A Retrospective of the Sichuan Tower in Chengdu, China
A Retrospective of the Sichuan Tower in Chengdu, China
About a year and a half ago I moved from Zhengzhou in North Central China to Chengdu in Sichuan Province, in South Central China, but my wife and I stayed there for only a year, and last January moved to where we will remain, Chongqing, which was only 90 minutes by super-fast train South of Chengdu. Chongqing is my wife's home town, and I have been posting photo essays already about this huge city that has a population almost as big as that of the whole country of Canada. However, I digress. I am repeating here a photo essay that I posted on the Discovery Group more than a year ago, but with the photos improved by better editing. I do not believe many members saw the orginal photo essay, so this will give it more exposure. Technical information about the Sichuan Tower can be found here:
http://www.great-towers.com/towers/sichuan-tower-of-china/
The tower during the day, from a distance:
The Sichuan Tower in Chengdu
When I first came to Chengdu, the capitol of Sichuan Province in China (the Province where the great earthquake of 2008 was located, although I felt it more than 1000 km away) our friend took us up this tower. I was never very comfortable about heights and although it had some transparent floor areas on the observation deck, I was very leery of walking on them. On another level, the best buffet selection in the city is located, absolutely delicious food, and it was very very expensive. When I took my first bite of something that was harder than I thought my front cap loosened and then I couldn’t enjoy my meal at all. Although it was daytime when we went up the tower, it was quite misty, so not the optimum time to observe from a height. When we went down again, it was night.
1 . 1. The base of the tower
222. Like looking out of the window of an airplane
3 . 3, I loved this sign. Number one rule – please don’t commit suicide here.
4. 4. A little misty, or is it pollution?
5. 5. A typical Chinese sunset
6. 6. From the street at night – it keeps changing colour.
