At the Expo, each participating country strives to interpret the Expo theme from its own unique cultural perspective, showing its own cultural symbols to the audience. It is these many unique and exotic cultural expressions that give the audience the feeling of seeing the world without leaving the country.

　　The exhibits of the World Expo Museum are updated to show the typical cultural symbols of these participating countries. 34 exhibits from 24 exhibitors are updated to allow visitors to relish these colorful world cultures.

　　Kantchar

　　The representative weapon of Georgia, popular in the Caucasus, is worn by men and used for a variety of purposes, symbolizing dignity and bravery. Countries such as India and Turkey also refer to the short sword or short knife as a Kantchar.

　　Jambiya

　　Also known as the Yemeni double-edged scimitar, it is worn around the waist by adult Arab men and can be worn by boys after their bar mitzvah as a symbol of status and position.

　　Nimba

　　Nimba is the totem of the Baga people of West Africa and is presented as a nursing woman with a nose resembling the beak of a hornbill, signifying fertility and a good harvest.

　　Bagamask

　　Bagamask, a combination of deer, snake, crocodile, human and other images, various animals in their culture have special symbolic meaning, such as crocodile symbolizes justice, snake represents some kind of evil power, etc.. The mask image is horrible, originally used to ward off evil spirits, to intimidate the enemy, but now it is an entertainment prop, because the mask is large and heavy, the dancers need to be strong and skillful, and often haveto spincrazily until they fall into a state of madness.

　　Canoe Boat Avatar

　　The canoe was an important means of transportation in the western Solomon Islands, and it is the wish of all seafaring peoples to have a safe journey. The exhibit is installed at the draught line as a patron sailing spirit to bless safe navigation. It is locally known as nguzu nguzu, musu musu or toto isu.

　　The updated exhibits also include the national gift exhibits in Hall V. For example, the Goryeo celadon vase in the North Korea Pavilion is beautifully shaped, with a harmonious and unique pattern of flowers and emerald colors, decorated with hibiscus and daisy flower motifs, representing resilience and eternity and purity and peace separately.

　　Korean conch shell jewelry boxis also included.Conch shell refers to the process of grinding conch shells into thin slices and inlaying them on the surface of objects, which is popular in China, Japan, Korea and other countries, and is a traditional luxury craft.

　　Also updated are the Exponational gifts of Canada, Serbia, Cambodia and Portugal.

　　All of these exhibits convey a good moral to the audience on behalf of the exhibitors. We may not reach these countries in our lifetime, but through these exhibits, we can know that there are colorful peoples and civilizations in the world.

　　Welcome to meet themduring the Chinese New Year holidays!

　　Editor: Liu Dongbo