The Oriental Pearl Radio and television tower, also known as the Oriental Pearl Tower, is a city located in China Shanghai TV tower. Is located in the China Shanghai Pudong New Area Lujiazui, adjacent to the Huangpu River, across the river and the Bund. The Oriental Pearl Tower is composed of the Shanghai modern architectural design (Group ) Company Limited Jiang Huancheng design. Construction started in 1991, completed in 1994, a total investment of 830000000 yuan. 467.9 meters high, the first in Asia, third in the world after the Canadian CN tower, television tower ( 553.3 meters) and Russia, the Ostankino tower ( 540.1 m), is one of the landmark of Shanghai. 12Photos
Japanese cherry blossom is a deciduous tree, bark is dark brown, smooth; branchlets hairy when young. Leaves ovate elliptic to obovate, long 5-12cm, leaf end urgent acuminate, base rounded to broadly cuneate leaf, leaf margin serrate with fine tip, leaf veins and petioles pubescent. Flowers white to pale pink, diameter 2–3cm, often as a single, slightly fragrant; calyx tube, hairy; pedicel ca. 2cm, pubescent; flowers arranged in a short raceme 3-6. Drupe, globular, black. Florescence in April, leaves and leaf before or simultaneously with opening. 25Photos