Central Plains pagoda

The world's tallest steel tower, a landmark building in Henan Province

Central Plains pagoda

Fu tower, also known as "Henan Radio and TV Tower", is located at the intersection of hanghai East Road and airport expressway, Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China. It is adjacent to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in the south, Zhengzhou east railway station in the East and CBD business district of Zhengdong New District in the north

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Zhongyuan pagoda is 268 meters high, and the top mast antenna is 120 meters high, with a total height of 388 meters

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On August 27, 2018, Zhongyuan futa won the first batch of Henan research and learning tourism demonstration bases

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History of construction

In February 2005, Zhongyuan pagoda was approved by the national development and Reform Commission of the people's Republic of China.

In April 2006, the preliminary design of Zhongyuan pagoda began.

In November 2006, the design scheme of Zhongyuan pagoda was obtained by the architectural design and Research Institute of Tongji University.

On December 27, 2006, the construction of Zhongyuan pagoda was officially started.

In March 2007, the construction of Zhongyuan pagoda started.

In October 2009, Zhongyuan pagoda was completed

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Architectural pattern

overview

Zhongyuan pagoda is 388 meters high and consumes 22000 tons of steel. The most reconstructed parts are 40.2 tons. The anti-corrosion treatment of steel structure adopts hot-dip galvanizing and fluorocarbon paint technology. The steel members are connected by high-strength bolts. The amount of high-strength bolts is nearly 850000, and the installation accuracy is 99.98%. It is a perfect combination of modern architecture and art. Its high-strength bolt connection instead of high-altitude welding technology is a breakthrough in the history of tower construction. It ranks first in the height of all steel TV towers in the world, higher than the Tokyo Tower (333M) in Japan and the Eiffel Tower (321m) in France

 

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External wall of tower base

The outer wall of Central Plains pagoda base is decorated with large relief.

Relief 1: Nuwa made man; relief 2: Houyi shot the sun; relief 3: Shennong tasted grass; relief 4: Fuxi painted hexagrams; relief 5: Yunshui Luoshen; relief 6: Yugong moved mountains; relief 7: Hetu Luoshu; relief 8: Cangjie created characters; relief 9: Chang'e rushed to the moon; relief 10: Jingwei reclaimed the sea; relief 11: Xuanniao made business; relief 12: drilling wood for fire; relief 13: Pangu opened the world.

Second floor of tower base

The elevation of the second floor of Zhongyuan pagoda is 6.9 meters, with VIP Hall, news release hall, tourist service center and other supporting facilities. Among them, the construction area of the press release hall is 400 square meters, with 75 seats for reporters to ask questions and 4 seats for simultaneous interpretation.

The third and fourth floors of the tower base

On the third and fourth floors of the pagoda tower in Central Plains, there is the world's largest panoramic painting, splendid Central Plains, which was created by 13 famous painters and professors of Lu Xun Academy of fine arts for five years. The panoramic painting mainly depicts the famous scenic spots of 18 cities under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, with a height of 20 meters, a length of 175 meters and a 360 degree closure, covering more than 100 major scenic spots in Henan Province Technology, sound and photoelectricity.

Tower 97

The 97th floor of Zhongyuan futa tower has an elevation of 250 meters, a construction area of 859 square meters, and a business area of 600 square meters. The main projects are high-altitude sightseeing supporting service facilities: a photo studio, air post office, 3D somatosensory games, crossing the line of fire, puzzle magic cube, three-dimensional painting, magic bubble.

98th floor of the tower

Zhongyuan pagoda 98 floor elevation 255 meters, building area 975 square meters, can be used for business area 780 square meters. "Zhongyuan No.1 388 revolving restaurant" is surrounded by 360 degree panoramic French windows. You can have a panoramic view of the city landscape while dining in the daytime, and you can have a panoramic view of the city traffic and colorful neon during dinner time. In the dining revolving floor area with auspicious cloud pattern, the time for each rotation is 60 minutes, so that the dining guests can see the different landscape of the whole city unconsciously.

101 floor of the tower

The 101 floor elevation of Zhongyuan pagoda tower is 265 meters, with a construction area of 1142 square meters. It can be used for operating an area of 940 square meters. Its main business projects are high-altitude adventure projects, etc. Here, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery of Zhengzhou. In addition, there is an adventure and exciting experience project - "walk in the clouds", which is a 268 meter high glass floor upstream to experience the thrill of high altitude

 

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Architectural features

Design concept

The facade of Central Plains pagoda is hyperbolic parabola shape, with novel appearance, unique structure and beautiful shape. Overlooking from the air, it looks like a blooming plum blossom blooming in the Central Plains.

The tower is shaped like a tripod, which means to stand in the central plains; the tower is an ancient musical instrument combination, which means the communication function of the Central Plains pagoda; overlooking from the sky, the TV tower looks like a five petaled plum blossom, which is the flower of Henan Province. The five petaled plum harmonizes with the meaning of "five blessings", which means that the plum blossom is five blessings and the Central Plains blossom; looking up from the ground, the TV tower looks like a flower Respect the vertical rotation upward, natural leaping, elegant and flying solid fireworks

 

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Cultural Activity

German Metro inspects Central Plains pagoda

On November 5, 2015, in order to seek in-depth cooperation with Henan Provincial Bureau of press, publication, radio, film and television, he Ruikang, chief financial officer of Metro China and chairman of the board of directors of Metro Group Commercial Co., Ltd., and other people came to Zhongyuan futia for a visit

 

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40th anniversary of reform and opening up

On October 14, 2018, journalists who participated in the activity of "Central Plains is more brilliant in the 40 years of reform and opening up - Henan in the eyes of national financial media" came to visit Central Plains pagoda

 

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Family members of some excellent employees invited to visit Zhongyuan pagoda

On September 3, 2012, the families of some outstanding employees of Dongfang Jinbao were invited to visit Zhongyuan pagoda

 

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Honors

On April 26, 2011, the panoramic painting "splendid Central Plains" in the center of the third and fourth floors of Central Plains pagoda tower was selected into the Guinness world record, becoming the largest panoramic painting in the world

 

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In 2016, Zhongyuan pagoda won the title of the most beautiful building in Henan Province

 

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On August 27, 2018, Zhongyuan futa won the first batch of Henan research and learning tourism demonstration bases

 

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Visit information

geographical position

No. 1206, hanghai East Road, Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou city.

Business Hours

9: 30-19:00, 18:15.

Traffic routes

Out of town

Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport is 25 kilometers away from Zhongyuan pagoda, about 15 minutes' drive; Zhengzhou station is 7 kilometers away from Zhongyuan pagoda, about 20 minutes' drive; Zhengzhou east station is 6 kilometers away from Zhongyuan pagoda, about 20 minutes' drive.

transit

Take Zhengzhou bus No.35, Zhengzhou bus No.86, Zhengzhou bus no.b17 and other bus lines to Haihang road Expressway intersection station, and then get off to Zhongyuan futia.

Self driving

There are more than 600 parking spaces in the parking lot for tourists' self driving and 20 parking spaces for tourist buses for tourism teams.

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admission ticket

Regular price ticket 98 yuan; children under 1.2m (inclusive) can be accompanied by their parents for free visit; elderly people over 70 years old (inclusive) can be visited free of charge; tourists aged from 60 years old (inclusive) to 69 years old, full-time college students, middle and primary school students and soldiers in active service can enjoy preferential tickets of 70 yuan; children between 1.2m and 1.5m, accompanying personnel of retired cadres (including retired cadres) can enjoy half price tickets It's 60 yuan.

Walking ticket to the tower

7-50 years old (minors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult) can buy 60 yuan / ticket for walking up the tower only after exchanging the warrior card at the tourist center and walking up the tower through the warrior passage.

Buffet fare of Zhongyuan No.1 388 revolving restaurant

Lunch: 258 yuan for adults and 128 yuan for children; dinner: 298 yuan for adults and 138 yuan for children

 

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Scenic events

On April 19, 2020, when a tourist was experiencing the 100 meter swing of its net red project in Zhongyuan futia, the swing seat collided with the electronic guardrail because the electric guardrail below was not opened in time, causing injuries to tourists. At the same time, the safety guardrail was seriously damaged and some people were injured