Hangzhou firework displays in West Lake and the Grand Canal
The climax of this year's Hangzhou West Lake Expo, the grand West Lake International Firework Displays was held on the night of October 24. The extravaganza returned to the West Lake after a four years' leave. The fireworks also burst into the sky on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The spectacular scenes in the lake and the canal interacted had attracted an unprecedented number of audience, estimated about one million at site.
The very first firework was up in the sky above the Grand Canal on time at 7:45PM.
The shiny silver flowers had covered the night sky of Hangzhou. This occasion had a great scale that upper air fireworks and artistic effect fireworks numbered 25,000 and 75,000 respectively. The vistas of the demonstration, both in the West Lake and on the Grand Canal, where the beautiful fireworks emitted simultaneously, were much larger than ever. Wireless speakers were placed in a 35 meters interval for background music in the West Lake area. The magnificent firework displays lasted 40 minutes. The audiences applauded throughout the spectacular.
The fireworks returned to the West Lake, where the last international firework spectacular here was in 2004. Several Hangzhou's established travel agencies had organized 9,000 local and foreign guests to have a closer view of the event. The number of security personnel reached a record high of 17,000. Moreover, outdoor LED displays in Wushan Square, Wulin Square, Qingchun Square, the World Trade Center and Intime Department Store had broadcasted live the firework extravaganza.
The West Lake International Firework Displays can demonstrate the image of Hangzhou as the best tourism city in China and the "Oriental Capital of Leisure", thus in the future the city will become an internationally famous tourism destination.
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