On December 31, 2018, a fantastic celebration to welcome New Year had been held successfully on the North Square of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. The large-scale performance was displayed on the background of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda and was comprised of five parts including the legend of the eminent monk, Xuanzang and the Silk Road's story. Through the high-tech devices, a wonderful performance had been showed, which also showed the unique charm of the ancient city. More interesting activities had been held in Tang Dynasty Ever-bright City and on the City Wall.
Apart from the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, there are many places for various celebrations in Xi'an and many other cities in China. Here are some hot places for festival celebrations in other cities. In Beijing, people are likely to gather to the most prosperous places of the city to celebrate various festivals like the New Year. The Place shopping mall where contains China’s largest LED screen, the Taikoo Li Sanlitun, and the Solana area are pretty popular for young people in Beijing to celebrate festivals. Also, the temples like Yonghe Temple and Jietai Temple are more popular in middle aged and elderly people to pray for good luck. Undoubtedly, the Bund of Shanghai is the best place for citizens to celebrate the festivals like the New Year and Christmas. But during the traditional Chinese festivals like the Chinese New Year, people prefer to celebrate in the Old City God Temple and the temple fair held there is very lively.   There is no doubt that the Canton Tower and the China Plaza are the most remarkable places to have a celebration and a lot of people gather around these two places during festivals.    The Splendid China - Folk Culture Village is one of the most popular places for festival celebrations and a series of interesting activities have been held during the past New Year and will be held during the coming Chinese New Year, which lasts still February 19, 2019. The lantern festival, gourmet festival and music festival will take turns to catch your eyes. The top place for celebration activities in Hong Kong is Victoria Harbor. On the past New Year's Eve, a fantastic firework show was given in Victoria Harbor to celebrate the New Year and travelers from all over the world enjoyed the grand celebration and attended the count down together. Besides the Victoria Harbor, other popular places to celebrate festivals include Tsim Sha Tsui and Victoria Park.