WITH careful wrapping and a bodyguard on hand for the entire journey, the famous Little Mermaid statue was boxed up in Denmark yesterday for its voyage to China for the Shanghai World Expo.
A farewell was held about 2:45pm local time (8:45pm Beijing time) at the statue`s Langelinie Park home.
The statue is expected to be on show for visitors in Shanghai from April 25, a week before the Expo starts, when an unveiling ceremony will be held at the Denmark Pavilion.
It will return to the Danish capital toward the end of November.
The statue - 1.25 meters high and weighing about 175 kilograms - will undergo several more days of packing procedures before leaving Copenhagen Airport and arriving at Pudong International Airport late next week.
Visitors will be allowed to walk barefoot through the shallow water to get as close as 5m to the iconic statue.
A farewell was held about 2:45pm local time (8:45pm Beijing time) at the statue`s Langelinie Park home.
The statue is expected to be on show for visitors in Shanghai from April 25, a week before the Expo starts, when an unveiling ceremony will be held at the Denmark Pavilion.
It will return to the Danish capital toward the end of November.
The statue - 1.25 meters high and weighing about 175 kilograms - will undergo several more days of packing procedures before leaving Copenhagen Airport and arriving at Pudong International Airport late next week.
Visitors will be allowed to walk barefoot through the shallow water to get as close as 5m to the iconic statue.
