2021-03-15Visit the CCTV Tower

Visit the Central Television Tower.

This weekend, my son completed all his school homework on Friday. After attending the homework help class on Saturday, he immediately completed the consolidation exercises. Now Sunday is completely free time. My son said he could go out to play and started to choose where to go. Baiwang Mountain, Phoenix Ridge, shopping, watching movies, Beigong Forest Park, Ming Tombs..., and finally chose to go to the Central Television Tower.

I took my son to the CCTV Tower when he was a child, but he may have no memory at all. The CCTV Tower is the sixth tallest building in the world. Its main attractions include embarkation tours, high-altitude observation, revolving restaurants and the underwater world. My son bought two tickets on the official website, 276 yuan per person, 552 yuan per ticket, including lunch, free tower tour, and underwater world. I learned about sightseeing matters and important sights online in advance.

After breakfast, we arrived at the CCTV Tower at about ten o'clock and visited the tower first. Climb the elevator to the top 238.4m and take a high-altitude view first. Hey, today is cloudy and hazy! I can't see anything anymore, and looking into the distance with a 20x magnifying glass is of no help. It seems that today's choice is really not wise enough. There is a "Haodezhu" next to it. The first thing I did when I walked in was a "free" photo taker. I spent 70 yuan and found two bookmarks, a group photo, and a single photo of my son, which was sealed in plastic and didn't require a frame. Then we visited the studio hall, which is on the same floor as the entrance to the revolving restaurant, but you have to go down one floor after entering the entrance to the revolving restaurant. I visited the hand model in the studio and saw Zhu Jun's hand model, photos of Zhao Zhongxiang's first appearance on the host stage, and the once glorious Avenue of Stars. I couldn't help but feel that so many things had been made a joke! Here is a photo of the winner of the annual tower climbing competition. Haha, there is such a competition, and it has aroused my son's desire to participate. I might pay attention to it in the future. Seeing the teleprompter, people, words, and cameras form a triangle, which can make the host not feel that he is reading the words when broadcasting the news, but always looking ahead. There is also a news simulation studio, which should be chargeable. I looked outside but didn't go in. There are VR ones, but I don’t pay attention to them. After that, we went to the second floor at 6.1m, where there are stores selling magic props, VR experiences, jewelry and clothing, and a calligraphy exhibition by Li Guangxiao. The most eye-catching thing about calligraphy is the boy worshiping Guanyin and the one-stroke dragon and taking photos. There are also a lot of official calligraphy, which I took pictures and sent to my elder brother.

What fascinated my son the most was magic. He bought a magic wand. The salesperson said that he bought props to teach how to play, but that didn't arouse much interest. After making another round of profit, the salesperson said that now the magic teacher is here. This person had a sense of joy and performed games such as a hoop falling without falling, a red heart changing into two, etc. Since the time was already close to eleven o'clock, we decided to go to eat first and buy props later.

When we arrived at the revolving restaurant, in today’s weather, there were actually so many people eating. It seems that the revolving restaurant and the highest hotel in Beijing are quite attractive. After eating, I went downstairs to buy magic props. This was the climax of the day!

The same guy who teaches magic just now, surnamed Chen, said that when he has time, he goes to school to teach magic. His acting ability, speaking ability, affinity, image, and patience are all very good. He is really a performing talent. . We taught magic tricks such as trapezoidal poker, changing a cup into a ball, turning a box into a ball, disappearing coins, guessing numbers by looking at cards, hiding a mummy, turning a palm into a scarf, disappearing coins, etc. It made my son and I exclaim again and again, it was so interesting! People should not lie, let alone deceive others, but everyone knows that magic is a lie, but it still has infinite vitality. Why? I think there are two points. One is that everyone knows that magic is a lie, and the other is that magic brings happiness to people. In the end, we bought a set of magic props for 368 yuan, which included a disappearing coin pull string, a deck of guessing cards, an iron ring and a chain. We had a lot of fun in this class. What is the key to magic design? My answer is "all your wishes come true". The purpose of a magician is to paralyze everyone and create conditions for him to do tricks. Therefore, he will use a lot of words, performances, and props to use points that are difficult for ordinary people to imagine. Techniques to make up for it and make it a reality. I believe that one day many scenes that need to be realized through magic can be realized through technology, such as climbing to a height of 100 floors in one second, such as feeding people on TV, etc.

Later I went to the underwater world, but I lost interest, and then I went home.