The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is located on the tip of Lujiazui in Pudong, on the banks of the Huangpu River, across the river from the Bund. At 468 meters high, it is the second tallest tower in Asia and the fourth tallest in the world, after the Toronto Tower in Canada (553 meters). Taipei 101 (508) and Russia's Moscow Ostankin TV Tower (533 meters) building a total area of nearly 70,000 square meters.
English name: Oriental Pearl Tower
Design
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The design of the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower was selected through bidding from 12 outstanding programs, fully reflecting the distinctive characteristics of the sea architecture, with a strong cultural flavor, is a modern high-tech and traditional It is a combination of modern high-tech and traditional oriental culture. Designers fantastically eleven different sizes, staggered heights of the sphere from the azure air strung to the green grass, two huge spheres like two rubies, crystal eye-catching, and the tower of the newly completed world-class Shanghai International Convention Center (1999 Fortune Forum Shanghai Annual Meeting main venue) of the two earth sphere, constituting a full of " Pearls falling from a jade disk" poetry of the magnificent landscape.
Construction
The Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower consists of three 9-meter-diameter pillars, a space capsule, an upper sphere, a lower sphere, five smaller spheres, a tower base and a plaza. The double-deck elevator that can carry 50 people and the high-speed elevator of 7 meters per second are the only ones in the country at present. The three-dimensional lighting system is colorful and beautiful. The colorful upper sphere sightseeing level is 45 meters in diameter and 263 meters high, which is the best place to have a bird's eye view of Shanghai. When the wind and sunshine, raise your eyes and look into the distance, Sheshan Mountain, Chongming Island can be seen, it is refreshing and relaxing. The Upper Sphere also has a 267-meter rotating restaurant (turning once an hour), Disco Ballroom, Piano Bar, and 20 KTV rooms at 271 meters open to visitors.
The capsule is built at 350 meters, with a sightseeing floor, conference halls and cafes, which is elegant and luxurious. The air hotel is located in five small spheres with 20 sets of rooms in a cozy and interesting environment. The shopping mall of Pearl Oriental Wanbang Department Store Co., Ltd. covers an area of 18,000 square meters, dealing with clothing, arts and crafts, gold and silver ornaments, leather goods, food and so on, so that tourists can enjoy the fun of shopping and food while sightseeing?
The Pearl Oriental Science Fiction City is located at the bottom of the tower, there are forest tour, Antarctic tour, magic tour, treasure cave, Dini Theater, Happy Square, laser theater, kinetic theater, adventure train and other projects, exciting, young and old. There is also the unique "space hot air balloon" will send you up to the sky, a beautiful view of the Shanghai metropolis, so that you will never forget.
The Shanghai History Museum in the Oriental Pearl Tower is a historical museum specializing in the development history of Shanghai over the past hundred years. Through precious cultural relics, documents, archives, pictures, and advanced video and audio equipment, it vividly reflects the history of modern Shanghai's urban development. The display in the museum is divided into six major parts, namely, the tenancy of a country within a country, the municipal construction and streetscape of old Shanghai, modern urban economy, modern culture, urban life, political storm clouds, etc., which comprehensively demonstrates the profound changes in Shanghai in all aspects, including politics, economy, culture, society, life, etc. It is a graphic and vivid humanistic attraction. It is a vivid image of humanistic attractions.
Another feature of the Oriental Pearl Tower is its three-dimensional lighting system, which can be automatically adjusted according to the weather under the control of a computer to produce more than 1,000 kinds of lighting changes. At night, the towering Oriental Pearl Tower, into a sea of lights, tall and tall TV tower, like a crystal clear silver columns standing on the banks of the Huangpu River, and the Nanpu Bridge, Yangpu Bridge composed of a picture of the magnificent scenery of the two dragons playing with the pearl.
The International Cruise Terminal under the Oriental Pearl Tower has a tour program called "Pujiang River Excursion", where you can board a cruise ship and enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, and you will have a taste of the "City of Fire and Silver Flowers". The "Seagull Place" in the International Cruise Terminal serves a buffet where you can enjoy unlimited delicious food and beautiful scenery for only 48 RMB. It was created by Liu Hongping.
Before, when foreigners visited Shanghai, they had to go to the Bund, Nanjing Road and Yuyuan Garden, or else they didn't seem to be in Shanghai. Nowadays, when you visit Shanghai, you almost always have to climb the new landmark building - the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, otherwise you will not be considered to have visited Shanghai.
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