Shaoxing Entertainment

Night Clubs With magnificent decorations and an elegant atmosphere, the Yuedu Night Club invites you to sing and dance in the hall or dink, chat, and make friends in the bar on a wonderful night. Tianshangrenjian Entertainment Center is the biggest entertainment center in Shaoxing.

You can find 61 separate luxurious KTV balconies in the center, and this makes it a wonderful place for singing, entertaining, and making friends. Luyuan entertainment center offers a variety entertainment and services, such as sauna, foot-bath, chess and cards, KTV, hairdressing, etc. You will enjoy good service and an elegant atmosphere at a reasonable cost. Casablanca A nightspot considered the best in the city. A popular hang-out for ex-pats who living in the city, as well as local young people. Cape of Good Hope A modern hotspot and it is popular with the fashionable young people of Shaoxing.

Cinema and Theatre Equipped with advanced international projection, the Lu Xun Cinema Center is divided into five floors above the ground level and one floor underground. The cinema cluster is on the third floor, and has nine film halls and 1,200 seats for audiences. The shape of Shaoxing Grand Theatre is just like a Wupeng (black awning) boat, which is ready for sailing. With one floor underground and five floors above ground level, the Theater offers 1,347 comfortable seats.

Shaoxing Opera is a relatively new local Chinese opera popular in the southern regions of the Yangtze River. It originated in Shenxian County, Zhejiang Province, which belonged to the Yue State in ancient times, so it was popularly known as Yue Opera. Yue Opera has a history of about 80 years. It was derived from a kind of story-singing. At first, it was performed with a small drum and hardwood clappers for rhythm and later, choral and orchestral accompaniment was added. It drew some musical elements from Shao Opera and subsequently formed its own characteristics.

With the entry of television and movies into family entertainment in the lives of people in Zhejiang Province and neighboring cities and provinces, performances for Yue Opera are in decrease. Besides, Yue Opera is sung in local dialect and may not be understood by people from other parts of the country. And therefore it remains a local opera. But it is very popular in the countryside, especially during festivals such as Spring Festival. Open-air performances are commonplace with crowds gathering in a large square, sitting or standing, watching and listening to the actors and actress.