Now is the best time to watch the tide. In Chinese history, there are three most famous tidal bore places: Qingzhou tidal bore, guanglingtao tidal bore and Qiantang tidal bore. In the world, Qiantang tide is one of the three main tidal bore in the world, which are Ganges tide in India, Amazon tide in Brazil and Qiantang tide in China. So, where is better for China to watch the tide?
Haining tide
Qiantang River spring tide (Haining line tide) is one of the three major tidal bore, which is caused by the centrifugal effect of celestial gravity and earth rotation, and the special topography of Hangzhou Bay bell mouth. Yanguan Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province, is also called Haining tide because it is the first resort to watch the tide.
There are three best locations for the Qiantang tide (Haining tide)
Every year around August 18 of the lunar calendar is the best time to watch the tide. During this period, the autumn sun shines brightly and the golden wind is pleasant. On the seawall at the mouth of Qiantang River, tourists gather and are full of interest. There are three best places to watch autumn tide in Qiantang.
Haining pagoda view
A section of seawall in the southeast of Yanguan town in Haining City is the best.
The tide here is the most prosperous, and it is characterized by a line, so it has the reputation of "Haining Pagoda line tide". At the beginning of the tide (Haining line tide), a white line across the river appeared on the horizon, accompanied by a rumbling sound, just like the rolling thunder on the horizon. The tide is coming from far and near. It's like a group of white swans in a line, gathering their heads and flapping their wings.
In an instant, the white tide peak came to our eyes, and a three or four meter high water wall stood upright on the river. It was like ten thousand horses galloping. When the tide comes to the seawall, it sets off a 9-meter-high tide peak. As expected, the torrential turbid waves have emptied, and the river and the sea have been overturned. This cluster of radiated water is magnificent and powerful. It is said that one year, it once swept a one ton 'Zhenhai master' more than 100 meters away. When the tide stirred up a huge echo, the tide flew away. Someone wrote: "the tide splashes snow and floats in the sky, and the tide rushes and thunders, but it's still." it accurately depicts the spectacular scene of the tide.
The eight fortresses of Yanguan
The second best place to watch the tide is Babao, 8 kilometers east of Yanguan town. You can enjoy the spectacle of the tide head collision.
After the tide (Haining line tide) rose into the estuary, the tide head gradually divided into two sections because of the different topography between the north and the south, the speed of the tide was fast in the South and slow in the north. The south part of the tide is called the South tide, and the north part of the tide is called the East tide. When the South tide rushes to the south bank and is swung back, it turns around and rushes northward, just colliding with the late East tide. All of a sudden, there was a loud noise, like a mountain falling apart and a thousand snow peaks towering over the river. It was really shocking!
Old salt storehouse of salt Officer
You can enjoy the "back tide" in laoyancang, 12 kilometers west of Yanguan Town, the third best place to watch the tide.
There is a 9-meter-high and 650 meter-long T-shaped dam that goes straight into the middle of the river. At this point, the tide's momentum has been slightly reduced, but when it rushes to the T-shaped dam, it is still like ten thousand lions roaring and surging. Then the tide turned and ran back to the Bank of the pond, straight to the top of the pond. The sudden attack of the tide often caught the tide watchers off guard and made them panic.
In addition, Haining tidal observation can be divided into day and night. It's very interesting to watch the tide during the day, with a broad view and a panoramic view of the tide. When the bright moon is in the sky, watching the night tide has its own unique charm. Accidents of people rolling in the Qiantang River occur from time to time, so we must pay attention to safety when watching the tide.