Review: Ten Highlights Of Shanghai World Expo Opening Ceremony

The New Zealand Maori song and dance ensemble from Oceania perform the brave horn.

At 8 o'clock last night, the opening ceremony of China's 2010 Shanghai World Expo opened at the Expo Cultural Center on the Huangpu river.

Wang Qishan, vice premier of the State Council and director of Shanghai World Expo organizing committee, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony.

The chairman of the International Exhibition Bureau, LAN Feng, addressed the speech.

At this grand opening ceremony, the ten most attractive highlights are:

"Lotus girl" holy singing

In the prelude to the opening ceremony, hundreds of Chinese girls in pink long skirts stood on the stage as if they were "harmonious angels".

Together with Song Zuying and Jackie Chan, they interpreted "harmony and joyous songs" to show the confidence and calmness of World Expo hosts.

It is understood that "Lotus Girls" from 5 universities in Shanghai are all non professional "natural" performances.

Giant "white dove" spread its wings

In the prelude, a giant appeared over the stage.

This scene is actually controlled by 770 independent servomotors under computer control.

The towing pigeons are 770 fine lines containing nanotechnology.

The blue The Danube sounded twice.

At the opening ceremony, the blue The Danube played twice.

For the first time, the "river romance" scene was performed indoors, the second time was in outdoor lighting fountain fireworks display.

The famous waltz, composed by Austria composer John Strauss, made a great hit in World Expo, Paris, in 1868.

At that time, there was no telephone, television, and no Internet era, and it quickly spread throughout the world.

The blue The Danube has become an indelible cultural symbol in the history of World Expo.

Ballet, song of the Yangtze River

This is the most creative presentation ever since the birth of the song "the song of the Yangtze", which is widely known by China.

At the fingertips of young pianist Lang Lang, the song of the Yangtze will be strung together with the Shanghai Concerto.

Quincy Jones and Tan Dun cooperate with Expo songs

Quincy Jones, the outstanding American artist of music, and Better Tan Dun Better Life, a special English song written by Chinese musician Tan Dun for Shanghai World Expo, made a debut at the opening ceremony.

Quincy Jones came to Shanghai to collect works during his preparation in World Expo, Shanghai. When she finished her final creation in Losangeles, she also joined the pronunciation of "I" and "you" in Shanghai dialect.

Tan Dun's "water drum" instrument was also used in the performance.

Shinji Tanimura and Bocelli

In the indoor theatrical performances, some of the world's top artists performed well for the audience, including the Japanese "national treasure" singer, the 62 year old Shinji Tanimura and the Italy blind singer Andre Boccelli.

The two men deducted the classic Star, and nobody sleeps tonight.

Shinji Tanimura and Bocelli's appearance also has a layer of meaning -- from Shinji Tanimura of Japan and Bocelli from Italy, symbolizing the Aichi and World Expo from Japan in 2005, to World Expo, Shanghai, China in 2010, and then to Italy Milan World Expo, which will be held in 2015, which is a continuation and relay of World Expo.

Children in Yushu earthquake area

In the climax of the indoor performance, the audience saw two touching scenes of Tibetan children holding hands with Chinese and foreign children who survived the Yushu earthquake.

Colorful flag boats, all kinds of competition

The outdoor performance performed a rare "waterscape show".

In one scene, 6000 LED luminous balls changed from red, orange and yellow three colors from the Lupu Bridge upstream of Huangpu River to the heart stage of the river, forming a splendid and splendid scene.

This is actually a symbolic "Expo water entry".

Butterfly Lovers dancing on water

In the second act of outdoor multi-media fireworks display, the Chinese Classical Violin Concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" sounded.

In the heart of the river, two large fountain boats create a fantastic atmosphere. The "Liang Shan Bo" in the blue and green Hanfu and the "Zhu Yingtai" image in the peach red suit are hidden on the water screen.

Gradually, virtual characters become butterflies, like dreams.

Fireworks on both sides of Pujiang "hand in hand"

At the climax of outdoor performance, golden flowers bloom on both sides of the Huangpu River and cross the water to meet the docking, forming a special form of "hand in hand".

With the music of "Ode to joy", fireworks, lasers and fountains joined in the carnival of light and fire, and the sky brightly lit up the night sky.

It is worth noting that the opening of World Expo in Shanghai coincided with China's the 17th day of the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar. With the help of weather and tide, fountains, music, lights and fireworks jointly staged a "spring river flower moonlit night" with a sense of future, symbolizing the harmony of all mankind.