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China National Pavilion Day at Shanghai World Expo

【Video】: Wu Bangguo delivers speech at official ceremony of China National Pavilion Day

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Highlights of China Pavilion

Section Three: Focus on low-carbon future

Section Two: The Experience Trip

China pavilion, known as the "Crown of the East

Theme: Chinese Wisdom in Urban Development

Highlights: Traditional Dougong Style

National Pavilion Day: October 1

Location: Within Zone A of the Expo Site

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Pavilion Feature

The main structure of the China Pavilion, "The Crown of the East," has a distinctive roof, made of traditional dougong or brackets, which date back more than 2,000 years.
The dougong style features wooden brackets fixed layer upon layer between the top of a column and a crossbeam. This unique structural component of interlocking wooden brackets is one of the most important elements in traditional Chinese architecture. Dougong was widely used in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC-467 BC).

Three Sections inside China Pavilion

Section One: Exploring "Oriental Footprint"

Section Two: The Experience Trip

Section Three: Focus on low-carbon future

Highlights of China Pavilion

The “Chinese red” that decorates the pavilion is composed of seven different reds, and was picked out from hundreds of red materials. The pavilion body is dark red at the top and gradually become lighter at the bottom to form an accordant and classic visual effect with the refraction of sunlight in the day and projection of lighting at night, as well as other different visual conditions...More Highlights>>

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Xinjiang Week opens at Expo
Actors and actresses from northwest China´s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region perform.

Southern tune musical dance displayed
Taiwan based Han Tang Music Ensemble presented audiences with a southern musical dance show called "Records of Court Entertainment Office".