Datang Furong Garden (Tang Paradise)

大唐芙蓉园（西门）

Tang palaces around a lake that only come alive when lit

Hours

9am–10pm (later on public holidays); treat 9pm as last entry

Tickets

¥120 (students ¥60); over-65s and children under 1.2 m free. Real-name booking via WeChat, bring your passport. In-park cart ¥30

Address

West Gate on Furong West Road, Qujiang, where the ticket windows are

A huge modern theme park on the site of the Tang imperial garden: pavilions, galleries and bridges ring a lake, with the seven-storey Ziyun Pavilion in the middle. Come at midday and you'll see why some reviewers call it big buildings with not much inside. Around 6pm the lights come on, every roofline turns gold and the lake doubles it, and the place makes sense. Walk in around 4–5pm, watch it switch on, then roll into an evening show or Datang Everbright City next door.