West Lake Expo Museum

West Lake Expo Museum is located in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, on the Bank of Xizi lake, at the south foot of Baoshi mountain, No. 40, Beishan Road. A yellow building with European style is particularly eye-catching under the green trees. It is the original site of the Industrial Museum of the first West Lake Expo in 1929, and it was rebuilt into the West Lake Expo Museum in 2003. Hangzhou West Lake Museum was officially opened to tourists on October 1, 2005. As the first special Museum of lakes in China, it is unique and outstanding. The West Lake Museum is located on the west side of Nanshan Road, south of Qianwang temple, and close to the West Lake in the West. It covers an area of 23889 square meters, with a building area of about 8000 square meters, of which the ground area is about 2000 square meters.

West Lake Expo Museum

Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Xizi lake, south of Baoshi mountain, Beishan Road 41-42, a yellow building with European style, in the shade of green trees, it is particularly eye-catching. It is the original site of the Industrial Museum of the first West Lake Expo in 1929, and it was rebuilt into the West Lake Expo Museum in 2003. As the first exhibition museum in China, it is unique and outstanding.

Development history

The idea of holding the West Lake International Exposition was first proposed by Lu Yongxiang, the military aftermath supervisor of Zhejiang Province, and Zhang Zaiyang, the governor of Zhejiang Province, in July 1924 (the 13th year of the Republic of China). A more detailed plan was formulated with a budget of 1.5 million yuan. However, due to "the current situation is not calm and the society is suspicious, it is afraid that the warlords may take advantage of the capital to prepare for the military reality, but it has not been realized.".

In the autumn of 1928 (the 17th year of the Republic of China), after the victory of the northern expedition, in order to commemorate the reunification, reward industry and revitalize culture, the Zhejiang provincial government decided to organize the West Lake International Expo.

It took 137 days from June 6, 1929 to October 20, 1929. The total number of visitors reached more than 20 million. The eight pavilions and two pavilions of the Expo are located in the area from Pinghu Qiuyue, Zhongshan Park to Xiling bridge, Yuemiao and Lixi lake. There are revolutionary memorial hall, museum, art hall, agriculture hall, Education Hall, health hall, silk hall, industrial hall, special exhibition hall and reference exhibition hall

. In addition, there are three special exhibition areas: railway exhibition area, telecommunication exhibition area of the Ministry of communications and aviation exhibition area

.

Since then, the West Lake International Exposition has been closed for 70 years.

In June 1999, the Hangzhou municipal government decided to establish the West Lake Expo Museum on the site of the Industrial Museum of the 1929 West Lake Expo in order to commemorate the 1929 grand meeting, carry forward the open atmosphere of Hangzhou culture and build a platform for Hangzhou's exhibition industry. On October 20, 2000, the second West Lake International Expo opened

.

architectural composition

Through the lobby, is the center of the museum - "Sunshine Hall.". The Sunshine Hall covers an area of five or six hundred square meters. The sunshine spreads all over every corner of the hall, making the hall particularly bright. The sunshine hall was originally the patio part of the historical building. In order to completely maintain the basic structure and characteristics of the building, the designers have carefully researched and learned from foreign advanced architectural structures and techniques. The sunshine hall can hold all kinds of meetings, meet guests, hold trade fairs and promote brands.

The two sides of the sunshine hall are double deck leisure bars.

Around the Sunshine Hall and leisure bar are the exhibition hall and a temporary exhibition hall with complete facilities and advanced supporting facilities.

The temporary exhibition hall covers an area of about 1000 square meters, which can hold high-level art exhibitions and high-grade exhibitions. The temporary exhibition hall is often used to hold free art exhibitions.

Architectural features

West Lake Expo Museum has a unique historical background, elegant geographical environment, complete and advanced supporting facilities.

The building of the museum is close to the mountain and faces the lake, echoing with the white dyke. The main body is in the shape of "Hui". It adopts the art deco style which was popular in the world at that time, with iron rods as the interface, and wooden beams running through to support the whole building. It is the earliest exhibition hall building in Zhejiang and even in China, and the only surviving building among the new buildings of the West Lake Expo in 1929.

The structure of the whole building is exquisite and rigorous. The museum not only strictly retains the style and features of historical buildings, but also maintains the basic features and features of the time, and appropriately integrates some modern facilities and decoration. The simple green brick and wood, together with the modern steel bar and glass, are cleverly integrated to build a fashionable decoration style, which perfectly combines the original architectural appearance with the modern fashionable elements and style.

The design of the internal structure of the museum strives to be "not only accessible, but also touchable". Therefore, visitors can have an intuitive understanding of the architectural structure of the Industrial Museum of the West China Expo by touching it with their own hands.

Exhibition content

The museum adopts the modern display method of combining sound, image and film, displaying a large number of precious historical materials and objects about the development history of China's exhibition industry, especially the West Lake Expo. It is a window to publicize Hangzhou and the West Lake Expo, and an important place to study the development history of the West Lake Expo and China's exhibition industry

. The exhibition content of West Lake Expo Museum is divided into three parts

World Exposition and Chinese Society

This paper introduces the general situation of the early World Expositions and the change of China's attitude towards the world expositions.

The World Expo is the product of the industrial revolution, with the theme of displaying industrial civilization. It is the symbol of the opening and progress of human society. China has experienced the transformation from watching international expositions to actively participating in and holding large-scale expositions, which is the embodiment of China's gradual progress and opening up. In order to revitalize the national economy and save the nation through industry, as well as to commemorate the victory of the northern expedition, Zhejiang provincial government decided to hold the West Lake Expo on June 6, 1929.

This part introduces in detail the gradual process of China's participation in the World Expo: at the first World Expo in London in 1851, Shanghai businessman Xu rongcun's "Rongji Lake silk" participated in the exhibition for the first time and won the gold and silver award at one stroke; in 1904, bulunbeizi represented the Qing government to participate in the World Expo held in St. Louis, marking China's official participation in the World Expo; in 1926, Xu rongcun's "Rongji Lake silk" won the gold and silver award, The tapestry works selected by Du Jinsheng won the gold medal at the Philadelphia World Expo, and were praised as "the magic flower of Oriental Art"

2. 1929 West Lake Expo

In 1929, Hangzhou, China held the largest scale, most numerous and most influential exposition in modern times on the Bank of Xizi lake. In 1929, the West Lake Expo set up eight pavilions, two institutes and three special exhibition places. The pavilions are located in the area of Gushan and Lixi lake of the West Lake, covering an area of about 5 square kilometers. The Expo lasted 137 days, with 147600 items on display and more than 20 million visitors. The exhibition hall is the most abundant and fascinating part of the museum's exhibits. It displays many relics from the West China Expo, such as various exquisite medicine bottles and snow machine cans of "Huqingyutang", the first drugstore in the south of the Yangtze River, colorful silk fabrics of Hangzhou Zhendan silk company, motor models of XIMENZI, Fuyu stove of China enamel factory, rickshaws 80 years ago, and a group of lifelike paintings The vivid and lifelike wax statues, such as Longquan sword, Zhang Xiaoquan scissors and so on, are amazing for their fine workmanship and vivid modeling. The dazzling exhibits seem to bring the visitors back to the grand meeting in 1929.

Gold card

This paper introduces Hangzhou's achievements in resuming the West Lake Expo with a lot of pictures and objects.

Since 2000, Hangzhou has been adhering to the tradition of the 1929 West Lake Expo, endowing it with the spirit of the times, and striving to build a brand of West Lake Expo: splendid cultural projects, distinctive exhibition activities, and gathering of experts in thought forum. The museum has become the base of history education, cultural exhibition and economic and trade negotiation in Hangzhou, carrying different functions of education, exhibition and leisure. The museum has undertaken a series of activities, such as the "national exhibition industry annual award ceremony and exhibition industry seminar", the launching ceremony of "illustrated Hangzhou", the "leisure in Hangzhou" photography competition and award-winning works exhibition, and the seminar on the market exploration of government led exhibition in the development of Exhibition City.

The fair will become a festival for Hangzhou people and a "golden card" for the world to understand Hangzhou and move towards the world.

Visit information

traffic

Train number: 7, 27, 51, 52, 118, Y10, get off at Geling station.

Tickets and opening hours

It's free. Opening hours: 9:00-17:00, ready to close at 16:45, closed on Monday.

Address: 40 Beishan Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Longitude: 120.14558

Latitude: 30.257288

Tel: 0571-87971840

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