Big Wild Goose Pagoda fountain show: times and tips

The musical fountain on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda's North Square is Xi'an's best free show, and billed as the largest matrix musical fountain in Asia. Jets shoot up in time to music in front of the 7th-century pagoda, and the evening sessions add coloured light. Each show is short, about ten minutes, so timing is everything. The standard schedule is four shows a day at 12:00, 16:00, 19:00 and 21:00, but on Tuesdays the midday and afternoon shows are dropped for maintenance, and on public holidays the timetable changes. During the 2026 National Day holiday, for example, the shows ran only in the daytime. The square is free and open, a short walk from Dayanta metro station, and it sits at the north end of the Grand Tang Ever-Bright City, so the 19:00 or 21:00 show makes a natural start to an evening on the night street.