山水心燈

Taiwan Pavilion (台灣館)


The Taiwan Pavilion in the 2010 World Expo looks pretty amazing. It combines modern technology to create the rich cultures and diverse environments of Taiwan. I really want to check that place out...hopefully people put more videos up so we can see more of it. Taiwan often carries a motto of 小而美, small but beautiful. The actual building is not that big, but the effort put into it seems concrete and substance, deep.

A major attraction is the 4-D, 360 degree viewing of sceneries, people, and festivals of Taiwan. One may experience water droplets, flower scents, gushes of wind, and other events that truly places the audience in Taiwan.

A part I think will be spactacular is the virtual release of thousands of sky lanterns (天燈), carrying our hopes and wishes up to the sky. The lanterns would be shown by millions of LED lights. Though if I want to truly experience 放天燈, I'll go to PingHsi (平溪) in Taipei county during Lantern Festival hehe.

The Pavilion has already generated a lot of positive feedbacks and an estimated of over 70 million poeple will visit through October. 台灣加油!!