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Touching stories about the World Expo

Preserve the memory of the city, in order to make the city better

With the graceful background of the Lupu Bridge not far away, a large willow tree stands alone and silently on the Pudong Plain Among the ruins of the No. 3 Steel Plant site. Tower cranes are clearing the rubble one after another, and the drill bit of the tunnel boring machine is still noisy, continuing to demolish the old...

Artemisia grows wildly on the side of the rubble, as high as half a person.

This area was once known as Houtan, and was filled with dilapidated shacks, just like a village in the city. Its poor public security, sanitation, and city appearance are frowned upon. Today, the road leading here has been blocked by rocks, and there are few traces of citizens. Standing in this piece of flying dust, you can't help but feel a trance: it feels like history is whizzing by your side - on the other end is the Hexing Iron Works nearly a hundred years ago, China's national steel industry, like a child taking steps. Like this, it appeared on the east bank of the Huangpu River; then at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Third Shanghai Steel Plant produced steel in full view of the public, lived up to expectations, and resumed production, strongly supporting the urgent needs of the construction of New China; and three years later, in 2010, it will be here again Unexpectedly, the Shanghai World Expo will emerge beautifully from the rubble...

The small Houtan is like a microcosm of Shanghai's century-old history.

“Better City, Better Life”—the theme of the Shanghai World Expo has become a meaningful metaphor and symbol here.

To highlight the beauty of a city, we must first not cut off the memory of the city. As Bai Wenhua, chairman of Shanghai World Expo Land Holdings Co., Ltd., said: To successfully host the World Expo, we must also protect precious historical relics.

In order to cherish history, Expo people are being cautious. "Refreshing" is not the goal they are pursuing. They are trying to make tomorrow's World Expo still have a vague trace of the Shanghai industry of yesterday. They are also trying to pick up as many crystal fragments of history as possible from the rubble. In this way, this World Expo will have more historical depth and make people more attached to it.

Special steel workshop

The "red line" reveals the tortuous thoughts, and the special steel workshop will become a performing arts center

The special steel workshop is due to its large interior It was so empty that workers in the early days had to ride bicycles around inside. Although it is only more than ten years old, it is fortunate to be preserved.

"Why do we have to demolish everything?" Bai Wenhua asked.

This former Putuo District leader who, together with Chen Yifei, presided over and planned the Changshou Road reconstruction project, has a unique understanding of urban construction: "Many cities are facing reconstruction, but their approaches are different. I studied in the United States. When I was there, I was very impressed by the renovation of Pittsburgh. A large number of old houses there were abandoned because they could not pay the inheritance tax. The government took them over and transformed them into carriers of the service industry. We made use of the old factories with a sense of history. In fact, it is very consistent with the World Expo's concept of 'Better City, Better Life'."

Han Zheng, Acting Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Shanghai, saw the special steel workshop during his inspection and expressed his concern for the retained ones. I quite like the plan. In the future, this place will become a performing arts center - a place where steel was splashed in the past. A few years later, it will be filled with elegant silk and bamboo music, fragrant clothes and shadows. The memory of the city is carefully continued here, interpreting the dialogue between history and the future. .

In fact, careful people will find that the red lines in the World Expo planning map have changed again and again. Why? In order to avoid random demolition and construction and unnecessary waste, in order to preserve the historical traces of Shanghai's industry as much as possible, in order to make the people live more peacefully, and to make the World Expo more humane.

The results of the site census conducted since 2003 have injected new thinking into the Expo planning. For example, Nanshi Power Plant is the earliest thermal power plant in Shanghai. Instead of demolishing it, it has been transformed into a green power plant, injecting solar energy, wind energy, biomass and other elements, fully practicing "Better City, Better Life" concept.

For example, the residential area of ??South Pier New Village was originally within the red line. Later, due to the large number of relocated people involved, and from the perspective of economy, it was finally retained.

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The red line symbolizing "demolition" carefully tried to bypass high-rise buildings and new buildings that were not very old, and eventually shrank more and more, Shanghai Shen Lei from Expo Land Holdings Co., Ltd. said jokingly: "Look at the red line now going in and out, just like an earthworm!"

More and more buildings are included in the protection and preservation scope. , not only the cultural relic protection units have been firmly preserved, but also many other old buildings with some historical value have survived. The planned protected area has doubled in two years!

Bai Wenhua, Chairman of Shanghai World Expo Land Holdings Co., Ltd.

Bai Wenhua said: “This large-scale use of old buildings is the first of its kind in China and can provide some useful attempts. Of course, passive protection is not advisable and impossible. In the inheritance of cultural heritage, there will definitely be more active play and the integration of innovative consciousness - this is how we practice the concept of a harmonious society, between man and nature, history and society. In the future, we will be more harmonious in the process of innovation. If nothing else, how much resources can be saved? ”

In the future, there will be some road names like this in the Expo site: Shanggang Road, Southern Circuit...Expo people consciously use various methods to retain the memory of history.

"Truck, go slow!"——Saving parts of history

In the future Expo, there will be something that will make hundreds of thousands of people go to the steel industry in front of their hearts and minds. Yiliang's many artistic shapes, such as the double hooks on the tower crane that they are familiar with, or the spinning gears...

Mr. Huang Yinghao of the Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute is presiding over this work. He and his partners often rummage through the rubble like scavengers. Once they find a component with a unique shape, they feel like they have found a treasure.

"We try to retain the elements of industrial civilization in the artistic sculptures as much as possible. Such artworks have the original simple, nostalgic outlines, but also have a modern artistic flavor." Huang Yinghao said.

They are using the eyes and hands of artists to try their best to save the remnants of history from the ruins. "Even a crushed steel plate is more beautiful and more flexible than a new one. Because it is full of history."

They picked out many anchors from the original No. 3 Printing and Dyeing Factory; Shipbuilding in Jiangnan From the waste pile of the factory, they unearthed the hook of the door crane; from the garbage pile of the Hualun Printing and Dyeing Factory, they unearthed a beautiful small machine tool model; they even treasured the model worker and "Grab King" who wrapped the sail The first grab...

As if competing for time with the truck, Mr. Huang and the others often looked at the truck transporting rubble and sighed: Maybe there is some "treasure" in it that has been missed. Already?

“Sometimes, I really want to shout at the truck: Slow down, slow down!”

Even the rubble in front of me and the scene before the rubble were recorded by someone. . The Shanghai World Expo Bureau even invited painters and artists to reproduce the disappeared urban life...

Under the care of the Expo people, the memory of the city is still spreading vigorously under the banner of the Expo on both sides of the Pujiang River. Let an old story of Shencheng that lasts for hundreds of years still have a fresh echo in front of the world.

While many people are already civilized, I am still trudging on the road of learning civilization!

This is not hypocritical at all. As early as 2001, I was still very conceited. Although I didn't act arrogant, I looked like an intellectual upstart - I didn't have much in my stomach, but I was very proud in my heart. It wasn't until a small story that happened during the Olympic bid that I gained a deep understanding of the relationship between people and restrained some of my nouveau riche mentality.

At that time, the Olympic bid ambassadors were holding their breath in Moscow and preparing for the exciting moment. Hundreds of strangers and I gathered around a TV set on the lawn next to Xuefu Road in Harbin, waiting eagerly. Samaranch announced the list of host cities for the 2008 Olympic Games. I don’t know if it was because he was a student at the time that his mentality was simpler or pure, but the tone of Samaranch’s announcement of “Beijing” has always been fresh in my memory.

I remember that when the excited crowd slowly dispersed, students from the nearby university held up red flags, lined up in a neat square, marched as a whole, and shouted unified slogans to celebrate the successful bid for the Olympics. Because I had to watch the TV and clean up the lawn, I stayed there with a smile on my face and greeted strange passers-by, and listened to them tell me: "This is a good thing."

Until finally, the pedestrians dispersed, leaving only me and an old man pushing a bicycle to collect waste. The uncle and I had never met each other before, and he was suddenly very happy that day. He took out a small half of a watermelon from his bicycle, used a dagger to cut off the dirty pulp on the surface, and then neatly divided the halves into batches and handed me half of it. , while saying: "Let's celebrate together, this is a good thing."

Now I have forgotten the uncle’s appearance, but I always remember the half piece of watermelon he gave me. The watermelon at that time was extremely sweet. After my uncle left, I stayed alone for a long time. I have been thinking about the uncle's ordinary behavior in my heart. Normally, he would not give me watermelon at all, and I would not eat the dirty-looking watermelon at all. But now I am deeply moved - the feeling of being close to each other.

Later, when I was returning home from studying, I passed by Beijing and noticed that the escalators in shopping malls were marked with the words "Emergency" and "Slow". I felt a little bit in my heart: It turns out that there are specialties in taking the elevator. I don’t know why, but this reminder is so profound in my memory. Maybe it’s what Wang Dingding said, this is a special “shock”. Until now, every time I enter or leave the subway station in front of my house or take the escalator, I always force myself to stand on the right side and try to let the left side out as much as possible - although the emergency exit on the left is always crowded by slow people.

This kind of learning about civilization is actually acquired. During my studies, in addition to thinking about others when taking the elevator, I also learned from a friend who is in the clothing business that I should pay attention to the pitch of my voice in public places. Now that I am working, I often hear someone talking on the phone selflessly on the bus to the airport, and the sound fills the carriage. I blushed secretly in disgust, maybe I had said this on the phone before.

The day before yesterday, I was watching "Crazy Design" on Baidu Space to introduce a design called "Frog Can Press". I suddenly remembered a sentence said by a Taiwanese aunt in the community: "If the garbage at the door is classified Just pretending, the people living in that house must be Taiwanese." The community where I live in Shanghai has many Taiwanese people, and one of them is a good friend of mine. She told me that in Taiwan, garbage needs to be sorted, and garbage bags for placing garbage need to be purchased. In order to save money and put more things, many families need to flatten some empty beverage cans and bottles before throwing them away. ——This is also a detail of civilization that I have never known before.

Many people may be opposed to formalism and feel that the Chinese people are just improvising and making fun of the Olympics. I think this kind of learning is actually very necessary. Take competitions as an example. The sports that I have often been exposed to before are very simple, which are ordinary track and field competitions, football and basketball. Until one time I was watching TV and talked about the etiquette of watching a game. In some games, spectators should not speak, applaud or cheer at inappropriate times. I suddenly remembered a performance I had seen before. Before entering the venue, it was clearly stated that photography was not allowed, but the venue was often filled with flashes of light, which greatly affected the interest of watching.

In the article, Xu Min criticized the 13 "don'ts" just announced. I think it is a direct reference to the civilized voice. In this regard, you should actually learn from the nearest family planning department. The family planning department has been criticized by netizens for many inappropriate slogans and slogans, and now it has announced new, more humane slogans. Relevant departments of the Olympic organization should also pay attention to their own voice and tone of speech, and do not forcefully instruct others. When no one in this society feels that they are the only elite, then there will be civilization.

The night before the opening of the Seoul Olympic Games, the sky was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain. Many people sincerely prayed that the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games would go smoothly. As a result, the weather in Seoul was cloudless the next day. I watched "I Planned the Seoul Olympics" and when I read the introduction at the beginning, I was very moved. I wanted to believe that it was the unified piety of the Korean people that moved the world. The Chinese Olympic Games are about to begin, and I have reason to believe that everyone will pay pious attention to the civilization around them and move the world and themselves.

My story with the World Expo

As we all know, the 2010 World Expo will be held in Shanghai. As Shanghainese, while we are very proud, what can we do for the World Expo?

In order to fully understand the World Expo, I made a special trip to visit the "China 2010 Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Center" located on the third floor of the Hong Kong New World Tower, No. 300 Huaihai Middle Road.

Through the visit, I not only learned about the development history of the World Expo, but also learned about China’s awards in previous World Expos. What particularly interests me is China’s preparations for the 2010 World Expo. From this, I can see that all work is in good order. In progress. After watching the World Expo, I am confident that Shanghai will successfully host this World Expo.

I am a young reporter, and I want to use my expertise to do some work for the World Expo. So I worked hard to collect relevant information about the 2010 World Expo and compiled an interview outline. During the data collection process, I gained a more comprehensive understanding of the 2010 World Expo. I have made careful preparations for everything from the slogan, emblem, and mascot of the Shanghai World Expo to the significance and role of the Shanghai World Expo. Sometimes I scanned the book greedily with my eyes, not missing any place where the word "World Expo" appeared. Sometimes I wrote vigorously, reading extensively and making reservations.

After completing the preparations, the visit began. I chose the location in a park. After all, I am a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time. After finding the target, I walked skillfully in front of an old lady who was doing morning exercises. After introducing myself and obtaining the consent of the old lady, I conducted an interview with her. "What is the theme of the Shanghai World Expo?" As soon as the question was raised, the old lady answered without thinking: "City makes life better." I asked several questions in a row, and she answered them all fluently. So I found a question that I thought was difficult and could defeat her: "What special weather will we encounter during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo?" I thought she would be unable to answer, but I didn't expect that she could answer it. She looked at me with a smile, as if to say: "Can this also fail me?" I was curious, where did she get all this knowledge? Through her introduction, I learned that the "Shanghai World Expo" has mobilized all Shanghai citizens. Everyone understands, promotes and participates in the Expo through Expo knowledge promotion, knowledge competitions, volunteer participation and other methods. I admire her sincerely. Next, I interviewed some people and found that they also had a good understanding of the World Expo. Just imagine, with the efforts of all citizens, how could the 2010 World Expo not be successful?

At the end of the interview report, I wrote this: Shanghai, China, has won the right to host the 2010 World Expo, which is the pride of China and the luck of Shanghai people. Hosting a successful, exciting and unforgettable World Expo is of great significance and role to China and Shanghai. Hosting the 2010 World Expo successfully is our opportunity and our responsibility. I believe that with the joint efforts of the people of Shanghai and the strong support of the people across the country, the 2010 World Expo will be a complete success! Throughout the century-old history of the World Expo, when a country becomes the host of the World Expo, it is often the time when its national strength is strong, its economy is taking off, and its nation is self-reliant. I hope China can seize this opportunity and realize the great development of the Chinese nation!