A light show shaped in the form of a tiger in Datang Everbright City creates an upbeat and festive mood. [Photo by Xie Wei/Xi'an Daily]

As the Spring Festival fast approaches, Xi'an – capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province – turned on 37 sets of brilliant lights at well-known scenic spots on Jan 27, to create a festive mood.

This year's Spring Festival groups of lights have been set up in Datang Everbright City, Tang Paradise, the Daming Palace National Heritage Park, Xi'an City Wall Scenic Spot and in Yisu Theatre Cultural District.

In Datang Everbright City, the main lighting group in the form of a giant tiger, with a diameter of 20 meters and a height of about 15 meters, has already been set up on Diping Square, to create a festive atmosphere of happiness, good luck and auspiciousness.

The east-west pedestrian street of Big Wild Goose Pagoda has created a whimsical time tunnel to help visitors go on a journey back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907), with the use of light strips on trees, highlighting thousands of years of Chinese poetry and culture.

A grand light display – set up both inside and outside the south gate of Xi'an City Wall – is designed to create excitement, to welcome in the New Year with style. [Photo by Shang Hongtao/Xi'an Daily]

At Tang Paradise, a lantern group themed with the zodiac of the Year of Tiger, is full of hope for peace and happiness.

Elsewhere, two groups of lights wish the motherland prosperity on the south square of Yongning Gate.

While celebrating the Spring Festival customs of the Tang Dynasty, the light groups in Daming Palace National Heritage Park also send wishes for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, which will take place in and around the national capital next month.

The groups of lights at Tang Paradise are extraordinarily charming. [Photo by Shang Hongtao/Xi'an Evening Daily]

Sets of lights and art installations are also showing the charm of traditional Chinese drama culture in the Yisu Theatre Cultural District.

To ensure health and safety, each scenic spot is operating on a 75-percent current safety limit. Citizens and tourists are being required to travel at different peak times, to scan health codes and take temperature measurements when entering or leaving the scenic spots.