During the National Day Golden Week, the "visual feast" of the Shanghai Tourism Festival — the annual Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival (hereinafter referred to as the "Shanghai Fireworks Festival") — will once again light up Pudong Century Park in all its glory. This year’s Shanghai Fireworks Festival has been fully "upgraded," featuring not only a dazzling display of lasers, fireworks, music, and 3D effects, but also a showdown between top domestic and international fireworks teams. There will also be spectacles such as "World War," "Boats in the Sky," and "Fireworks from Cranes"... It's an event you can't miss if you're visiting Shanghai during the National Day holiday.
The Shanghai Fireworks Festival was first launched in 2000 and has been successfully held for fourteen editions to date. It pioneered the hosting of an international music fireworks festival in Asia and has been praised by the China National Tourism Administration as "one of China’s most dazzling festival events." Watching fireworks at Century Park during the National Day has become a "beautiful tradition" for both Shanghai residents and tourists from other regions.
This National Day, Witness Fireworks "Miracles" of World-Class Skill
Lasers and 3D "Dance of Fireworks" (September 30): The first half features the French special performance "Tales of Water," where fireworks depict the various forms of water in the sky, soft and romantic. The second half is the Chinese special performance "Dance of Fireworks," where colorful fireworks "dance" to the music under the guidance of lasers. Meanwhile, the "3D Tower Fireworks," created through a combination of dot, line, and surface pyrotechnics, will present a spectacular "blockbuster" of light and shadow, jointly illuminating the National Day night sky.
"Red Poppies" Bloom in the Sky (October 3): The first half is the Belgian special performance "War and Peace," centered around the world-renowned World War I poem "In Flanders Fields." A grand symphony creates the atmosphere of gunfire and battle during WWI, while fireworks bloom into blood-red poppies that drift with the wind, delivering a powerful impact. The second half is the Chinese special performance "Ode to the Yellow River," where waterfall-like fireworks, colorful flower bouquets, and premium shell bursts intertwine, resembling the mighty Yellow River flowing from the heavens — majestic and spectacular, and a highlight of this year’s Shanghai Tourism Festival.
"Titanic" Sails in the Sky (October 6): The first half is the Greek special performance "Musical Life," where beautiful opera, passionate rock, and romantic jazz complement the fireworks to create an audiovisual extravaganza. The second half is the Chinese special performance "My Heart Will Go On," with the grand finale full of wonders. First, "Fireworks from Cranes" breaks the limitation of fireworks only shooting upwards, creating a three-dimensional effect of bursting in all directions. Then, countless "silver flash heart lamps" twinkle like stars in the sky, and a "fireworks ship" shaped like the Titanic, built entirely from fireworks, slowly "sails" across the deep blue night sky, as if "navigating the sea" — a breathtaking sight.