As a key city for sightseeing tourism in the country, Hangzhou has built neon signs, lamp-box signs and other illumination for almost all department stores, buildings, mansions, hotels, restaurants and entertainment sites along the Yan'an Road, Liberation Road and other main business streets. When they are lit at dusk, they display the night views as well as facilitate visitors to enjoy shopping, entertainment food in the evening. To display the beautiful landscape of the West Lake and the feature of Hangzhou as a historical and cultural city, and to promote the development of tourism, business, social, economic and other enterprises, the city government sponsored shows of songs and dances with rich and colorful contents, they are staged at night at the Revered Mr. Ruan's Mount and the three Pools Mirroring the Moon in the West Lake, These are very popular with individual visitors and tourist groups.
The theater restaurant of the Qianyue Palace in the Jiasha Harbor Tourist Culture Village and the Yuexiu Show and Banquet Hall in the Hangzhou River Holiday Village can provide artistic shows for tourist groups. The two sites are located near the West Lake and the Qiantang River respectively, with beautiful surroundings. There are 360 seats in the Qianyue Palace restaurant, along with feature operas of Qianyue's Life and West Lake Landscapes, created specially for various Hangzhou dishes, adding unlimited taste to those dishes through delicious dishes and beautiful stories, There are 268 seats in the Yuexiu Show and Banquet Hall, where visitors are shown a program consisting of fashion show, local opera, magic, songs and dances, thus having a colorful nightlife.
The Mini Theater of Hangzhou has staged an acrobatic evening show of "Moonlit Night at the West Lake" by the Zhejiang Aerobatic Group, especially for foreign visitors to have a unforgettable night in a merry and exciting atmosphere, with the bright moon at the West Lake staying with them forever.
The Lakeside Park of Hangzhou is a good place for visitors to spend their night. It faces the West Lake on one side, with night views of the West Lake available, and is adjacent to the street on the other side, surrounded by the Lake-viewing Hotel, Overseas Chinese Hotel and other international tourist hotels, along with numerous illuminated sites of shopping, entertainment and food, facilitating visitors to a great extent. The Song City Scenic spot in the Hangzhou River National Holiday Resort provides large-scale shows of songs and dances every night, including the "Song City Legend", "Volcano in Eruption", and the rare water curtain film of "Paradise on Earth" and other programs, attracting numerous visitors. The stores in imitation of those in the Song Dynasty and snack bars in the city also leaves a deep impression on visitors.
The Wulin Plaza is the center of commerce, tourism, and entertainment in Hangzhou. Surrounded by the International Mansion, Hangzhou Mansion, Hangzhou Grand Hotel, Hangzhou Theater, Hangzhou Department Store and other facilities of entertainment, food and shopping, it provides Chinese and foreign visitors with a good place to go shopping, have entertainment and food.
Most of the 34 star-rated hotels in Hangzhou provide night entertainment, with the Guoda Opera House, Hangzhou Mansion and the Lake-viewing Hotel being the noticeable ones. In addition, the River Holiday Village provides nearly 20 entertainment services with business hour lasts to as late as 24:00 or even 2:00 in the morning.

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