The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower, also known as the Oriental Pearl Tower, is located in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, China, adjacent to the Huangpu River and facing the Bund across the river. With a height of 467.9 meters, it is the tallest tower in Asia and the third tallest tower in the world. It is one of the landmarks of Shanghai.
From the TV tower, you can have a panoramic view of the Bund. In the distance is Pudong, Shanghai, with the Huangpu River flowing at your feet. As a building in Shanghai for some years, the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower can be said to have witnessed various historical ups and downs since the reform and opening up of Shanghai.
The revolving restaurant of Oriental Pearl is the highest revolving restaurant in Asia. It has different styles during the day and at night. Especially at night, the lights on both sides of the Pujiang River light up one after another, making people intoxicated.
The name of the Oriental Pearl Tower comes from the description of the sound of the pipa in Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing", a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poet compares the sound of the pipa to the beautiful sound of a pearl falling into a jade plate. The designer is full of imagination to connect 11 spheres of different sizes and heights from the blue sky to the green grass, and two huge ruby like sparkling spheres are lifted up together.
The Oriental Pearl Tower has become one of the landmark buildings and tourism hotspots in Shanghai, integrating sightseeing, catering, shopping and entertainment, Huangpu River tour, conference and exhibition, history exhibition, travel agency and other service functions. The Oriental Pearl Tower is a glittering and dazzling sphere of different sizes, which is connected from the blue sky to the grassy grassland, and depicts a dreamlike picture of "big pearls and small pearls falling on the jade plate".
The Oriental Pearl Tower, with its high-speed elevator shuttling among three giant pillars with a diameter of 9 meters, and the world's first 360 degree transparent three track sightseeing elevator suspended between the pillars, makes every visitor fully appreciate the infinite scenery brought by modern technology.
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower has three 360 degree main sightseeing floors, and tourists can enjoy the urban scenery at different heights. The space capsule is located at 350 meters, the highest revolving restaurant in Asia is located at 267 meters, the subjective light layer is located at 263 meters, the outdoor sightseeing layer is located at 259 meters and 90 meters, and the space amusement city is located in the lower sphere at 90 meters. Located at the zero meter hall is the exhibition hall of Shanghai's urban historical development, of which the preface hall is "Spring and Autumn of Cars and Horses", the first hall is "City Style", the second hall is "Port Opening Glimpse", the third hall is "Ten Mile Ocean City", the fourth hall is "Old Shadow at Sea", and the fifth hall is "Architecture Expo". The "Zhonghua" cruise ship is the latest and luxurious sightseeing cruise ship of the Oriental Pearl.
