Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Closure of China Pavilion for a Month after Expo 2010

China Pavilion at Expo Shanghai
The Shanghai World Expo will last until October 31, 2010. The most popular China Pavilion is a project for permanent exhibitions, but it will close for a month in November. The animated version of the famous Chinese painting scroll "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" will be moved to Hong Kong for display during the period from November 9 to 29, 2010. The exhibition will be held at the Asia World-Expo venue, Hong Kong International Airport from 10:00am till 9:00pm for 11 hourly sessions each day during the concerned period. The setting of the rendition will be mildly adjusted when comparing to its display in the China Pavilion. Ticket sales in Hong Kong has started from today through 41 URBTIX outlets and cost HK$10 each.  Sixteen thousand tickets which are about one-fourth of the total ticket volume have been sold today. Starting from tomorrow October 20, 2010 onwards, tickets can also be purchased through online ordering (http://www.urbtix.hk) or credit card telephone booking services (Tel: 21115999). For more information, please visit http://qingmingriverside.hk/en/. For inquiries, please call 1823. Hong Kong residents are very fortune to see the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" without going to Shanghai or waiting in long queues. Starting from December 1, 2010, the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" will return to Shanghai for permanent exhibitions in China Pavilion. 


Daytime activities as described in the famous ancient Chinese painting "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" presented in the China Pavilion

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