It's my first time at the EXPO :)
It's something like the KL Convention Centre, only much cooler :p
The ticket price is $18 per person.
It's cool that they have an audio guide device, to give you explanation at different parts of the exhibition.
The walkway leading in to the entrance of the exhibition, where the workers will pass you the audio guide device.
The recommended time to spend in the Pre-Show Hall is 20 minutes, and it consisted of Fire Zone, Wood Zone, Earth Zone, Gold Zone and Water Zone.
The ancient tea set. The tea drinking culture was widespread during the Song Dynasty and prompted the development of several forms of tea brewing such as steaming, boiling and steeping.
Song Dynasty utensils, priceless artifacts today, were generally made of porcelain.
My sister's selling wine! XD
My mom's selling tea. (One Pearl Milk Tea please!)
...And I'm helping the guy to push the cart containing sacks of rice and stuff.
Different kinds of calligraphy brushes. I hated calligraphy so when there wasn't anymore of that from Form 4 onwards, I was so elated :p
Old, wrinkled paper.
Ahhh! Pau! XD
Mini cardboard figurines.
With perseverance and respect, comes power. XD
Some Mandarin words of wisdom (名句精华) which I don't understand XD
Due to the low value of an individual coin, the Chinese have traditionally strung a thousand copper coins onto a piece of string.
The gold and silver ingots circulated as a form of currency during the Song Dynasty despite its size and weight.
Jiaozi (交子) is a form of banknote. Often regarded as the first form of paper money in history, Jiaozi started off as a proof of credit, before gaining official recognition and evolving into the legal currency in society.
Merchants generally use account ledgers to keep business records.
Xiangzhan (响盏) is an ancient advertising sound device. Hitting the Xiangzhan and capturing people's attention before reading out loud your message was a form of advertising in the Song Dynasty.
To attract customers, street vendors during the Song Dynasty would shake their rattle drums to produce a loud rhythm. This has gradually evolved into a street performing art whereby the street vendors would talk, sing and shake their rattle drums all at the same time.
The brass cymbals resonate when hit against each other and are an important alternative for the street vendors besides their own shouting.
Street vendors sold all kinds of goods all over the country. This cosmetic box with a bronze mirror was a typical item sold by a street vendor.
As they dealt in goods from all over the country, street vendors and their goods represent the prosperity of the fair trade system and commodity exchange in towns during the Song Dynasty. Song Dynasty street vendors used either shoulder poles or handcarts to carry many types of goods.
The highly developed navigation and shipbuilding technologies of the Song Dynasty made it possible to build larger ships that could carry more goods. A large ship was generally equipped with at least a dozen boatmen charged with the physical work of sailing: setting and taking in sail, and weighting and dropping anchor.
A model of a Song Dynasty ship.
The abacus was another great invention during the Song Dynasty and was an important tool for tax calculation. It is the most widely used calculation device before the emergence of Arabic numerals - due to its ease of use and affordability.
Because of their wealth and extensive free time, tax officials usually puffed their pipes to kill time.
That's my sis and I! :p We've become one of the citizens in the Song Dynasty, lol.
Porters were the primary means of transporting goods between the ships' holds and the warehouses.
Character cut-outs of a Song Dynasty citizen :p
It says 'Try me!'. These pails are light - you could lift them up easily.
But these are freaking heavy T.T What did they put inside? Stones? -__-
张择端 《清明上河图》黄金卷轴版
Zhang Zeduan's Qing Ming Shang He Tu (Golden Scroll Version)
Finally, we came to the Main Hall, which holds the Moving Masterpiece and is the highlight of the whole exhibition. It's basically a long stretch of screen which depicts the hustle and bustle of the Song Dynasty activities, with cute animated characters. The recommended time to spend here is 40 minutes.
This is the night scene.
And the daytime scene. Both scenes alternate between each other after a few minutes.
Just by watching the characters go about their daily lives on the screen with the audio guide explaining further, visitors get to immerse themselves and feel what is it like living during the Song Dynasty times :)
For me, the bad part was that the explanation of the audio guide didn't go together with the characters' activities. Because initially I had no idea how to work that thing. LOL.
So it's like, when the device was explaining halfway what the characters do during the day time, the scene changed to night time so it was very frustrating -__-
After the Main Hall, came the Souvenirs, Food & Beverages section.
Costumes in vibrant colours were displayed.
The exhibition was quite interesting (but still not as amazing as the Titanic one :p). I would recommend this to anyone, especially those who are really into ancient China art and all that stuff :)
It's until the 6th of February, so you still have time!
Next up! White Sands, Vivo City and Bugis Mall.
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