The 2026 Hua Chenyu Mars Paradise 2.0 recently arrived at Tangshan Music Valley in Nanjing, running seven consecutive shows that spanned both the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday. The National Day performances coincided with the seven-day break, drawing fans from across the country and turning the concert into a short-term cultural tourism project that strongly boosted the local cultural tourism economy during the dual holidays.
According to the organizer Yamei Entertainment, statistics as of October 3 showed that the five days of performances during the dual holidays brought nearly 540,000 visits to the Tangshan area, with large numbers of fans and tourists traveling to Tangshan for the shows and sightseeing. Hotel bookings had already surged to first place nationwide before the performances began, effectively driving growth in cultural tourism spending across local homestays, dining, and other businesses.
Hua Chenyu's box office appeal meant the concert, which straddled both holidays, sold out entirely as soon as tickets went on sale. The abundant visitor flow delivered tangible growth for Tangshan's cultural tourism industry, confirming the strong pulling effect of a top-tier entertainment IP on regional cultural tourism consumption and proving through real results that his concerts function as cultural tourism projects.
During the October 6 show, Hua Chenyu told fans that the second phase of the Mars Concert Nanjing Station Paradise 2.0 would soon continue with six more shows at Tangshan Music Valley. Before the next phase begins, he said he would keep refining the 2.0 tour stage to enhance the audience experience.
Hua Chenyu. Photo/Yamei Entertainment. It was noted that this concert introduced a "Black and White Twin Setlist," which, due to their sharply contrasting styles, audiences affectionately dubbed the "Little Prince" setlist and the "Great Demon King" setlist. The Little Prince setlist is healing and warm like a "spiritual pearl," while the Great Demon King setlist is wild and unrestrained like a "magic pill." Hua Chenyu said: "These two setlists represent what we wanted to do from the start. Version 2.0 is not just about upgrading the setlist, but also upgrading the accompanying stage design."
On stage, nine pillars each have three display faces, together forming a "27-face stage" that can be freely disassembled and flexibly recombined. During the Mid-Autumn performances, the white setlist unlocked all forms of the eight mechanical pillars. The stage used approximately 2,000 tons of steel, with the tallest installation reaching 30 meters and the full extended stage spanning 130 meters, running through the entire Mars Paradise to minimize the distance between the stage and the audience.
The lighting system was equipped with more than 6,000 professional stage fixtures, complemented by a 9,000-square-meter ultra-large full-domain giant screen matrix, and integrated cutting-edge technologies such as naked-eye 3D stereoscopic imaging, dynamic mirror screens, and tracking floor screens, achieving a no-blind-spot, high-precision, high-quality visual presentation across the entire venue and elevating the concert experience to a new industry standard.
During the National Day performances, as the black setlist was unveiled, the ninth pillar hidden behind the stage made a stunning appearance. When the intro to "Immortal" began, the slowly advancing pillar seemed to transform into a giant mecha fortress, and Hua Chenyu appeared atop a golden throne ten stories high holding a trident, instantly filling the venue with the dark Great Demon King aura. The overwhelming entrance drew continuous screams from tens of thousands of people.
The performance also incorporated extensive water elements, such as decibel fountains, water cannons, and 360-degree full-surround technological water screens. Various forms of water participated in the stage expression in different ways, with the digital water screen contributing to the musical narrative, as water flows transformed into flowers, geometry, and text according to song themes, echoing layer upon layer with lighting and visuals in a stunning display.
Concert stage design. Photo/Yamei Entertainment. The water scenery became a dynamic visual language running throughout the entire show, greatly enhancing the visual expression level of outdoor concerts.
Before the National Day shows began, considering that fans might encounter dark rainy nights and inconvenient travel, Hua Chenyu's team installed additional streetlights along the routes fans had to take, extending safety protection from inside the venue to the audience's journey home. Large amounts of waterproof tarps were laid on the lawn in the viewing area and replaced promptly to prevent muddy ground, while drainage ditches were added to eliminate water accumulation hazards and the venue surface was continuously hardened, all to let fans walk steadily and watch with peace of mind.
Due to the large temperature difference between morning and evening, hot water and ginger tea were prepared on site to ward off the cold, and 400 shuttle buses were dispatched with increased subway services. Additional mobile positions such as Mars Navigators were also added on site to comprehensively protect the health and safety of concertgoers.
It was learned that Hua Chenyu also mentioned to fans during the performance: "These past few days we've laid a lot of waterproof tarps inside and outside the venue, so if it rains, everyone doesn't need to worry too much." From road lighting to venue anti-slip measures, from drainage renovation to shuttle scheduling, the efficient and meticulous logistical support became the solid foundation for the smooth operation of this massive outdoor concert.