The layout of 16 exhibition hall is designed according to the national geographical location, and the exhibits of each country are close to its geographical neighbors, so you can get the basic knowledge of world geography as long as you watch the exhibits of different countries.
One of the new themes of the Vienna World Expo is "the history of human prices", that is, the prices of different historical periods are grouped and accompanied by exhibits to show the prices of different products from the oldest times to the present. The comparative exhibition of prices and commodities clearly shows the role of human productivity in promoting the economy, and also reveals the changes in public demand and taste for products and the impact on prices.
What impresses people in Austria is an ivory chess piece depicting a politician in the Franco-Prussian War and a huge shell weighing 8 tons and 50 feet long in a mercury pool, which reminds people of the unfortunate war of 1866.
Egypt showed the world-famous Suez Canal project model. The Egyptian government entrusted the task of designing the exhibition area to a group of famous German Egyptian history experts. In their design, they skillfully combined the engineering buildings that started construction just four years ago with the scenery and customs of Egypt, and perfectly showed the audience the relationship between Egypt's geography, history and social process.
Sweden has provided an educational demonstration of a model school, from desk design in the classroom to a series of teaching materials and school planning for students, so that the audience can understand the importance of public education. Many exhibits mainly reflect the industrial products and recent inventions of powerful countries, such as; There are long-distance transmission experiments in French exhibits, and Britain provides comparative experiments of two generators and magnets. The elevators, rice cookers and weapons in the United States attract attention, and the United States claims that its machinery manufacturing technology has surpassed that of the world factory at that time-Britain.
But the most interesting thing is the invention caused by carelessness when attending the World Expo. That's a ring armature self-excited DC generator produced by Belgian Zeinab Gram Company. During the exhibition, he accidentally connected the wrong wire, that is, connected the electricity from other generators to the current output terminal of his own generator. At this time, he was surprised to find that the current of the first generator entered the armature coil of the second generator, which made the generator rotate quickly and turned into a motor. The engineers and inventors present were ecstatic, but the discovery of cheap electricity, which had been pursued for many years, was so simple but unbelievable, which meant that the bottleneck of human use of voltaic cells was finally broken. This group of engineers immediately designed a new performance area, that is, using a small artificial waterfall to drive the hydro-generator, and the current of the generator drives a newly invented motor, which in turn drives the pump to spray the spring water in the water column. See the audience excited. This event directly promoted the emergence of practical motors. It also indicates that a brand-new electrification era will begin to replace the steam engine era. Organizers of the Vienna World Expo in Austria emphasize the concept of invention and design: science and art, industry and technology, past and future should have aesthetic value on the premise of aesthetic feeling and practicality, and build a perfect and harmonious relationship. Cultural and artistic exhibits show the unique advantages of Vienna, the host country.
Austria designed a special exhibition for Vienna during the World Expo. The exhibition details the historical stories of castles, palaces, streets, squares and famous buildings in Vienna built in Roman times in various forms. The highlights of the exhibition are festivals, celebrations and competitions. In daily open-air concerts, the orchestra is conducted by johann strauss. In addition to playing different waltzes and hymns, of course, the most popular is the Blue Danube. Although the biographer wrote that the Blue Danube was created by Strauss on the occasion of the 1867 Paris World Expo. However, people still believe that this famous song was popular at the 1873 Vienna World Expo, because only in Vienna, the city of music, on the beautiful Danube River, and in the unique happy atmosphere of the World Expo, can we truly experience and feel the artist's true feelings and the charm of artistic works.
1873 During the World Expo, Strauss began to compose the opera Bat. The following year, this work, which was born in the World Expo, was publicly performed and welcomed. It reflected the communication and friendship between people during the World Expo.
There are two art galleries in the Vienna World Expo, Austria, which display art treasures from all over the world. France and Russia provided many famous paintings. This masterpiece drawn by the Vienna painter Hans McCarter is particularly eye-catching, with a length of17m and a width of 4m.
Among the classical works of art are marble statues sent by Greece and Italy, including the replica of the Parthenon and the Venus statue of Milo. It is said that Venus' hand is still there. A special exhibition hall was welcomed by visitors at the World Expo, which was the Emperor Exhibition Hall designed by Austria. This exhibition hall, composed of exquisite marble, brocade, paintings and furniture, attracts ordinary tourists from all over the world. People have rich imagination and speculation about royal life, and once they step into reality, they feel the extraordinary life of the emperor.
During the World Expo, the arrival of many world-famous royal figures not only increased the charm of the World Expo, greatly improved the international reputation of the Austrian Empire, and pushed the imperial system to the peak of the19th century culture, but also produced some interesting anecdotes. Vienna hosted Romanian calori I, Italian Vittorio Emanuele II, Tsar Alexander II, Spanish Queen Isabel Ii, Greek Queen Olga, Dutch King and Queen, and German Emperor William I, among which the visit of the Persian King was a joke among the royal courts during the World Expo. It turned out that before the king set out, he sent three princes as an advance team to find out whether the cholera outbreak in Vienna still posed a danger. Later, he and his huge 120 followers came to Vienna with exotic feelings. On July 30th, the Queen of Austria invited her to a welcome banquet. On that day, the queen wore a gorgeous white dress with a purple belt around her waist. With a beautiful hair and a crown decorated with diamonds and amethyst, she appeared gracefully in front of the Persian king. The king was stunned when he saw her. He put on gold glasses and walked around the queen on the spot, exclaiming, Oh, my God! Why is this woman so beautiful! Just like admiring a statue, he completely ignored and forgot the etiquette between emperors. But it is no wonder that this beautiful queen is a famous "sissy princess" in history.