The Shanghai World Expo will be held in the center of Shanghai, mainly in the riverside area between Nanpu Bridge and Lupu Bridge, and is laid out along both sides of the Huangpu River in urban Shanghai. The Expo site is divided into five functional areas a, b, c, d, and e. Three functional areas a, b, and c are located in Pudong, and two functional areas d and e are located in Puxi.
The Shanghai World Expo has entered a 30-day countdown. After the opening, the 5.28 square kilometers of the park will receive more than 70 million visitors within six months. There are many exhibition halls in the park. Each exhibition hall will have different programs performed every day. At the same time, the design of each exhibition hall is different from our traditional exhibition center. Each exhibition hall has its own characteristics. Some exhibition halls The internal visiting passage is not straight and regular in shape. Tourists need to wait in line outside the venue most of the time. They can visit for up to 15 hours in a day. If you only have one day to visit the World Expo, how can you visit more venues easily and happily? , you need to read on.
Let’s first understand the tour rules
First of all, you must understand the tour rules in advance when visiting the World Expo. The current plan of the venue is to use tickets to swipe your card to make reservations, which can save you the trouble of queuing. Water is definitely not allowed. It is understood that the Expo Axis is the largest main entrance and exit. During the Expo, it will bear 23% of the flow of people. There are security checkpoints on the underground level and the ground floor of the Expo Axis. The security level of these security checkpoints is in accordance with the standards of airports. According to the World Expo Bureau's estimate, it takes an average of 5 seconds for each person to go through the security check. There is a waiting area for everyone else, and everything brought in must be checked. Solid food may be brought in. But water is definitely not allowed. You must drink water after entering the Expo site. You can find free drinking water points after entering the site.
Individual visitors can make on-site reservations when visiting each exhibition hall in the park. If you follow a travel agency, you will save the trouble of making reservations. For super popular venues like the China Pavilion, the organizer implements a 100-person reservation system, so make a reservation before entering the park to avoid regrets about not being able to visit. . After making the reservation, you can go about your day's visit with confidence. There are 200 reservation machines at each entrance and exit of the park. Just ask the volunteers when you enter and you will know where they are. Of course, there are volunteers next to the reservation machines who will teach you how to operate them. Just bring your valid ID and tickets.
Then start the tour of the main venues
When entering the park, it is recommended to enter through the gate of area b, because it is closest to the four pavilions on the first axis. When entering the park, walk from the Expo axis to the end of the Celebration Square. , where there was a grand opening ceremony. After reading it, go to the Expo Center, where the opening ceremony of the National Pavilion Day is held every day. If you are lucky, you can also meet a certain national leader or a certain big star.
After seeing the Expo Center, you can go to the Theme Pavilion, where there are four venues, namely the Urban People Pavilion, the Life Pavilion, the Earth Pavilion, and the Public Participation Pavilion. Although these venues are all in the same building, they have to queue up separately. Generally, the one with the smaller queue is chosen to visit first, so there is no need to waste precious time. What I want to tell you here is that in principle, each venue in the park has two visiting routes. The fast lane is only for tourists who want to see the scenery. It is recommended that you take the slow lane in the main venues and self-built museums in various countries.
The Life·Sunshine Pavilion in the Urban People Pavilion is worth a visit. It is the first disabled pavilion in the history of the World Expo. The volunteers and commentators are all disabled. There is a sky bridge in the Earth Museum, and below it is the Earth. If you continue to visit, you will find that there is a large dome cinema in the Earth. Then go to the Performing Arts Center. The Oriental Song and Dance Troupe has two free performances every day at the Performing Arts Center. Just check the time before going.
The last focus is the China Pavilion. The exhibition halls of various provinces and cities have exhibition areas in the China Pavilion. After visiting these places, you can take the elevator to the 49-meter floor. There are several highlights there. First, it is surrounded by a tempered glass floor that looks like the Pearl of the Orient. At your feet is the waiting square, which allows you to experience what it means to be "cold at high places." The second is "Along the River During Qingming Festival", which is more than 100 meters wide and the people inside can still move around. The third is a film directed by Lu Chuan - "The Journey of Beauty", the main exhibition film of the China Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
Then you can go around the area
There are several recommended venues near the four pavilions on the first axis. Walk eastward and you will find the Asia Pavilion and the United Arab Emirates Pavilion. If you walk more, you will get to the Japan Pavilion and the Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates. The Korean Pavilion is here, don’t miss these, and you can just take a quick look at the others. Don't miss the Australia Pavilion when you walk west. The circular music box-like building on the right hand side of Australia is the Singapore Pavilion. The venue is not big. There is a garden on the top floor where you can rest, and there is a musical fountain in the square. Next to the Singapore Pavilion is the Malaysia Pavilion, a typical building in Southeast Asia. There is a stage where you can watch performances featuring dances of 47 ethnic groups in Malaysia. There are also introductions to some Malaysian tourist cities. After watching it, we went to the New Zealand Pavilion and saw a Maori dance performance before entering the pavilion. When you enter, you will be attracted by the beautiful New Zealand scenery, because the special effects of the venue were made by the special effects team of "Lord of the Rings", making you immersed in the scene. When you leave the New Zealand Pavilion, look for a building with many bamboos coming out of the roof. That is the Indonesian Pavilion. There is a Cambodia Pavilion between the New Zealand Pavilion and the Indonesian Pavilion. Because it is a rental pavilion, you can see it or not. In fact, the Indonesia Pavilion only requires taking photos. After visiting the Indonesian Pavilion, you can go to the Joint International Organization Pavilion, Brunei Pavilion, and Philippines Pavilion. c. It is worth visiting several European pavilions. Don’t miss the German Pavilion, Norwegian Pavilion, Swedish Pavilion, Finnish Pavilion, and American Pavilion. There is a dynamic waterfall and large screen in the American Pavilion, which is very bright. For the Latin American and African pavilions, it is recommended to visit the joint pavilions. There is a market inside and you can buy some souvenirs.
You can go to Puxi for a walk in the evening
At night you have to go to Puxi. Don’t think that the exhibition hall in Puxi is not the focus. In fact, as long as you understand the World Expo, you will find that the corporate pavilion is It also played a very important role in the World Expo. At the same time, the organizers of this World Expo also provided a place called the "Urban Best Practice Area" for everyone to learn about the efforts made by various countries to improve the quality of urban life. From Pudong, you can take Metro Line 8 or ferry to reach District D. When you enter, you will first see the Jiangnan Shipbuilding Museum, which was converted from an old factory. Inside, you can see the history of Chinese shipbuilding and a model of Zheng He's treasure ship, which was built more than 400 years ago. Zheng He's fleet was invincible. Columbus and Magellan were latecomers.
After coming out of the China Shipbuilding Museum, walk towards the Nanpu Bridge. First, go to the China Private Enterprise Pavilion. As the largest real estate developer in China, Vanke is indeed quite creative. The Vanke Pavilion is made of wheat stacks. You can go and see what Chinese cities will look like in 2049. Next to it is the Broad Pavilion. The architectural concept and design of the venue reflect environmental protection. The venue can be built in a short time. There is also a display of new energy-saving and environmentally friendly air conditioners. There are performances wherever you go, and the performance teams are all first-class teams from all over the world. When you visit the Expo, you can stop and enjoy it.