The theme of the Qinghai Pavilion is the Chinese Water Tower and the Source of Three Rivers. The exhibition hall covers an area of ??600 square meters. The geographical base of the Qinghai Pavilion, which is higher in the west and lower in the east, the Kunlun Snow Peak in a wishful shape, and the display space close to nature, show the theme that the source of the Three Rivers is the Chinese water tower, the source of life, the source of civilization, and the source of the city. After the Qinghai Pavilion is completed, it will present six major sections, including "Sanyuan Heart", "Wetland Pure Land", "Time and Space Yaochi" and "At Your Fingertips", highlighting the advantages of Qinghai's "Chinese Water Tower". Through the visual image of "Three Rivers Source", it will be displayed at the World Expo Under the theme of "Better City, Better Life", it shows the urban development approach of Qinghai's "Chinese Water Tower and the Source of Three Rivers".

The main shape is like the word "source" in ancient seal script, with the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River "flowing"... The Qinghai Pavilion started construction and exhibition yesterday. The theme of the Qinghai Pavilion is "Chinese Water Tower·Three Rivers Source", which tells the story that the Three Rivers Source is the source of life, civilization and city. The main shape of the Qinghai Pavilion evolved from the ancient seal script character "Yuan", and its shape is similar to the character "Yuan" in modern Chinese. The prefix "factory" is designed to look like a mountain peak, symbolizing the Kunlun Mountains, the ancestral mountain. The ridge is also covered with white snow. The word "small" is transformed into the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River originating from Qinghai. The three rivers are covered with lush wool grass. In addition, the middle part of the source character written as "日" in the seal script symbolizes Yaochi, the residence of the Queen Mother of the West in Chinese mythology. Even more cleverly, the radical of the word "source" evolved into the Qinghai Pavilion's mascot "Sanyuan", namely water, snow and dew. They respectively represent the three origins of water - the origin of the river, the snowflakes on the snow-capped mountains and the grassland. With crystal dewdrops on them, they will tell the story of "Chinese Water Tower·Three Rivers Source" to visitors in the museum. The theme of Qinghai Province's participation in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo is "Chinese Water Tower and the Source of Three Rivers". According to this theme, all design plans highlight the word "water". In other words, the Qinghai Pavilion built in the future will also be filled with water. In this world, the design company has made great efforts to show the water of Qinghai's three rivers to the world in a clever way. In addition, the theme of the Shanghai World Expo is: "Better City, Better Life." This puts forward higher requirements for the construction of the Qinghai Pavilion. Qinghai is the source of the three rivers. The Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River have nurtured millions of people in the middle and lower reaches. The descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties have also nourished a large number of cities in the river basins. It is easier to just reflect the water of Qinghai's three rivers in the exhibition hall. How to reflect the "nurturing grace" of the rivers is a difficult task. "The design plan must be novel, attractive, and easy to implement. This is the first thing the design company should consider."

Sanjiangyuan was once an ultra-stable ecological cycle system and the highest altitude in the world. Areas of concentrated biodiversity. Sunshine, snow-capped mountains, wetlands, rivers and creatures exchange energy and integrity, and together maintain the smoothest supply and demand relationship circle. This ancient balance pattern has been broken in the century closest to us. As the earth's climate warms, glaciers begin to retreat. Forests are disappearing, wetlands are shrinking, rivers are drying up, lakes are decreasing, the land's ability to retain water is declining, and grasslands are desertifying at a rate of hundreds of thousands of acres every year. Changes in the source will bring disaster to the entire basin. Droughts and floods have become more frequent in the middle and lower reaches of the three major rivers. In 1998, an unprecedented catastrophic flood occurred in the Yangtze River Delta, almost engulfing South and East China. The whole of China was shaken, and so was the world.

Human beings are still competing for wisdom in the game of local interests. What the crazy demand means to the ecology of Sanjiangyuan is self-evident. People who are immersed in the happiness of the achievements of modern material civilization rarely think that the endless expansion of material desires has become the most dangerous and destructive force to the Sanjiangyuan. They have not noticed the frequent ecological red lights on the high continent thousands of miles away. lamp.

China has become one of the 13 water-scarce countries in the world, and its per capita water resources are only one-eighth of the world average. Among China's more than 600 cities, more than 400 have insufficient water supply, and more than 100 of them are seriously short of water. It is obvious that a life plagued by water, no matter how modern, cannot be truly beautiful.

Cities lead the life style of the whole society and demonstrate all the beautiful connotations of modern life. But today, the development of any city or the realization of any goal of a better life cannot and dare not be considered in isolation from ecological security factors. Water is the first factor in ecological security. Sanjiangyuan is the “most ecologically sensitive area” in mainland China.

Being kind to nature means being kind to ourselves - this concept has finally been accepted by the mainstream values ??of society as a major historical progress and has been affirmed at the decision-making level.

This is the awakening of mankind in a critical moment. We must return to the basic values ??adhered to by our ancestors, which is to revere and respect nature, and not forget to give back to nature while asking for it. History has taken a long detour on ecological issues. Fortunately, today's Sanjiangyuan can still provide enough opportunities to make amends. Returning to nature and easing the inner conflicts caused by civilization are the common spiritual aspirations of modern people. Sitting on the grass of the "plateau", watching movies leisurely while feeling the simple life of snow-capped mountains, blue sky, white clouds and grassland. This is the Qinghai Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo.

The main body of the Qinghai Pavilion is shaped like the word "source" in ancient seal script. It selects the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River as elements, uses the Kunlun Sky as the carrier, the holy water Yaochi as the emotional connotation, and uses broadness and tolerance as the spatial concepts. , outlines an open display space, showing the landscape style of the "Chinese Water Tower".

The seal script "Yuan" sets up the exhibition hall

Qinghai is the source of the Yangtze River, Yellow River, Lancang River and other rivers. The main shape of the Qinghai Pavilion is evolved from the ancient seal script "Yuan" , which is similar to the word "original" in modern Chinese. The prefix "factory" is designed as the image of a mountain peak, symbolizing the Kunlun Mountains, the ancestor of thousands of mountains; the character "small" becomes the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River originating from Qinghai; the "white" in the middle of the character "source" in ancient seal script is written as " "Sun" has become the source of Chinese mythology in the Qinghai Pavilion - the Yaochi of the Queen Mother of the West.

The unique structure makes two-thirds of the Qinghai Pavilion open. Visitors can freely shuttle in the pavilion and see the clear river flowing through the snow-capped mountains, the clouds and mist floating on the top of the snow-capped mountains, and the pastoral songs in the breeze. It calls for eternal solemnity.

Sitting on the grass slope and watching a movie

The overall design of the Qinghai Pavilion revolves around the theme of "Chinese Water Tower and the Source of Three Rivers", using special glass to simulate the realistic effects of the three major rivers.

In order to restore the natural features of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Qinghai Pavilion planted an alpine meadow with the unique "Chinese wool grass" on the plateau. Four "water elves" are distributed on the grass. They are "transformed" from a few drops of water in the river. In front of them is a screen, which will play a movie with the theme of "same root". Visitors can sit on the grass slope and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from the film, and they can also look up at the blue sky and white clouds on the dome of the exhibition hall.

Interpretation of Qinghai Pavilion

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Water-patterned glass paving the Yangtze River, Yellow River and Lancang River

The display part of Qinghai Pavilion It includes more than 10 parts including "Origin from Qinghai" and "Green all over the world".

Origin from Qinghai: About two-thirds of the area of ??the Qinghai Pavilion is composed of three major rivers, the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Lancang River, with their sources pointing to the snowy mountains of Qinghai. These three major rivers are paved with water-patterned glass, as if the rivers are gurgling from the snow-capped mountains.

The end of the world is green: an alpine meadow is surrounded by three major rivers and is paved with the unique "Chinese wool grass" on the plateau. The grass is as thin as a carpet and the wild flowers are mottled.

Same root and origin: Four "water elves"-shaped facilities will play videos to introduce the geography, ecology, flora and fauna of Sanjiangyuan, and the lives of various ethnic groups.

Hoof competition: A vast wilderness appears on the transparent screen, with Tibetan antelopes, white-lipped deer, Tibetan wild ass and other animal populations foraging in the wilderness.

The birthplace of the Mother River: A short film traces the origins of the three major rivers upstream from the estuaries, guides tourists to find the birthplace of the Chinese nation’s mother river, and displays the relationship between the three major rivers and The relationship between life, civilization and city.

Yuanshang Renjia: Use reliefs and paintings to show the life of Qinghai herdsmen, reflecting the herdsmen’s tenacity, optimism and tranquility in the harsh living environment.

Gradandong: Through sculptures and paintings, the snow peaks of Gradandong, the birthplace of the Yangtze River, are restored, so that visitors can see the beautiful snow peaks in the museum.

Alpine meadow: Chinese wool grass, rocks, etc. are used to restore the alpine meadow. Snowflakes remain on the green grass tips, showing the wonder of the plateau of "midsummer flying snow".

Polar Overlook: On the paintings on the walls of the Qinghai Pavilion, scenery such as meadows unfold one after another, and the grass and sky are the same color.

The first drop of water: an icicle hangs upside down from the roof of the museum, with a drop of water at the tip and a slowly spreading ripple on the ground, implying that the civilization, prosperity and prosperity of the lower reaches of the three rivers originated here.

High Sky Flowing Clouds: On the dome of the exhibition hall, lights and paintings are used to restore the unique blue sky and white clouds of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, bringing a sparse and ethereal experience.

Wishes carved in stone: There is a touch screen on the lawn outside the exhibition hall. Visitors can sign and leave messages on the screen to express their feelings or blessings.

The Feather Tribe’s Feathers: With the outer wall of the exhibition hall as the background, a colorful painting depicts a group of black-necked cranes soaring in the sky, symbolizing that Sanjiangyuan is a paradise for birds.

Plateau Window: This is the window for external reception of the Qinghai Pavilion. Guests are entertained with Kunlun Mountain mineral water from the source of Sanjiang. At the same time, tourists can receive information and souvenirs introducing Qinghai at the window.