Xi'an City Wall Light Show
Xi'an City Wall Light Show
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The city of Xi’an celebrates the New Year with bright, colourful lights at the Xi'an City Wall Light Show. Since 1985, thousands of visitors have enjoyed the light-up figures of dragons, lanterns, animals and more creations. A family-friendly destination, there’s an area just for kids that has fun, interactive games. Performances include dancing and music entertainment from local artists. Visitors can also enjoy popular Chinese rice balls and other traditional food. Dates for the festival vary depending on the lunar calendar, but it usually begins in January, February or March.
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Jan Linha
Chongqing, China166 contributions
Aug 2022
The night we went there, the light was kind of a basic. The wall was lit up in purple but what we and other people enjoyed more was a concert. There were some local bands, mostly rock music, to play some famous Chinese hits on a stage right in front of the main gate to the City Wall. I enjoyed the music, did a lot of dancing with my daughter. But was surprised how boring other people were who mostly standing and recording, not even dancing despite the singer was trying to motivate them. Anyways, it was a great evening there. But the Light show was rather basic and I expected a bit more from that.
Written 21 August 2022
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KodoDrummer
Buenos Aires, Argentina70,581 contributions
Mar 2019 • Friends
WOW, Once it got dark, the skies were lit up beautifully by in excess of 10,000 fancy lights of well-co-ordinated, vivid colours and shaped lanterns The techniques for making the lanterns are considered to be cultural heritage intellectual property.
Written 13 May 2019
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Jerry C
Adelaide, Australia113 contributions
Feb 2019 • Couples
The streets in the centre of Xi'an have been transformed providing some amazing displays on buildings and walkways. You can spend ages here in an evening. There were shows with music when we were there and it is all free. Amazing.
Written 15 March 2019
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Sue19402014
Coventry, UK358 contributions
Apr 2015 • Friends
Viewed in the evening, the illuminations show the walls to the best advantage.The walls are intact and completely surround the old town, visit them if you have time.
Written 20 May 2015
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BonnyBeliever
Greater Sydney, Australia120 contributions
Nov 2024 • Friends
It was magnificent. Great outlines of buildings, a fountain, and sculptures and also a live show in rehearsal. Wonderful!
Written 28 November 2024
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itchyfeet2014
Glasgow, UK2,294 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
we came here in May with a group, but it is easy to find yourself. The centre of Xian is taken over by wonderful illuminations. The walls and buildings just look spectacular. The shopping streets, pagodas and pedestrian areas are alive with coloured lights too. Everyone comes out to walk and relax and enjoy the displays.
Do not miss!
Do not miss!
Written 9 July 2019
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Hull_is_great
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK387 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
No longer just at Chinese New Year but all year round. Displays on the the city walls and along the street sloping down through the mall area towards the Big Goose Pagoda is a blaze of colour, lights, music, dancing, stalls etc and great fun. The Chinese community gather to promenade on dry nights. The dancing is to pop music on floors of squares which change colour as you step on them, to line dancing and ballroom dancing in the park area at the end of the mall. We also saw musicians in costume playing a concert with classical Chinese instruments. It made a great end to a busy day.
Written 31 May 2019
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Jaime G
Gothenburg, Sweden1,849 contributions
Feb 2019 • Business
This is so amazing and beautiful . So much worth it to visit this to see the amazing lights . Definitely worth it .
Written 27 February 2019
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Andrew Goh
Singapore, Singapore7,984 contributions
Dec 2018 • Family
Beautifully decorated the city wall with light at night. The illumination enhance the night effect of the wall and gave different perspective to see the city wall.. you need to use the subway entrance to get to south door - 南门！ great to take your picture from other side before crossing the road! Lovely visit..
Written 14 December 2018
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PeterPilt
Mooloolaba, Australia669 contributions
Nov 2018 • Family
This is a must see if you are in Xian. The photos don’t do the light show justice. The only negative is the night we watched it they were having some technical difficulties. But overall still amazing. It’s free and well worth seeing.
Written 23 November 2018
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