SHANGHAI - Strolling through the splendid Euro Square dotted with various shiny Expo pavilions, there lies a fanciful building that may catch your eyes at the first glance. It is the national pavilion of Spain.
At the request of a number of aspiring readers, this journalist is in an attempt to bring all of online publication's favorable features into play by adding as many on-site photos as possible and even audio or video to the report, so that readers may experience the splendor of the Expo in a panoramic fashion.
Let the tour begin. Our first stop is the fanciful Spain Pavilion, simply the best pavilion this journalist has witnessed during the on-going 2010 World Expo.
![The Spain Pavilion under daylight [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/The_Spain_Pavilion_under_daylight__Photo_by_Zhenyu_Li_.jpg)
The Spain Pavilion under daylight [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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As hot as she is, the pavilion, which looks like a flowing furbelow of a flamenco dancer, is one of the largest national pavilions at the Shanghai Expo and the world's first wicker-weaved structure.
Maria Tena (left), the Commissioner General of the Spain Pavilion, addresses together with the other senior officials of the European Union and Spain at the pavilion's opening ceremony on May 1, 2010. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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![The sleeping dancer [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/The_sleeping_dancer_by_Zhenyu_Li.JPG)
The sleeping dancer [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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Among all the highlights of the Spain Pavilion, what impressed this journalist the most is the live flamenco dancing.
![Dancing with clouds [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/Dancing_with_clouds_by_Zhenyu_Li.JPG)
Dancing with clouds [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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![A flamenco dancer is performing in front of a huge screen at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/The_flamenco_dancer_by_Zhenyu_Li.jpg)
A flamenco dancer is performing in front of a huge screen at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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![A flamenco dancer performs at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/dancer_at_Spain_Pavilion_by_Zhenyu_Li.jpg)
A flamenco dancer performs at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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![A flamenco dancer performs at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/flamenco_dancer_by_Zhenyu_Li.jpg)
A flamenco dancer performs at the Spain Pavilion. [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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![The last stroke [Photo: Zhenyu Li]](http://www.digitaljournal.com/img/9/8/6/1/7/6/i/7/4/4/o/The_last_stroke_by_Zhenyu_Li.jpg)
The last stroke [Photo: Zhenyu Li]
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This fiery display takes place on the same stage that hosts a six-minute film, which is a mixture of nature, passion, sports and arts, designed to explore the "origin" of Spanish culture. Surrounded by a three-dimensional huge screen, visitors may well feel the shaking of the floor when a horde of galloping horses runs by, blending the real with what looks real.
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The author is the 2010 Shanghai Expo registered journalist.
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