Weng Shuihui/Shanghai Daily news

Musical firework shows and skydiving will be the highlights of Zhabei District’s third annual tourism festival. Connected to the ongoing 2005 Shanghai Tourism Festival,the event will take place in Daning Green Land from October 2 to 7.

A group of 30 people will jump out of a plane and hurtle towards the ground in Zhabei District during the upcoming National Day Holiday.
The skydiving performance is part of the district's third tourism festival, which is connected to the ongoing Shanghai Tourism Festival.
The annual Zhabei Tourism Festival will take place in Daning Green Land from October 2 to October 7. It will include a large number of traditional and non-traditional entertainment events.
The program includes two musical firework shows, skydiving and water-skiing.
The festival, which will cost more than 4.5 million yuan (US$562,500), aims at providing special activities for city dwellers to fully relax and have fun over the holiday.

The Daning Green Land
Green spaces in Zhabei have grown quickly in recent years, especially in the form of parks. The district's green cover rate has reached nearly 15.7 percent, or 2.13 square meters per capita.
Opened to the public in 2003, Daning Green Land covers an area of about 680,000 square meters, and is the biggest green space in Puxi.
In the center of the green land is a man-made lake with a fountain in the middle. Round the large body of water are paths that connect trees, brooks and artificial hills together.
By offering recreation and relaxation facilities, the green land improves community health and increases property values. It provides a habitat for numerous species of animals and plants.

Skydiving
Nothing can beat the exhilaration you feel after you first watch someone leaping from a plane 300 meters above the ground. This is the only time this year skydivers will show off their skills in Shanghai.
The 30 skydivers are members of China's National Skydiving Team. They perform a form of aerial ballet and practice different positions known as solo landing, group landing, accuracy landing, smoke skydiving and gliding, to name just a few.
The performance will last for two hours. Live entertainment such as water-skiing will be on performed during the break.
Laser Fireworks
Laser shows, water screens, fireworks, lights, and music, all together forms the two splendid music fireworks show - Tulip Dream and The Butterfly Lovers (also known as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai). The world leading fireworks manufacturer from Netherlands and China will show their latest developments.
This year's Tulip Dream Fireworks show promises a grand opening with a pyrotechnic display.
Conducted by the most prestigious fireworks company in Netherlands - AZUMA - the show will present the latest technology in fireworks.
This technology allows fireworks to be fired from numerous locations, and enables the performances to be digitally synchronized with the music and lasers perfectly.
Alongside the man-made lake, a 30-meter-tall windmill has been especially designed. In addition, each millfan will be equipped with fireworks.
Apart from the western fireworks show, the festival will provide a domestic show for audiences as well - an ancient Chinese folktale "The Butterfly Lovers."
The show, presented by Lidu Fireworks Corp, will tell viewers an ancient Chinese tragic story via a brand new artistic form. Legend has it that Liang Shan Bo and Zhu Ying Tai died because their parents opposed their marriage. Miraculously, the couple turned into butterflies, flying from the grave, and will never be separated again.
The background music will be a violin concerto, composed based on that legend.
Daning Green Land officials have estimated 5,000 to 10,000 will take in each show. Thousands of people may also watch from their homes around the green land.

Event: Fireworks Show
Time: Sunday October 2, 8pm-8:40pm Wednesday October 5, 8pm-8:40pm
Ticket: 150 yuan (US$18.54)

Event: Skydiving
Time: Thursday, October 6, 3pm-5pm, Friday, October 7, 3pm-5pm
Ticket: 50 to 100 yuan
Place: Daning Green Land
Avenue: 505 Wansong Road