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West Lake Exposition

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1929 West Lake Exposition
Overview
BIE-classUnrecognized exposition
Name1929 West Lake Exposition
Visitors20,000,000
Location
CountryRepublic of China
CityHangzhou, Zhejiang
Timeline
Opening6 June 1929
Closure10 October 1929
West Lake Exposition
Traditional Chinese西湖博覽會
Simplified Chinese西湖博览会
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīhú Bólǎnhuì
Wade–GilesHsi-hu Po-lan-hui

The West Lake Exposition was a world's fair held in 1929 around West Lake in Hangzhou (then usually spelled Hangchow), the capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China. The event opened on 6 June 1929 and lasted 137 days.[1][2] There were 14,760,000 items on display to the event's 20,000,000 visitors.[1]

The main architect and designer was Liu Jipiao, who devoted six months to organizing and creating the Expo. Having studied art and architecture at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, he hoped that bringing western art and culture to the Chinese masses would help strengthen and modernize China.

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References

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  1. ^ a b China.com.cn. "China.com.cn." 杭州西湖博覽會博物館. Retrieved on 2010-05-08.
  2. ^ "The West Lake International Expo Hangzhou, China". Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
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