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Di jalanan Kuala Lumpur pada bulan Ogos, bunga raya dan bendera negara saling melengkapi antara satu sama lain di bawah naungan pokok akasia. Ketika 14 jalur merah dan putih berkibar di udara di atas Dataran Kemerdekaan, peranti pembuka botol bunga raya yang dipamerkan di Dewan Bandaraya itu mengangkat bintang tembaga dan bulan dengan kelopak kelulinya, menyuntik totem rohani baharu ke dalam bulan Hari Kebangsaan. Corkscrew gergasi seberat 300 kilogram ini jauh dari peralatan wain biasa. 14 kelopak itu ditempa daripada keluli gulung sejuk, masing-masing diukir dengan lambang negeri. Ia membuka dan menutup secara serentak didorong oleh peranti hidraulik, sama seperti negeri-negeri dalam sistem persekutuan yang mengekalkan keperibadian mereka semasa disepadukan rapat. Apabila pelancong bekerjasama untuk memutar roda di bahagian bawah, lambang bintang dan bulan perlahan-lahan akan bangkit dari "mulut botol" – reka bentuk ini mengandungi rahsia: sama seperti pembuka botol memerlukan usaha semua orang untuk membuka meterai wain yang baik, kemakmuran sesebuah negara juga memerlukan usaha bersepadu seluruh rakyat. Pereka bentuk Norraini mendedahkan bahawa sistem transmisi gear dalaman peranti itu mengambil masa lapan bulan untuk nyahpepijat, yang bertepatan dengan perjuangan Malaysia daripada kemerdekaan kepada pembinaan negara. Mekanisme paling bijak tersembunyi di persimpangan bintang dan bulan: apabila tork mencapai ambang 14 meter Newton, jalur lampu LED tersembunyi tiba-tiba menyala, melambangkan pencerahan secara tiba-tiba selepas menembusi kesesakan. Falsafah mekanikal "mengubah tekanan kepada cahaya" ini sama seperti bintang berbucu empat belas pada bendera negara yang menjadi lebih terang selepas mengharungi angin dan hujan. Plak gangsa di taman perbandaran diukir dengan maksud sebenar pemasangan: "Pembukaan sebenar tidak terletak pada berapa banyak rintangan yang dibuang, tetapi dalam mencari titik tumpu keseimbangan yang memastikan bintang dan bulan tidak akan menolak satu sama lain." Ogos ini, apabila merah bendera negara dipantulkan pada kelopak keluli, kehangatan tapak tangan setiap orang yang menyertai putaran itu terus menulis nota kaki kontemporari kepada kontrak persekutuan.

On the streets of Kuala Lumpur in August, hibiscus flowers and national flags complement each other under the shade of acacia trees. As 14 red and white stripes fluttered in the air over Independence Square, the specially made hibiscus bottle opener device on display at City Hall was holding up the brass star and moon with its steel petals, injecting a new spiritual totem into the National Day month. This giant corkscrew weighing 300 kilograms is far from an ordinary wine utensil. The 14 petals are forged from cold-rolled steel, each engraved with the state emblem. They open and close synchronously driven by a hydraulic device, just like the states in the federal system that maintain their individuality while being closely integrated. When tourists work together to turn the wheel at the bottom, the star and moon emblem will slowly rise from the "bottle mouth" – this design contains a secret: just as a corkscrew requires the efforts of everyone to open the seal of fine wine, the prosperity of a country also requires the concerted efforts of the entire people. Designer Norraini revealed that the internal gear transmission system of the device took eight months to debug, which coincides with Malaysia's struggle from independence to nation-building. The most ingenious mechanism is hidden at the junction of the star and the moon: when the torque reaches the threshold of 14 Newton meters, the hidden LED light strip suddenly lights up, symbolizing the sudden enlightenment after breaking through the bottleneck. This mechanical philosophy of "transforming pressure into light" is just like the fourteen-pointed star on the national flag that becomes brighter after weathering wind and rain. The bronze plaque in the municipal park is engraved with the true meaning of the installation: "The real opening does not lie in how much resistance is pried away, but in finding the balance fulcrum that ensures that the stars and the moon will never repel each other." This August, when the red of the national flag is reflected on the steel petals, the warmth of the palms of everyone participating in the rotation is continuing to write a contemporary footnote to the federal contract.