During the Spring Festival holiday, a raft of exciting night activities combining Sun Tzu culture and lights show were staged at Sun Tzu Cultural Park–located in Guangrao county, Dongying in east China's Shandong province. The event attracted masses of visitors.

Large-scale performances showed the life of Sun Tzu. Photo by Xu Qing

The large-scale night tour, call “The Return of Sun Wu - The Wonderful Night of Spring and Autumn”, kicked off at night. During the activity, a fleet of 500 drones gracefully took off, forming various shapes in the sky such as a dragon's head, archery and Sun Wu's portrait. This was accompanied by a gigantic dragon flying on the city wall–thanks to sound-light-electric technology–providing a magnificent visual feast.

In order to deepen tourists’ interactive experience, the Park also hosted a variety of ancient games, allowing tourists to experience the profoundness of Chinese traditional culture while playing.

Visitors participated ancient-style games. Photo by Xu Ping

Guangrao county is the hometown of Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu, who is a famous military strategist in ancient China. For the Spring Festival activities, Guangrao county invested over 38 million yuan ($5 million) to integrate Sun Tzu culture with local folk customs–complemented by architecture, water features, green spaces and cultural landscapes. The Sun Tzu Cultural Park incorporated high-tech lighting, live performances and special commercial activities to create a series of immersive night tour experiences.

From 6 to 10 pm every night, tourists can watch more than ten large-scale performing arts activities in the park, or go to the ancient market to taste special snacks, play ancient games, and feel the strong flavor of the Spring Festival.