At night, the brightly lit Yueyang Tower tourist area in Hunan Province begins to show a different scene: the Yueyang Tower with its cornices is particularly striking by Chinese lanterns, the ancient music in the scenic area is overflowing, and the dancers holding lanterns are fluttering. Outside the scenic spot, the night market "Changlong" on the shore of the prone Dongting Lake fireworks rises; Bianhe Street, Industrial Heritage Park and other Internet celebrity check-in places are crowded...
On the evening of September 9, Chinese media representatives from 12 countries walked into Yueyang, Hunan Province, a national historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,500 years, to feel the fireworks of Baling Ancient City between tradition and modernity.
The brightly lit Yueyanglou tourist area in Hunan Province.
Yueyang has always been a favorite place for literati and inkers. The spirit of "first the world's worries and worries, and the joy and happiness of the world" in Fan Zhongyan's "Notes on Yueyang Lou", a famous politician and literary scholar of the Song Dynasty, shocked the ancient and modern, making Yueyang Lou a cultural temple that Chinese people at home and abroad are fascinated by. "Louguan Yue Yang ends, Sichuan Dongting opens" "And on the Dongting credit moonlight, the ship will buy wine and white clouds"... The poet Immortal Li Bai came six times, leaving more than 20 poems chanting Yueyang, and between the lines, there was an addiction to the night fireworks of the cave court.
Walking into the Yueyang Lou Scenic Area, you will be greeted by the "Five Dynasties Lou View" under the lighting, and the Yueyang Lou of the five dynasties of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties is arranged in the form of bronze miniatures by the winding stream. The dancers dancing along the water, and the actors who chant poems with tourists and perform sitcoms from time to time along the way, make people feel like they have traveled through time and space.
Walking along a Qing Dynasty Mashi Street to the main building of Yueyang Lou, the ancient famous building written by the literati and ink scholars is truly restored in front of them, and everyone stops to take photos with their mobile phones.
Yueyang Tower at night.
It is reported that since the extended opening at night in May this year, tourists who come to check in the night view of Yueyang Tower have been endless. Focusing on the "night economy", the scenic area interprets Yueyang's profound cultural heritage with artistic interpretation of scene blending, and creatively launches a new program in the form of "national tide culture + leisure night tour". While enjoying a variety of music and dance programs, visitors can also take photos and interact with the actors, and experience a wonderful night tour through time and space.
Yueyanglou Tourist Area is close to the shore of Dongting Lake, covering Yueyanglou Scenic Area, Bianhe Street, Baling Square, Dongting South Road Historical and Cultural District, Yueyang Port Ruins Park, and is the gathering place of Yueyang's core tourism resources. In August 2022, Yueyanglou Tourism Area was selected as the second batch of national-level nighttime culture and tourism consumption gathering areas.
A fireworks show is staged over Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park.
Today, the ever-richening of "night economy" consumption formats has made the ancient city of Baling, full of historical charm and trend vitality, full of "fireworks" and high popularity. Relying on the loud business cards of Dongting Lake and ancient famous buildings, Yueyang Linhu Linlou creates a new night market to attract traffic and promote consumption, and strives to shape the "old neighborhood, new Internet celebrity" characteristic business card that integrates tourism, catering, music, barbecue and other integrated development; Some idle assets such as old factories, old warehouses, and industrial sites in the surrounding area have also been "activated" and become new Internet celebrity check-in points in the city.
Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park, not far from Yueyang Lou Scenic Area, was originally the main port for Xiang, Zi, Yuan and Fengshui from Dongting Lake to the Yangtze River. After systematically solving the problems of direct sewage discharge, flood control and drainage, and lack of functions, and retaining industrial sites such as tower cranes and concrete trusses to form a landscape, the local long-standing urban dock culture has been continued in the form of a new waterfront leisure and experiential park.
The "Dongting Fishing Season" series of cultural and artistic programs extending the four seasons were staged in Yueyang Port Industrial Heritage Park.
The sand gulls hovering on the surface of the lake spread their "golden wings", and the deck of the giant ship that sailed by from time to time shone with golden glow... As the sun sets, it is the perfect place to enjoy the sunset view of the cave garden. The lights are gradually brightening, and the main stage with tall trusses as the background transforms into a dazzling sea of light, and the "Dongting Fishing Season" series of cultural programs and intangible cultural heritage items extending for four seasons are staged in turn.
At present, more than 80 nighttime open cultural tourism projects in Yueyanglou Tourism Area are beaded into a chain. Through the continuous cultivation of nighttime cultural tourism economy, Internet celebrity attractions and interactive experience projects such as "night tour", "night appreciation", "night reading" and "night food", since the beginning of this year, Yueyanglou Tourism Area has attracted more than 6.5 million tourists and citizens, and the maximum daily flow has exceeded 200,000 person-times, effectively driving the surrounding cultural and entertainment consumption such as catering, accommodation and interpretation. (End)