The Oriental Pearl Tower turns off at 22:30 in the summer and 22:00 in the winter.

The Oriental Pearl Tower is lit from 19:00-22:30 in the summer and 18:30-22:00 in the winter, and on holidays and weekends, all the buildings on the Bund (including those on the other side of the Bund, in Pudong) have their lights on. Shanghai landscape lights are not necessarily lit on all Bund buildings, but only on holidays such as May Day and National Day.

It's important to note that if you have a foggy day, it's recommended that you don't go up there because you won't see anything but a cloud of mist; it's better to go in the afternoon, so you can wait until evening to see the night view. The "air walk" is a unique way to enjoy the panoramic view of the city of Shenyang. And at night to climb to the sightseeing level to feel the "city of night" under the night color, is unforgettable enjoyment.

The Oriental Pearl Tower is a multifunctional combination of urban sightseeing, fashionable food and beverage, shopping and entertainment, historical display, Pu River tour, convention and exhibition performances, etc. It has become one of Shanghai's iconic landmarks and popular tourist attractions, and is one of the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions in China.

Architectural Characteristics of the Oriental Pearl Tower

The Art Lighting System of the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is designed by French lighting designers, and consists of two parts: floodlighting and art lighting, and there are seven basic acting methods in the art lighting part.

Including left and right movement, flashing, gradual brightening and dimming, horizontal opening and closing programs, up and down movement, vertical opening and closing programs, mixed broadcasting programs, etc.; the lights can be personalized settings, presenting a three-color and multi-color effects, there can be more than 1,000 kinds of changes under computer control.

The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower adopts the overall automatic lifting steel platform system, and the 450-ton steel antenna mast adopts the inverted method of assembling and lifting the whole in place of the construction program, and the synchronization control technology and hydraulic lifting process is the international advanced level.

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia - Pearl of the Orient