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| This year’s show features plenty of chocolate sculptures and a look at how cocoa beans have been used throughout history. |
Sabastian Rocha, Mexican Chocolate Maker, said, "Showing first a temple. It was a Mayan temple. A god come from the sky, and it was in a snake shape and he brought us the life. And one of the gifts that give us, it was the cocoa. So for us it’s really important to show how important we used to have the cocoa in our land."
The Mayans were among the first people to consume cocoa beans, a trick humans learned from monkeys. But they didn’t eat chocolate, they used the beans to make drinks. And those beans played a huge role in Mayan life, from the creation story they told, to how they paid for goods and services.
Wu Yina said, "To help visitors understand how chocolate was used as money by the Mayans, organizers have set up this interactive display. Visitors first weigh themselves and then receive chocolate coins based on their weight. The coins can be used to play games at the Chocolate Wonderland. "
The chocolate exhibition will run until February 24th. Individual tickets cost 100 yuan, while a family of three can get in for 240 yuan.
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