Comprehensive information on Canton Tower

Canton Tower (English: Canton Tower) is also known as Guangzhou New TV Tower, nicknamed Xiaomanyao. It is located near Chigang Tower in Haizhu District (Yizhou Island), Guangzhou City, 125 meters away from the south bank of the Pearl River, across the river from Zhujiang New Town, Huacheng Square and Haixinsha Island. The main body of Guangzhou Tower is 454 meters high, the antenna mast is 146 meters high, and the total height is 600 meters. It is the tallest tower in China and the second tallest tower in the world, second only to Tokyo Skytree. It is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.

There is a "Spider-Man Plank Road" at 168 to 334.4 meters on the Canton Tower, which is the world's tallest and longest aerial walking ladder. There is a revolving restaurant at 422.8 meters on the tower, which is the highest revolving restaurant in the world. There is a Ferris wheel at the top of the tower between 450 and 454 meters, which is the highest Ferris wheel in the world. At 455 to 485 meters from the antenna mast, there is the "Speed ​​Sky" downhill amusement project, which is the world's highest vertical downhill amusement project. There is an outdoor photography viewing platform at 488 meters on the antenna mast. It is the highest outdoor viewing platform in the world, surpassing the 442-meter outdoor viewing platform of Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 447-meter "Sky Canopy" of the Canadian National Television Tower. "Height.

Canton Tower is affiliated to Guangzhou Urban Investment Group, and is constructed by Guangzhou Construction Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Construction Engineering Group. The total construction area is 114,054 square meters. It was completed in September 2009 and officially opened on September 30, 2010. It is open to the public and will officially sell tickets to tourists on October 1, 2010. Canton Tower has 5 functional areas and a variety of recreational facilities, including outdoor viewing platforms, Ferris wheels, high-speed cloud rides, 2 sightseeing halls, suspended corridors, ladders, 4D and 3D dynamic cinemas, Chinese and Western food, and conference and exhibition facilities , shopping malls and popular science exhibition halls.

The 2018 Spring Festival Light Concert in Huacheng Square will be held every night from February 13th to March 2nd. Every half hour, with Canton Tower as the center, the night views of both sides of the Pearl River and the new central axis as the background, it will link up the Flower City Live music in the square stages a large-scale city light show, creating a festive visual feast. Basic introduction Chinese name: Canton Tower Foreign name: Canton Tower Alias: Xiaomanyao, Haixin Tower, Guangzhou New TV Tower Building height: 600 meters Completion time: September 28, 2009 Opening time: October 1, 2010 Geography Location: No. 222 Yuejiang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou Architectural Design: Netherlands Xinji Architects Designer: Mark Heimel, Barbara Kuit Attraction Level: National AAAA Tourist Attraction Opening Hours: 9:00 -23:00 Entertainment items: Ferris wheel, high-speed sky, aerial ladder, etc. Must-read before traveling, scenic spot updates, scenic spot introduction, key information, ticket booking, scenic spot pictures, scenic spot popularity index, origin of the name, historical evolution, geographical location, Landscape facilities, revolving restaurant, 488 outdoor photography viewing platform, Ferris wheel, Spider-Man plank road, speeding sky, popular science tour hall, function introduction, sightseeing function, launch function, display function, entertainment function, tower base part, surrounding areas, tourism Information, ticketing, transportation, souvenirs, architectural design, layout, area, tower height, shape, tower body, architectural features, honors received, construction significance, origin of the name Guangzhou city skyline is called "Canton Tower" in Chinese. Most TV towers in the world are named after places, and the Guangzhou TV Tower also needs to be named after places, because overseas survey data shows that among pure foreigners, their understanding of Chinese cities is mainly Beijing and Shanghai, and they are relatively unfamiliar with Guangzhou, and they often don’t know Guangzhou. Where in China. Therefore, the naming of Guangzhou TV Tower is not only a matter of naming, but should also carry the elements of spreading the concept of "Guangzhou" to the world. The English name is "Canton Tower". The English name is not "Guangzhou Tower" because the name "Guangzhou" is relatively unfamiliar in the Western context and the pronunciation is awkward.

More importantly, in the history of China's opening up to trade, as the origin and starting point of the Maritime Silk Road, Guangzhou's English name known to the world has always been "Canton". "Canton" refers to both Guangzhou and Guangdong. Cantonese, Cantonese, and Cantonese are all "Cantonese" in English. Historical evolution Guangzhou City Skyline On December 15, 2003, the Guangzhou City *** Executive Meeting passed in principle the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Cultural Infrastructure in Guangzhou" and proposed that this project "be led by the Municipal Construction Committee and coordinated by Guangzhou TV Station", officially The construction project of the new TV tower in Guangzhou was launched. In 2004, the Canton Tower held a global design competition, and the winning proposal was: the design height of the building is 450 meters, and the middle part is twisted to form an oval shape with a "slender waist". As the height spirals up and the diameter gradually decreases, the functional distribution of different floors is based on the climate zone in which they are located. On November 25, 2005, the construction of Canton Tower officially started. On April 6, 2006, the acceptance of the Guangzhou Tower foundation pit project was completed, and the construction general contract bidding began. On April 25, 2006, the construction of the main pile foundation project of Canton Tower began. On August 27, 2008, the 454-meter main tower of Canton Tower was topped out, surpassing CITIC Plaza to become the tallest building in Guangzhou. All construction tasks of the Canton Tower were completed by the end of 2009, and it was officially put into use in 2010 and was responsible for the broadcasting tasks of the Guangzhou Asian Games. Canton Tower was completed on September 28, 2009. Canton Tower was officially opened to the public on September 30, 2010. Tickets will be officially sold to the public on October 1 to receive tourists. On February 28, 2017, Canton Tower was listed on the "New Third Board" with stock code: 870972.OC, becoming the first listed company in the tourist attraction industry in Guangzhou. Location: Canton Tower is located in the center of Guangzhou, at the intersection of the city's new central axis and the Pearl River landscape axis, across the river from Haixinsha Island and Guangzhou's 21st Century CBD District Zhujiang New Town. Canton Tower is adjacent to the 40-meter-wide Binjiang Road and the Binjiang Green Pedestrian Belt to the north: to the south is the 40-meter-wide Shuangta Road, and to the east and west are the 30-meter-wide Yiyuan East and West Roads respectively. Landscape facilities Guangzhou Sunrise Revolving Restaurant Canton Tower Restaurant is located on the 106th floor of Canton Tower. The 423-meter-high Xuanji Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant is the world’s highest revolving restaurant, which can accommodate 130 to 150 people. It has been verified by Guinness World Records in 2014 , rated as "the highest revolving restaurant in the building. The restaurant is designed in an oval ring and rotates once every 100 minutes. It exactly takes one dining time period as the rotation cycle to ensure that guests at all locations can enjoy the gorgeous scenery of Guangzhou in all directions There are four restaurants in it, namely 106/F Xuanji Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant in Area E (the highest revolving restaurant in the world), 105/F Lutes French Revolving Restaurant, 103~103A Yue Jiao Xuan Chinese Restaurant and -1/ F Chopsticks Restaurant. The 488 outdoor photography and viewing platform "Yunxiao 488" outdoor photography and viewing platform won the honor of "The World's Highest Outdoor Photography and Viewing Platform" in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013. The highest point that can be reached for tower sightseeing is located at 488 meters at the antenna mast of the Canton Tower, surpassing the 442-meter outdoor viewing platform of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the 447-meter "Sky Canopy" of the Canadian National Television Tower. Height. The platform is 177 square meters and can accommodate more than 20 people at a time. The Canton Tower Ferris Wheel is located at 450~454 meters at the top of the Canton Tower. It is different from other ordinary Ferris wheels. The Canton Tower Ferris Wheel is not suspended on a track, but runs along an inclined track for about 20 minutes. Visitors can view the city of Guangzhou from all angles. The Ferris Wheel consists of 16 sightseeing pods that rotate in conjunction. , located next to the edge, each sightseeing pod has a diameter of 3.2 meters and can accommodate 4 to 6 passengers. The Spider-Man Plank Road in Guangzhou Tower is located at 168 meters to 334.4 meters in the Canton Tower. It is the world's tallest and longest aerial walking ladder. .

1088 steps spiral upward around the core of the tower, with a total length of about 1000 meters and a total height of 166.4 meters. There are 3 fully transparent hollow glass floors on the ground of each step. The plank road starts from the 33rd floor and ends at the 62nd floor. It usually takes 40 minutes to an hour to complete the climb, and the fastest person can take 25 minutes. The "Speed ​​Sky" downhill experience of Canton Tower is currently the world's highest vertical downhill amusement project. It is located at the ultra-high altitude position of the 455-485-meter antenna mast of the Canton Tower, which is 300 meters higher than the previous world's highest Las Vegas amusement park. A multi-meter-high jumping machine is even 150 meters higher. There are two sets of downhill seats on the tower, not only the traditional "sitting jump", but also the "standing jump" that simulates free fall. You can experience a 30-meter plunge in just over 1 second, and you can overlook the beautiful scenery of Guangzhou. You can also experience high-altitude rappelling. The Guinness World Records Committee has launched a new "World's Highest Thrilling Tour" project for the "Rapid Drop Experience" of Canton Tower, and Canton Tower's "Downhill Experience" has become the first and only winner. Popular Science Tourist Hall The popular science tour hall is located on the 109th and 110th floors. It is the world's first active and passive hybrid control vibration reduction control system. The tour hall displays the six major environmental protection technology systems of Canton Tower: vibration reduction control system, rainwater recycling system, and wind power generation. systems, solar photovoltaic curtain wall systems, structural health inspection systems and super double-deck high-speed elevators. Function Introduction Canton Tower Sightseeing Function in the Sea of ​​Clouds The construction site for the sightseeing tower is at the intersection of the Guangzhou New City Central Axis and the Pearl River Landscape Axis. The new city central axis starts from Yanling Park in the north and ends in Nansha in the south, connecting trains from north to south. East Railway Station, Sports Center Area, New City Center Area, Linjiang Iconic Landscape Area, Themed Cultural Tourism Area, Haizhu Administrative Center Area, Orchard Protection Area and Guangzhou New Passenger Port Area. The Pearl River landscape axis is divided from west to east into the urban built-up area landscape section, the central city landscape core section and the waterfront new urban development section. Therefore, standing on the observation tower, citizens can see the major landscapes of the two axes. The base part of the tower is used to introduce the history, culture, economy and tourist attractions of Guangzhou and other display functions, and set up supporting tourism service facilities; the crown part is set up with catering, entertainment functions and a viewing platform. Transmitting function The observation tower is also a transmitting tower. The urban design scope of the area around the observation tower is the first-line land surrounding the architectural design scope including the radio and television center land, covering an area of ​​approximately 566,000 square meters. The area includes the proposed sightseeing tower, green leisure square, radio and television center as well as the planned Chigang Tower Park, public facilities and other lands. The radio and television center is located on the southwest side of the sightseeing tower, with a land area of ​​87,600 square meters. It will be used for tourism The tower serves as a transmitting tower. A transmitter room and transmitting antenna are set up on the top of the tower to transmit television, radio and microwave signals. Exhibition function: An urban planning exhibition hall will be built in the observation tower to display large-scale city-scale models and other urban construction achievements. The total construction area is not less than 5,000 square meters. Therefore, the sightseeing tower has the function of displaying urban construction. In addition, the sightseeing tower also has a sightseeing platform, entertainment and catering facilities, and has entertainment, catering and other living facilities to serve tourists. There is an exhibition hall at the base of the tower and a crown for viewing. Entertainment functions: Canton Tower's existing entertainment projects include "Ferris Wheel", "Speed ​​Sky" and "Ladder to Heaven". Among them, the Sky Staircase is located between 168 meters and 334.4 meters of the Canton Tower. The 1,096 steps spiral upward around the core of the tower, with a total length of about 1,000 meters and a total height of 166.4 meters. There are 3 fully transparent hollow glass floors on the ground of each staircase. . The plank road starts from the 33rd floor and ends at the 62nd floor. It usually takes 40 minutes to an hour to complete the climb, and the fastest person can take 25 minutes. During the boardwalk, tourists are not allowed to run, jump, or cross handrails. Within 10 tourists, a staff member will be arranged to accompany them throughout the tour to ensure that the tourists are within sight of the staff. In addition, there are rest areas on the 42nd, 54th and 62nd floors, where tourists can also drink water and rest. Those who give up midway can transfer to the elevator here.

The base of the tower will be equipped with relevant tourist service supporting facilities, and an urban planning and construction exhibition hall will be set up to display large-scale urban planning models and other urban construction achievements. The total construction area is not less than 5,000 square meters; the crown part of the tower will be built Catering, entertainment facilities and viewing platforms; a transmitter room and transmitting antenna are set on the top of the tower. Organize the connection between the sightseeing tower and peripheral urban roads and rail transit, and establish a pedestrian and vehicle system. MRT Line 3 is set along the central axis of the new city and will have stations within the observation tower site. The design of the surrounding area includes the proposed sightseeing tower, green leisure square, radio and television center and the planned Chigang Tower Park. As the "green leaves" that set off the "red flower" of the observation tower, the design concept of the area around the observation tower is to create a harmonious and unified overall spatial form. The observation tower is used as a transmitting tower, with a land area of ​​approximately 87,600 square meters. Travel Information Ticketing Business Hours: 9:00~23:00, may be extended on holidays. Ticket price: 150.00 yuan/person. Tips: You must climb the tower within two hours after picking up the ticket, otherwise the ticket will automatically become invalid. Preferential policies: ①Children under 1.2 meters in height are free of charge; children between 1.2 and 1.5 meters in height, the discounted price is 100.00 yuan/person. ②For full-time students under 18 years old, the discounted price is 120.00 yuan per person with their student ID. Transportation 1. Aviation: It only takes 30 minutes to drive from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to Canton Tower; 2. Railway: It only takes 10 minutes to drive from Guangzhou East Railway Station to Canton Tower; 3. Bus: 121, 121A, 204, 131A and 131B There are many bus lines that go directly to Canton Tower; 4. MRT: Exit B of Canton Tower Station of MRT Line 3 goes directly to Canton Tower; the APM system Canton Tower station set along the new central axis goes directly to Canton Tower. Canton Tower Location Souvenirs Canton Tower tourist souvenirs are produced under the official license of Canton Tower. They have Guangzhou characteristics and highlight the essence of Lingnan culture. Canton Tower souvenirs have unique creative gift meanings. Canton Tower is a landmark building in Guangzhou. At the same time, the Canton Tower souvenirs use Canton Tower elements to highlight the cross-era significance of the new Guangzhou TV Tower. Architectural Design Layout The overall layout of Canton Tower fully considers the surrounding environment of the site. Since the east side of the site is a residential area, the main tower is arranged on the north side of the site, close to the Pearl River and Binjiang Road, which reduces the interaction between its tall volume and surrounding buildings and forms a complete green square and underground space in the south. An irregular elevated platform is used around the main tower. The gentle slope in the south extends to the green square in the south, and across Binjiang Road in the north. It forms a water-friendly platform with the Pearl River through the transition of green steps, seamlessly connecting the riverside landscape belt and expanding the green area of ​​the square. Along the steel structure grid outer frame tube ring beam at the top of the tower, there are also 16 sightseeing pods, the highest in the world, which can provide a 360° high-altitude view of Guangzhou and even the Pearl River Delta. Area: The construction land area of ​​Canton Tower is 175,460 square meters, the road area is 42,160 square meters, the total construction area is 114,054 square meters, the tower body construction area is 44,276 square meters, and the basement building is 69,779 square meters. Guangzhou Tower is composed of a reinforced concrete core tube, a steel structure outer frame tube and the combined floors between the two. The core tube height is 454m, with a maximum of 88 floors. The standard floor height is 5.2m; there are 37 floors and the rest It is a hollow floor with 2 underground floors. The 37th floor is divided into five functional sections A to E along the entire height of the tower according to functional levels. The total construction area is 121,788 square meters. The steel structure grid outer frame tube is composed of 24 concrete-filled steel tube diagonal columns and 46 sets of ring beams and steel tube diagonal braces. The highest elevation is 462.70m. The antenna mast composed of steel lattice structure and box section is 146 meters high, with the highest elevation reaching 600 meters. The outer frame tube uses more than 40,000 tons of steel, and the total steel consumption is about 60,000 tons. As a landmark building in Guangzhou, it stands on the south bank of the Pearl River on the central axis. It is the tallest tower-masted building in China and the tallest built in the world. Shape: Canton Tower has a single shape. The main tower body is a towering structure. The appearance of all sides is basically the same height and the plane is oval. Its shape is simple, unified and clear-cut, with the entire tower spiraling upward.

The tower body is small on the whole and large on the bottom. The denser sections in the waist of the building can provide a relatively private experience. The more open structure on the top creates a transparent effect for observation. The upper and lower ovals of Canton Tower twist and shrink at the waist, and the contrast between the area of ​​the thinnest part in the middle and the base and top is prominent. The lattice structure is relatively loose at the bottom and denser up to the waist. The waist is tightened and fixed, and then the lattice structure is released upwards and is supported by gradually tapering tubular structural columns. Planar dimensions and structural density are controlled by two ovals that control the structural design, which simultaneously generate a range of different effects. The entire tower body will not have the same shape when viewed from different directions. The final design of the tower body of Guangzhou Tower is an oval gradient grid structure. Its shape, space and structure are generated by the changes of two upward rotating oval steel shells, one on the base plane and one on the imaginary 450-meter-high On the plane, the two ovals are twisted 135 degrees to each other, and the two ellipses twist and shrink at the waist. The entire network of air leakage holes in the tower body can effectively reduce the bulkiness and wind load of the tower body. The tower body adopts a special first-class earthquake-resistant design, which can withstand earthquakes with an intensity of 7.8 and typhoons with a magnitude of 12. The designed service life is more than 100 years. The external steel structure system of Canton Tower is composed of 24 intersecting columns, diagonal braces and rings. The columns are equally spaced and arranged in a ring. The body of the Canton Tower changes in size from bottom to top. Among them, the diameter of the ellipse at the bottom is about 60 meters × 80 meters, and the aspect ratio is 7.5; the diameter of the ellipse at the thinnest part in the middle is about 30 meters, and the aspect ratio is 7.3. The diameter of the upper ellipse is approximately 40.5 meters x 54 meters. The 24 columns are spaced at equal intervals and are coordinated and unified. The entire tower body of Canton Tower adopts a large number of mesh-like air leakage cavities and is designed with special transparent glass leakage windows. The view is formed by twisting two ellipsoids with a small top and a large bottom. The external steel structure system consists of 24 columns, diagonal braces and rings. Cross composition. The whole body of the Guangzhou Tower is contrasted with different proportions to enhance the overall facade image. Detail processing must be based on the overall view. Since the middle part of the tower is high, it is inconvenient to observe details with the naked eye, but the most detailed part in the middle of the appearance gives people a prominent feeling. In addition, since the Guangzhou New TV Tower is located in the aircraft turning area, according to regulations, aircraft there cannot have obstacles within 300 meters of the route location. The flight altitude of the aircraft above the new TV Tower is 900 meters above sea level. Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of aircraft flight , the tower top antenna has also been detailed. It has now been withdrawn 10 meters from the tower top antenna, and the final height is 600 meters. Architectural Features Design Features The entire tower body of Canton Tower is a hollow steel structural frame. The 24 steel columns twist counterclockwise from bottom to top, and the cross-section of each component is changing. The columns, beams and diagonal braces of the steel structure outer frame tube are all in a three-dimensional tilted state. In addition, the twisted steel structure outer frame tube is thick at the top and bottom and thin in the middle. This is very important for the processing, production, installation, construction measurement and deformation control of steel structure parts. All bring challenges. The outer frame tube of the steel structure alone has 24 steel columns, 46 sets of ring beams, and 1104 different diagonal braces. Due to the material difference between the concrete core tube in the middle of the Canton Tower and the outer frame tube of the steel structure, the settlements of the floor beams and the outer frame tube are inconsistent. In order to adjust the correctness of the relative position of the steel components and the main structure, many nodes control the accuracy of the relative position of the steel column body through three-dimensional coordinates. Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Through the application and implementation of durable and sustainable construction technologies, Canton Tower has achieved good results in energy saving, land saving, material saving, water saving and other aspects. The ratio of the building area in the underground space to the building floor area is 69, which saves land resources. The estimated annual power generation capacity of the photovoltaic system is 12,660 kWh. The annual power generation of wind turbines is approximately 41,472 kWh. Recycling water can save approximately 12,000 tons of water per year. The proportion of recyclable building materials reaches 18. Innovative Technology Three-dimensional Space Measurement Technology Due to its special shape and ultra-high structure, Canton Tower requires high measurement accuracy. In view of this situation, it was determined to use the GPS positioning system to design the measurement reference network and position the three-dimensional coordinates of the components in the air. In order to meet the installation and positioning needs of steel structures, a spatial measurement reference network was constructed. The spatial measurement reference network consists of five spatial points and one ground point.

Comprehensive safety protection and isolation technology The steel structure of the Canton Tower is installed for ultra-high-altitude operations. Due to the discontinuity of floors, ultra-high-altitude suspension operations must be performed. The risk of injury from falling objects also increases with height. A safe operating system consisting of vertical ladders, horizontal passages, edge fences, operating platforms and anti-fall isolation facilities has been developed. Special-shaped steel structure pre-deformation technology Since the Canton Tower has the structural characteristics of deflection and torsion, during the construction process, the structure will not only produce compression deformation and uneven settlement, but also large horizontal deformation, so pre-deformation control must be carried out. Otherwise, even if the initial installation position is accurate, large cumulative deformation will occur under the action of subsequent loads, causing the nodes to deviate from the original design position. A pre-deformation plan featuring staged adjustment and ring-by-ring reset was formulated to compensate for the deformation of the steel structure under constant load operations. Honors received In April 2009, the Canton Tower large-scale structural diagnosis and prediction system (structural health monitoring) won the international gold medal and the conference special award at the 37th Geneva International Invention and Innovation Technology and Products Exhibition. In April 2010, it won the National Steel Structure Industry Quality Gold Award: Steel Structure Engineering (Production) 2009 China Construction Steel Structure Gold Award (National Quality Project). In May 2011, it was rated as a national-level 2010 green building demonstration project. Won the annual China Construction Engineering Luban Award in 2011. In June 2012, it won the National Architectural Design Gold Award. Construction significance: Canton Tower is positioned as a comprehensive facility mainly for sightseeing and tourism, compatible with radio and television transmitting functions, and has become an important landmark building in Guangzhou. The new TV tower construction project is a new landmark and new image of Guangzhou. In addition to providing hardware support for the upcoming Asian Games broadcast, it will also help improve the level of cultural facilities in Guangzhou.