Step into the venues of the Dubai World Expo: as if traveling through a thousand years of history, the dazzling civilization is dazzling

The architectural design of many national venues at the Dubai World Expo focuses on the flashing stories in their respective histories, and visiting these venues is like walking into the history of mankind for thousands of years, and the brilliant civilization is dazzling.

Pakistan: Inspired by the Palace of Mirrors

The Pakistan National Pavilion is a model of openness and diversity through historical stories. The museum attracted more than 30,000 visitors in less than a week. Many tourists are attracted by the gorgeous appearance of the Pakistan Pavilion. The façade of the venue is studded with thousands of mirrors, and the whole is like a perfectly cut diamond, dazzling in the sunlight during the day and dreamlike against the backdrop of the lights at night. The design was inspired by the famous Mirror Palace in Lahore, Pakistan, which is studded with countless mirrors and gemstones, which is said to have been built by the Mughal King Shah Jahan for his pet concubine Taj Mahal so that she could admire her beautiful posture while dancing. Shah Jahan and Taj Mahal are better known to the world because of the Taj Mahal in India. Therefore, the Pakistan National Pavilion reflects its close cultural and historical ties with India.

In addition to its bright appearance, the Pakistan Pavilion is really attractive to its rich connotation. The Pakistan Pavilion has a striking timeline, its historical story began in 7000 BC, and the statue of the Buddha can draw a historical thread spanning hundreds of years. Visitors can embark on a virtual tour with the book "The Hidden Treasures of Swat" to explore the Swat Valley at the foot of the Karakoram Mountains in northern Pakistan, once a sacred site of Buddhism and the cradle of Gandhara art since ancient times. From around 500 BC to the first century AD, the Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks conquered the land, during which Time Ashoka sent monks to spread Buddhism here, and these historical causes combined to promote the birth of the Buddha statue in the Gandhara region in the first century AD. Therefore, gandhara Buddha statues integrate elements of early Persian civilization, Greek civilization and Indian art, and it is no wonder that some scholars have found similarities in hairstyles, clothing, manners and many other aspects from the Buddha shape of Gandhara art and the statue of The Roman emperor.

Taking Gandhara art as an opportunity, the Pakistan Pavilion not only tells the story of its own contribution to the development of world civilization in history, but also shows the current tolerance of different religions and cultures and the beautiful vision of future development.

Ireland: The light box holds history

The Unique Shape of the National Pavilion of Ireland, with a large truncated cone over the main building, is inspired by the Newgrange Light Box, Ireland's 5,000-year-old World Heritage Site. The Newgrange Light Box is a unique installation in the Newgrange Tombs in County Meath, Ireland. The tomb was built in the Neolithic period in 3200 BC and is older than the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The tomb is a 13-meter-high circular mound with a diameter of about 85 meters, covering an area of a little more than 6 acres, and a circle around the tomb is made of stones. The entrance to the tomb faces east, and a 19-meter-long stone passage from the tomb door extends to the burial chamber in the center of the tomb. The top of the tomb door is indented a few meters above and there is an opening that resembles both a door and a window, and the front looks like a double-layered door from a distance. The door above is actually a "light box", which is a passage of light and a wonderful feature of the design of this ancient tomb. Every year on the day of the winter solstice, when the sun rises, there will be light through the "light box" above the entrance of the tomb to illuminate the passage, and as the sun slowly rises, the light will cover the 19-meter-long passage, and even the innermost burial chamber of the tomb will be illuminated. The design of the Irish Pavilion draws on the idea of the Newgrange Light Box, using the truncated cone light channel above to enhance the lighting in the pavilion, expressing the Irish people's borrowing from ancient wisdom and always adhering to the concept of innovation.

On the façade at the entrance to the Irish Pavilion, there are also many spiral-shaped decorative patterns. Attentive viewers may find that these patterns are in line with the mysterious patterns on the boulders outside the Tomb of Newgrange, and the same patterns are also featured in the pavilion when the Irish national propaganda film is played. Like the pyramids of Egypt, Newgrange also has many unsolved mysteries that have led to various conjectures in the world, some people think that the design of this tomb is related to ancient religious activities; others believe that the level of astronomical observation displayed by the Newgrange light box is far beyond the cognitive ability of people in that era, and may be related to extraterrestrial life...

Peru: Inca suspension bridge connects the past and the future

As soon as you step into the Peruvian National Pavilion, there is a ten-meter-long straw rope suspension bridge, which shows Peru's famous cultural heritage "Cuevachaca Bridge". In fact, in the local Quechua language, The Quiswachaka literally refers to the straw rope suspension bridge. The most unique thing about this unique cultural heritage is that its techniques and traditions are ancient and unchanged for 600 years, while the bridge is new every year. On both sides of the Apurimac River near Cusco, peru, in the first week of June, the inhabitants of the village of Quechua harvest a hardy weed in the andes mountains, where women weave small strands of grass rope from weeds, and men connect these tiny strands of rope to weave six thick and tough ropes, each 70 meters long. Subsequently, the villagers began a sacred ceremony to remove the old suspension bridge across the Apurimac River at the narrowest point of the canyon and build a new bridge with new ropes. As a passage at the entrance to the Peruvian National Pavilion describes: the Queswachaca Bridge is a Symbol of Peru, traveling through time and space, connecting the past and the future.