Dragon Bridge Fire & Water Show

There is no question that Dragon Bridge, one of the most famous tourist attractions of Da Nang, is consistently fascinating to tourists with an outstanding image of a golden soaring dragon. Besides, there is a myriad of unique activities that bring tourists a sense of enjoyment in Dragon Bridge.

As one of the five cities under the central government, Da Nang’s departments have always attempted to promote the renovation and stimulate travel demand with a range of impressive architecture and exciting activities for the tourism industry. Therefore, Dragon Bridge’s construction began in July 2009 with a shape of an enormous dragon which is 666 meters long, 37.5 meters wide, and weighs more than 2,000 tons, spans the Han River to connect the Da Nang International Airport to the region’s most popular beaches and downtown area. It has six lanes of traffic and two vast pedestrian corridors. This groundbreaking architecture was inaugurated on March 29, 2013 to celebrate the 38th anniversary of Da Nang liberation movement as well as honor Vietnam’s War heroes and martyrs. This is also an important milestone in Da Nang’s history of architecture during the period of the development of tourism.

Why did architects take inspiration from the dragon to design this unique bridge? Because of the Eastern cultural concept in general and Vietnamese culture in particular. The golden dragon is a symbol of power, nobility as well as prosperity. Therefore, two architects from the U.S have succeeded in the design of this distinctive undulating dragon bridge. In addition, the bridge has a dragon head design facing the South China Sea with a strong desire to pray for favorable conditions for people in this coastal area to raise bumper crops and create a prosperous life. Coincidentally, since the inauguration of the bridge, Da Nang seems to be less affected by severe disasters than in previous years and the climate is more favorable to develop the tourism industry.

Dragon Bridge Fire & Water Show schedule:
The bridge will perform its fire and water show at 9:00 PM every Friday, Saturday and Sunday