating countries of the World Expo have tried their best to design their own most novel and distinctive pavilions, thus promoting the development of novel architectural design and novel building materials in the world. Some World Expo buildings have become symbols of the cities concerned, and they stand today. For example:

Crystal Palace is a landmark building in great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, London, in 185 1 year. It is 490 meters long, 1 17 meters wide and 33 meters high. The huge steel frame is completely covered with 865,438+0,000 square meters of glass, which is magnificent. Crystal Palace is the first in the application of cast iron structure, all-glass curtain wall and standard assembled building, and it is the first in modern architecture. For a long time, it became a model of modern architecture.

The Eiffel Tower is one of the beautiful landmarks in Paris. It used to be the tallest building in the world in the history of urban development, which greatly promoted the development of modern high-rise buildings. Its construction originated from 1889 Paris World Expo, and it is a landmark building of the World Expo. The Eiffel Tower is 300 meters high. At that time, four elevators with a passenger capacity of 100 people sent thousands of tourists to the altitude of 1 15 meters to overlook Paris every day, and they could also walk down the steps of 1792. Every day, with the sound of the Eiffel Tower, the World Expo begins a new day; At 9 o'clock every night, the three-color searchlights in the tower and the square fountain complement each other, pushing the lively day to a climax. During the exhibition, more than 2 million people visited the tower, including the British Crown Prince, inventor Edison and other celebrities.

The use of color is a highlight of 1933 Chicago World Expo. The pavilions with similar themes use one color, which is convenient for the audience to choose the tour route. The designer's bold mix of 23 colors has brought the color fusion to the extreme, and also made the city of 1933 shine.

The central building of new york World Expo 1939-1940 is a spherical building-Perry Ball and a conical building-Tirion, with a height of 215m. These two buildings are interconnected by bridges and spiral escalators, towering into the sky, symbolizing the world and construction of tomorrow.

1958 The most influential thing in the Brussels World Expo is its landmark building, the Atomic Tower. Atomium's design embodies the characteristics of the times and the focus of people's attention, both in concept and creative form.

Atomium consists of nine huge hollow metal spheres, each sphere represents an atom, and the spheres are connected by hollow steel pipes with a length of 26 meters and a diameter of 3 meters. The ball and the steel pipe connecting the ball form a cube. This is the cubic structure of iron A magnified by 65.438+065 billion times. In the middle of atomium, there was the fastest elevator in Europe at that time. 22 people can deliver 92 in 23 seconds.

The top sphere of rice. The top sphere is specially designed for tourists to enjoy the scenery, surrounded by six large plexiglass windows and equipped with multiple stands.

From a distance, 250 people can have a bird's eye view of Brussels at the same time. After visiting the "top floor", people can take the bus instead.

Move the elevator to other areas.

(5) Guide the way forward

In the early days of the World Expo, human beings paid attention to the future development issues such as ecological balance, environmental protection, population control, transportation and communication development, ocean and space development.

Since the Chicago World Expo 1933, every World Expo has a clear theme. Many themes reflect the urgent problems that need to be solved in human economic and social development and point out the direction for future development. For example:

1958 Theme of World Expo Brussels, Belgium: World Population Culture

Theme of Seattle 1962 Expo: Humans in the Space Age.

Theme of Osaka 1970 World Expo: Human progress and harmony.

The theme of Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany: Man-Nature-Harmony.

The theme of Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan is "Wisdom of Nature", with three sub-themes: "Universe, Life and Information", "Skills and Wisdom of Life" and "Circular Society". Focusing on the theme, the exhibition aims at "harmony between man and nature". The setting of the site does not destroy the original terrain and environment at all. From tableware and garbage bags to clothing and building materials, use degradable or renewable pollution-free materials as much as possible; Set up an environment-friendly toilet, the feces and sewage will be directly treated by microorganisms and ozone to become transparent water, and then flush the toilet. There are nine kinds of garbage in the World Expo. People can see rows of transparent trash cans not far away. Volunteers teach people to throw garbage into different bins in the right way, and then burn combustible garbage to generate electricity for the lighting of the World Expo. Non-combustible garbage is recycled as a resource. It emphasizes the model of future circular society.

(6) accelerating economic development

Expo is an "accelerator" to promote economic and social development. In particular, it has become a great opportunity for the host country to accelerate its economic and social development.

For example, after the first World Expo in Britain, it not only opened up a vast new trade market for Britain, but also greatly promoted the development of railway transportation. In just five years, the length of British railway has doubled to more than 6,200 miles.

It has been 38 years since Japan was defeated in the world in 1945 and became the second strongest country in the world in comprehensive national strength in 1983. An important stop in these 38 years was the Osaka World Expo in 1970. The Osaka World Expo attracted 64 million visitors, creating the largest number of visitors in the history of the Expo.

The United States * * * hosted the 14 World Expo.

France hosted the 1 1 World Expo.

Since 1957, Germany has hosted seven World Expos. In the 2000 Hanover World Expo, 173 countries and international organizations participated, creating the largest number of participating countries and international organizations in the history of the World Expo.

At the critical moment of their respective development, the seven major industrial countries in the world have accelerated their economic and social development by hosting one or more World Expos.