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Wuling Night City 武陵不夜城

Wuling Buyecheng

Wuling Buyecheng (武陵不夜城) is a night-time entertainment district on Xiguan Street, beside the Zhuxi River in the county town of Zhuxi, Shiyan. It is newly built in an antique style rather than a surviving old town, and its programme is organised around Shan'erhuang, the local opera tradition.

Wuling Night City (武陵不夜城)
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About Wuling Night City

The district opened on the evening of 30 December 2023 with the staging of a large opera scene drama, 'Wuling Liyuan Qing'. It is a joint project of the Shiyan Culture, Tourism and Sports Investment Development Group and the Hubei Changhe Capital Operation Group, both state-owned platforms, which set out to redevelop Xiguan Street with Shan'erhuang opera culture as its core, food as its main trade and the night-time economy as its point of entry. One long street runs through the site, lined with pseudo-antique buildings, and the plan is divided into three themes pairing the old street with the Wuling name, opera with food, and contemporary Chinese style with traditional arts.

The signature element is a walk-through performance: seven stages along the National Essence Food Street carry an immersive opera drama following two lead characters, Wuyang and Jiuling, which runs to roughly two hours if followed from beginning to end. The district has since expanded. A Guangying, or Light and Shadow, Street opened on 15 August 2025 with four themed sections, a film street, a shadow-puppet street, a children's opera park and the Wuling night market, bringing in old-brand shops and intangible-heritage crafts. Hubei has listed the original opera street as a provincial night-time consumption cluster.

What to look for

  • The single long pseudo-antique street along Xiguan Street beside the Zhuxi River, the spine of the whole district.
  • The seven stages on the National Essence Food Street that carry the immersive opera drama built around the characters Wuyang and Jiuling.
  • Guangying Street, opened in August 2025, with its film street and shadow-puppet street.
  • The children's opera park and the Wuling night market within Guangying Street.
  • The island in the river inside the district, used as a performance space.

Location & getting there

Getting to Wuling Night City

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武陵不夜城 · 竹溪县

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Sources & visit information

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