Night time program begin at 20:15, end at 21:30, That dramatic natural monument, already suffused with local mythology and romance, becomes even more compelling a sight at night, when a musical production created by famed director Zhang Yimou, based on an old folk tale about a woodman and a fairy fox, plays at a specially made open-air theater at the foot of the mountain. The sheer scale of the show—some 500 performers, magnificent costumes, a sprawling set that transforms into a waterfall, LED technology and special effects that seamlessly meld with the human actors onstage—is topped only by the final colossal flourish: the facade of the mountain blasted with light, creating the kind of engorged backdrop only the director of “Hero,” “House of Flying Daggers,” “Curse of the Golden Flower,” and the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies—aided by China’s tremendous wealth, of course—could conjure.