Best season: suitable for all seasons.
Suggested playing time: 2-3 hours.
Opening hours: 08:00~2 1:30. Stop selling tickets: 2 1:00.
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower, also known as the Oriental Pearl, is located in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, China, adjacent to the Huangpu River and across the Bund. 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 landmark buildings in Shanghai. From the TV tower, you can see a panoramic view of the Bund. In the distance is Pudong, Shanghai, and the Huangpu River flows under its feet. As a historical building in Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower has experienced various historical ups and downs since Shanghai's reform and opening up. The revolving restaurant of Oriental Pearl is the tallest revolving restaurant in Asia, with different customs during the day and night, especially at night, the lights on both sides of Pujiang River are on for the second time, which is fascinating. The name of the Oriental Pearl Tower comes from the description of pipa sound in Pipa Xing by Bai Juyi, a poet in Tang Dynasty. The poet compares the pipa sound to the wonderful sound of "like pouring pearls of all sizes into a jade plate" when pearls fall into it. The designer connected 1 1 spheres with different sizes and heights, from the blue sky to the green grass, and two huge ruby-like spheres were held high and integrated. The Oriental Pearl Tower has become one of the landmark buildings and tourist hotspots in Shanghai, integrating sightseeing, catering, shopping, entertainment, Huangpu River tour, conference exhibition, historical exhibition and travel agency. The Oriental Pearl Tower is a dazzling sphere of different sizes, extending from the blue sky to the lush grassland in series, depicting a dream picture like pouring pearls of all sizes into a plate of jade. The Oriental Pearl Tower, a high-speed elevator shuttling between three giant pillars with a diameter of 9 meters, and the world's first 360-degree fully transparent three-track sightseeing elevator hanging between the pillars, allow every visitor to fully appreciate the infinite scenery brought by modern technology. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower has three 360-degree subjective light layers, so visitors can enjoy the beautiful city at different heights. Located at 350 meters is the space capsule, at 267 meters is the highest revolving restaurant in Asia, at 263 meters is the subjective optical layer, at 259 meters and 90 meters is the outdoor sightseeing layer, and at 90 meters is the lower sphere with a space amusement city. Located in the Zero Meter Pavilion, there is an exhibition hall for Shanghai's urban historical development, in which the preface hall is "Spring and Autumn of Horses and Horses", the first hall is "Urban Scenery", the second hall is "A glimpse of the port", the third hall is "Shili Ocean City", the fourth hall is "Old Shadow on the Sea" and the fifth hall is "Architectural Expo". The "China" cruise ship is the latest luxury sightseeing cruise ship of the Oriental Pearl.