The ancient prose "Watching the Tide" needs to be translated urgently ~ ~

The high tide of this river is the most spectacular in the world. Every year from August 16 to August 18, the tide is the largest. When the tide appears from the distant Haikou, it is like a white silver line. After a while, it slowly approached. White waves rise like castles made of white jade and mountains made of white snow. The waves seem to fall from the sky and make a loud noise, just like deafening thunder. The waves are rough, as if engulfing the blue sky and washing the sunshine, which is very magnificent. Yang Chengzhai once said in a poem: "The sea rises and becomes a silver city; The Qiantang River is horizontal, and the tide rises from the white jade belt. " Just like this.

The chief executive of Lin 'an Prefecture goes to Zhejiang to inspect the water army outside the hospital every year. Hundreds of huge warships lined up on both sides of the river, all of which galloped forward for a while and separated for a while; After a while, they gathered in five formations. Some people rode horses to play flags, javelin and broadsword on the water, just like walking on the flat ground. Suddenly, there was yellow smoke everywhere, and no one could be seen at all. The sound of blasting in the water vibrated like a mountain collapse. After a while, the smoke dispersed, the water waves were calm, and the ship could not be seen. Only the warships that acted as enemy warships in the exercise were destroyed by the fire and sank to the bottom of the sea with the water waves.

There are hundreds of swimmers in Zhejiang. Everyone has long hair, tattoos and ten long colorful flags in his hand. Everyone bravely raced against the current, stepped on the waves in the extremely high waves, and their bodies flickered and changed their postures. However, the tail of the national flag is not wet at all, in order to show off their talent. Rich people and distinguished officials compete to present silver silk. Between the north and south of the river bank for more than ten miles, there are spectators dressed in gorgeous ornaments, and there are too many cars and horses, blocking the road. The food and drinks sold are twice as expensive as usual. The tents rented by tourists are very crowded, even if there is no place to put them.

Keyword explanation

Tide in Zhejiang (2) is a great world view. From hope to prosperity (3). Away from Haimen ④, like a silver line ⑤; As soon as we approached, the snow mountain in Yucheng fell from the sky, and the sound was like thunder, shocking and whipping, swallowing the sky and swallowing the ground, which was extremely powerful. The same is true of Yang Chengzhai's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist".

Note: ① Excerpted from Old Wulin Stories (Zhejiang People's Publishing House, 1984 edition), slightly deleted. Zhou Mi (1232— 1298) was born in Huzhou (now Huzhou, Zhejiang) in the Song Dynasty. (2) [Zhejiang] is Qiantang River. (3) 【 from looking to eighteen 】 16th to 18th of the lunar calendar (August). Looking at it, the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar (fifteen is called looking). (4) 【 Fang Qi is far from Haimen 】 When the tide surges from Zhekou. Fang, when ... It refers to the tide. Get out, get out, get up. Haimen, the mouth of Zhejiang, where the mountains on both sides face each other. (5) 【 Like a silver line 】 Almost like a silvery white line. Just a little bit. ⑥ 【 Rain City and Snow Ridge descend from the sky 】 The general tides in Rain City and Snow Ridge descend from the sky. Yucheng Xueling described the foam tide as jade wall and snow mountain. Heaven and earth are connected. ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ 931Describe a big wave. Wo, rinse with water. The same is true of Yang Chengzhai's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist". Yang Wanli's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist" refers to such a scene. These two poems are from the poem "Watching the Tide in Zhejiang", which means that the sea is surging and becoming a battleground for silver; Zhejiang is horizontal, and the tide has covered it with a white jade belt. "... yes" refers to such a scene.

Every year, there are hundreds of people on both sides of the strait who teach the water army to study in Zhejiang Pavilion. Then, make good use of five arrays (4), those who ride flags, javelins and knives (5) on the water and on the ground. There is yellow smoke everywhere, and the characters are slightly unclear. 6, water explosion, sound like a landslide. When the smoke subsided, there was no trace, only the "enemy ship" was burned by the fire and died with the waves. ⑩

Note: ① ② Every year (in August of the lunar calendar), the governor of Lin 'an Prefecture in Kyoto comes to Zhejiang Pavilion to teach the navy. Kyoto (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) Lin 'an magistrate is silent. Zhejiang Pavilion, the name of the inn, is on the bank of Qiantang River in the south of the city. (3) warships. (4)[ That is to say, the five formations are sudden galloping, sudden leaping, sudden division, sudden merger and various changes. Exhaustion, exhaustion refers to five arrays: two, five, expert, reference and bias. ⑤ Riding horses, waving flags, raising guns and wielding knives. Riding horses. Go ahead, dance. Mark it, get ready, and lift it. I can't see each other at all. ⑦ 【 Water explosion 】 Explosive weapons used by the water army. 8 [No sign of Agger (gě)] No sign of a ship. Ge, get on the boat. Pet-name ruby 】 【 refers to the imaginary enemy warships. Attending [death] to, to.

Wu Ershan (①) Hundreds of people, all wearing tattoos (②) and holding ten colorful flags, rushed to meet (③) and appeared in Whale Wave Wan Ren (④), boasting about the ever-changing 15 (⑤) and the slightly wet flag tail.

Note: ① There are hundreds of Wuer who are good at swimming (qiú); Hundreds of Wuzhong athletes who are good at swimming. (2) [Hair tattoo] The hair is loose and painted with literary colors. Words and verbs. (3) 【 upstream 】 upstream. (4) 【 Whale wave Wan Ren 】 High waves in Wan Ren. Whale waves, huge waves. Wherever whales go, the waves are rough, so they are called whale waves. When Wan Ren described the waves as extremely high, he didn't mean it. ⑤ á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á 1

In Jianggan (1) for more than ten miles up and down, pearls and green radish overflowed (2), and four horses jumped, and everything in their diet was twice that of the dome (3), while watching the curtain, although the floor was not idle (4).

Note: ① [Jianggan] River embankment. (2) 【 Zhu Cui Luo Qi Overflow Eye 】 is full of gorgeous clothes. Pearl Luo Qi refers to women's jewelry and tourists' gorgeous clothes. Overflow, eyeful. (3) [Double Dome] (price) doubled. Dome, high. (4) Rent a screen. Although the floor cannot be idle, there are many people renting sheds, and even if there is a place, they will not be idle. "lease" and "lease" both mean to rent. Curtain watching, a tent specially built for tide watching. Floor, a place, a place with only one seat. Permit, permit and manufacture.

background knowledge

The meticulous work "Watching the Tide" in the Southern Song Dynasty describes Qian Jiangchao in this way: "The tide in Zhejiang is a grand view of the world. From hope to 18, it is the most prosperous. Fang Qi is far away from Haimen, just like a silver line. At the beginning, Yucheng Xueling came from the international day, and the sound was like thunder, shocking and lashing, swallowing the sky and swallowing the sun, and it was full of pride. " Observe Qian Jiangchao, North and South. The intertidal zones on the south bank are all within the scope of sand, especially Qinglong Mountain and Zheshan Mountain. Every August from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 19th, men, women and children from dozens of miles away, with wine and food, rush to the river to enjoy this masterpiece of nature. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/8, when the tide was high, the tens of kilometers long levee was crowded with people. According to historical records, in this festival in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was also a specially trained navy master who performed "Frolic in the Tide" for the audience. Pan Lang, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said, "When the tide rises, the red flag does not get wet", referring to this situation. In "Watching the Tide", Zhou Mi gave a more concrete and vivid description of this: "Hundreds of good travelers, all wearing tattoos and holding ten colorful flags, rushed to meet the difficulties, haunted the whale wave Wan Ren, changed their bodies and the tail of the flag was slightly wet, so as to boast of their abilities, while the rich and nobles competed for silverware." Now it seems that this technique of making waves is simply incredible. Perhaps the places where they played were chosen near Hangzhou, so that the dignitaries of the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty could enjoy it. It was already the end of the tide. In the spring tide area, the impact of the tide is more than seven tons per square meter, and thousands of kilograms of boulders used for slope protection are often swept away. It can be said that "the sky is full of turbid waves, and the river is overturned to destroy the mountains", so it can't stand the tide test.

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The meticulous work "Watching the Tide" in the Southern Song Dynasty describes Qian Jiangchao in this way: "The tide in Zhejiang is a grand view of the world. From hope to 18, it is the most prosperous. Fang Qi is far away from Haimen, just like a silver line. At the beginning, Yucheng Xueling came from the international day, and the sound was like thunder, shocking and lashing, swallowing the sky and swallowing the sun, and it was full of pride. " Observe Qian Jiangchao, North and South. The intertidal zones on the south bank are all within the scope of sand, especially Qinglong Mountain and Zheshan Mountain. Every August from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the 19th, men, women and children from dozens of miles away, with wine and food, rush to the river to enjoy this masterpiece of nature. /kloc-On the afternoon of 0/8, when the tide was high, the tens of kilometers long levee was crowded with people. According to historical records, in this festival in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was also a specially trained navy master who performed "Frolic in the Tide" for the audience. Pan Lang, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said, "When the tide rises, the red flag does not get wet", referring to this situation. In "Watching the Tide", Zhou Mi gave a more concrete and vivid description of this: "Hundreds of good travelers, all wearing tattoos and holding ten colorful flags, rushed to meet the difficulties, haunted the whale wave Wan Ren, changed their bodies and the tail of the flag was slightly wet, so as to boast of their abilities, while the rich and nobles competed for silverware." Now it seems that this technique of making waves is simply incredible. Perhaps the places where they played were chosen near Hangzhou, so that the dignitaries of the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty could enjoy it. It was already the end of the tide. In the spring tide area, the impact of the tide is more than seven tons per square meter, and thousands of kilograms of boulders used for slope protection are often swept away. It can be said that "the sky is full of turbid waves, and the river is overturned to destroy the mountains", so it can't stand the tide test.

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Tide in Zhejiang (2) is a great world view. From hope to prosperity (3). Away from Haimen ④, like a silver line ⑤; As soon as we approached, the snow mountain in Yucheng fell from the sky, and the sound was like thunder, shocking and whipping, swallowing the sky and swallowing the ground, which was extremely powerful. The same is true of Yang Chengzhai's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist".

Note: ① Excerpted from Old Wulin Stories (Zhejiang People's Publishing House, 1984 edition), slightly deleted. Zhou Mi (1232— 1298) was born in Huzhou (now Huzhou, Zhejiang) in the Song Dynasty. (2) [Zhejiang] is Qiantang River. (3) 【 from looking to eighteen 】 16th to 18th of the lunar calendar (August). Looking at it, the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar (fifteen is called looking). (4) 【 Fang Qi is far from Haimen 】 When the tide surges from Zhekou. Fang, when ... It refers to the tide. Get out, get out, get up. Haimen, the mouth of Zhejiang, where the mountains on both sides face each other. (5) 【 Like a silver line 】 Almost like a silvery white line. Just a little bit. ⑥ 【 Rain City and Snow Ridge descend from the sky 】 The general tides in Rain City and Snow Ridge descend from the sky. Yucheng Xueling described the foam tide as jade wall and snow mountain. Heaven and earth are connected. ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ ⑦ 931Describe a big wave. Wo, rinse with water. The same is true of Yang Chengzhai's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist". Yang Wanli's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist" refers to such a scene. These two poems are from the poem "Watching the Tide in Zhejiang", which means that the sea is surging and becoming a battleground for silver; Zhejiang is horizontal, and the tide has covered it with a white jade belt. "... yes" refers to such a scene.

Every year, there are hundreds of people on both sides of the strait who teach the water army to study in Zhejiang Pavilion. Then, make good use of five arrays (4), those who ride flags, javelins and knives (5) on the water and on the ground. There is yellow smoke everywhere, and the characters are slightly unclear. 6, water explosion, sound like a landslide. When the smoke subsided, there was no trace, only the "enemy ship" was burned by the fire and died with the waves. ⑩

Note: ① ② Every year (in August of the lunar calendar), the governor of Lin 'an Prefecture in Kyoto comes to Zhejiang Pavilion to teach the navy. Kyoto (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang) Lin 'an magistrate is silent. Zhejiang Pavilion, the name of the inn, is on the bank of Qiantang River in the south of the city. (3) warships. (4)[ That is to say, the five formations are sudden galloping, sudden leaping, sudden division, sudden merger and various changes. Exhaustion, exhaustion refers to five arrays: two, five, expert, reference and bias. ⑤ Riding horses, waving flags, raising guns and wielding knives. Riding horses. Go ahead, dance. Mark it, get ready, and lift it. I can't see each other at all. ⑦ 【 Water explosion 】 Explosive weapons used by the water army. 8 [No sign of Agger (gě)] No sign of a ship. Ge, get on the boat. Pet-name ruby 】 【 refers to the imaginary enemy warships. Attending [death] to, to.

Wu Ershan (①) Hundreds of people, all wearing tattoos (②) and holding ten colorful flags, rushed to meet (③) and appeared in Whale Wave Wan Ren (④), boasting about the ever-changing 15 (⑤) and the slightly wet flag tail.

Note: ① There are hundreds of Wuer who are good at swimming (qiú); Hundreds of Wuzhong athletes who are good at swimming. (2) [Hair tattoo] The hair is loose and painted with literary colors. Words and verbs. (3) 【 upstream 】 upstream. (4) 【 Whale wave Wan Ren 】 High waves in Wan Ren. Whale waves, huge waves. Wherever whales go, the waves are rough, so they are called whale waves. When Wan Ren described the waves as extremely high, he didn't mean it. ⑤ á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á 1

In Jianggan (1) for more than ten miles up and down, pearls and green radish overflowed (2), and four horses jumped, and everything in their diet was twice that of the dome (3), while watching the curtain, although the floor was not idle (4).

Note: ① [Jianggan] River embankment. (2) 【 Zhu Cui Luo Qi Overflow Eye 】 is full of gorgeous clothes. Pearl Luo Qi refers to women's jewelry and tourists' gorgeous clothes. Overflow, eyeful. (3) [Double Dome] (price) doubled. Dome, high. (4) Rent a screen. Although the floor cannot be idle, there are many people renting sheds, and even if there is a place, they will not be idle. "lease" and "lease" both mean to rent. Curtain watching, a tent specially built for tide watching. Floor, a place, a place with only one seat. Permit, permit and manufacture.

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Translation:

The high tide of this river is the most spectacular in the world. Every year from August 16 to August 18, the tide is the largest. When the tide appears from the distant Haikou, it is like a white silver line. After a while, it slowly approached. White waves rise like castles made of white jade and mountains made of white snow. The waves seem to fall from the sky and make a loud noise, just like deafening thunder. The waves are rough, as if engulfing the blue sky and washing the sunshine, which is very magnificent. Yang Chengzhai once said in a poem: "The sea rises and becomes a silver city; The Qiantang River is horizontal, and the tide rises from the white jade belt. " Just like this.

The chief executive of Lin 'an Prefecture goes to Zhejiang to inspect the water army outside the hospital every year. Hundreds of huge warships lined up on both sides of the river, all of which galloped forward for a while and separated for a while; After a while, they gathered in five formations. Some people rode horses to play flags, javelin and broadsword on the water, just like walking on the flat ground. Suddenly, there was yellow smoke everywhere, and no one could be seen at all. The sound of blasting in the water vibrated like a mountain collapse. After a while, the smoke dispersed, the water waves were calm, and the ship could not be seen. Only the warships that acted as enemy warships in the exercise were destroyed by the fire and sank to the bottom of the sea with the water waves.

There are hundreds of swimmers in Zhejiang. Everyone has long hair, tattoos and ten long colorful flags in his hand. Everyone bravely raced against the current, stepped on the waves in the extremely high waves, and their bodies flickered and changed their postures. However, the tail of the national flag is not wet at all, in order to show off their talent. Rich people and distinguished officials compete to present silver silk. Between the north and south of the river bank for more than ten miles, there are spectators dressed in gorgeous ornaments, and there are too many cars and horses, blocking the road. The food and drinks sold are twice as expensive as usual. The tents rented by tourists are very crowded, even if there is no place to put them.

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"Watching Tide" Teaching Plan

first kind

Academic goal

1. Read the sounds of difficult words, master the meanings of common words such as Fang, Cheng, Shu 'er, Wen, Mu Yi and Jiang Gan, and clear the meaning of the text.

2. Understand the content of the text as a whole and clarify the structure of the text.

Teaching emphasis: objective 1, objective 2.

Teaching difficulties: objective 1

Teaching steps:

First, three minutes before class: (3 minutes)

1. Tell yourself a piece of news according to your student number.

2. Select a student to evaluate the content, behavior and skills. The purpose is to make students listen carefully and practice eloquence, so that the speaker has a sense of urgency. )

(Let the students get ready) If the students don't speak well, the teacher should correct them. If students don't know how to speak,

Teachers should point out the maze.

Second, create scenarios and introduce new lessons. (1 min)

Have the students seen the spectacular high tide? Now, let students watch the speech. Quot The spectacular "Qian Jiangchao".

Third, introduce the tide-watching events and authors in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Hangzhou was called Lin 'an in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was the national capital. Tide-watching site was in the south of Lin 'an at that time (now it has been moved to Haining, Zhejiang due to river diversion), and a tide-watching ceremony is held on August 18 every year. Before the tide, there were naval exercises, and when the tide came, there were young people from the State of Wu bidding for performances. On that day, from the palace to the people, people rushed to watch, very enthusiastic. The water army exercises, frolic performances and tide-watching scenes described in this paper not only set off a magnificent tide in Qianjiang, but also formed landscape paintings and genre paintings of capital life in the Southern Song Dynasty, showing the brave spirit of man's struggle with nature.

Projection shows the title and author.

The author is thorough, the word is honest, and the grass window is only a finger. Originally from Jinan, he moved to Xing Wu (now Zhejiang). Southern Song Dynasty writers. At the end of the Song Dynasty, he was an official in Yiwu County, and he was no longer an official after the Song Dynasty. His poems and essays are very successful, and he can draw and write. Watching the Tide is selected from Old Stories of Wulin, which was written after he entered Yuan Dynasty.

Fourth, the overall perception.

1. The sound screen displays recordings and pictures of text reading.

2. Check the preview.

Color screen display:

(1) Choose the correct pronunciation for the following dotted words.

1 lei a, ting B.tin (). (2) Yang Chengzhai A, B. Zhai ()

③ A, Meng Tong B, Meng Chong () ④ () ④ Walking on the ground A, Lu B, Lu ... ()

⑤ Shure A, Shu3b. Shu 1 () ⑤ No trace A, Ge B, Ke ()

⑦ Foothill A, autumn 2Bqiu3 () 8 Lease A, nine1ninb.nine KN ().

Pet-name ruby Luo Qi A, QI2B. Qi3 ... () Attending Whale Wave A, Joan B. Jing ().

(2) Choose the correct explanation of the following additional words.

Fang Qi is far from Haimen. A. When ... Only B.

(2) Yucheng Snow Ridge fell from the sky. A. City B. City Wall

(3) The trees are smoking yellow everywhere. A. Suddenly B. Quickly

4 hey? ⑽ na? A. Painted with literary colors B. Pattern

⑤ Up and down the river for more than ten miles. The mainstream of this river.

6. Pearl-like green Luo Qi overflowed her eyes. A. reflective eyes. B. full of eyes

Five, the goal completion process.

1. The text has four paragraphs. Please summarize the meaning of each paragraph.

Clear: The first paragraph describes the spectacular tide. The second paragraph describes the moving scene of the water army exercise. In the third paragraph, write about the heroism of those playful athletes. Is the vortex of 5 mu more vertical than the crisp? Yo?

2. Read aloud and translate the text paragraph by paragraph.

Show the first paragraph, and the teacher will read it and translate it by name.

Show the second paragraph, assign a group to read it in chorus, and then name the translation.

Show the third paragraph, read it together, and then translate it by name.

Show the fourth paragraph, read it by name and translate it.

(Let the students get ready) If the students' translation is not accurate enough, the teacher should point it out and correct it, and individual words need to be written on the blackboard.

Students are familiar with this text.

Sixth, summarize the assignments.

1. Learn the text. (1)

2. Finish Exercise 2 after class. (2)

3. Master Chinese (C)

7. The essence of the lecture: In addition to new words, we should also pay attention to the teaching of common words such as Fang, Cheng, Shu Er, Wen, Yi and Jiang Gan. Practice reading more and arrange for students to translate the article into vernacular according to the notes in the preview.

Eight, teaching postscript:

Tidal bore watching

Second lesson

Academic goal

1, learn the method of combining scenery with notes, and combining front description with side description.

2. The learning structure is reasonable and the language is concise.

Teaching emphasis: objective 1, objective 2.

Teaching difficulties: objective 1

Teaching steps:

First, three minutes before class: (3 minutes)

1, according to your student number, tell what you have seen and heard recently.

2. Select a student to evaluate the content, behavior and skills. The purpose is to make students listen carefully and practice eloquence, so that the speaker has a sense of urgency. )

(Let the students get ready) If the students don't speak well, the teacher should correct them. If students don't know how to speak,

Teachers should point out the maze.

Second, create scenarios and introduce new lessons. (1 min)

Qiantang River Tide, a natural wonder and a great scenic spot, was called by the ancients as "the world is full of wonders". Watching the tide has also become an ancient and modern activity.

Most of the poems of ancient Mohist poets in China describe qiantang bore. For example, Liu Yong's famous sentence "Looking at the Tide of the Sea" in the Song Dynasty wrote: "Southeast wins, three capitals are Wu? The origin, introduction, best time and reason of tidal observation in Qiantang River.

[Origin of Tide Watching]

In ancient Hangzhou, the Phoenix Mountain and Jianggan area were the best places to watch the tide. Due to the change of geographical location, Yan Guan in Haining has been the first scenic spot to watch the tide since the Ming Dynasty, so it is also called "Watching the Tide in Haining". "Qianjiang Tao Qiu" is famous at home and abroad, and it was popular as early as the Tang and Song Dynasties. On the day of tide-watching, especially in the days around August 18 of the lunar calendar, there were cars and people on the road. Overlooking the bell mouth of Qiantang River at sea, the tide forms turbulent waves, just as Malik is rushing. When the sandbar of the riverbed near Ganpu is blocked, the tidal wave rises by three to five meters, and the tidal range is as high as nine to ten meters. There is indeed a trend of "the sky is full of turbid waves and the rivers and mountains are destroyed". Different places can enjoy different tidal scenes: the tower sees the "first-line tide", the babao sees the "confluence tide" and the old salt warehouse can enjoy the "resurgence". Qianjiang Guanchao is located in Yan Guan Town, Haining, 45km northeast of Hangzhou. There are only two such magnificent landscapes in the world, one is the Amazon River in South America and Brazil, and the other is the Qiantang River. Dumped by tide watchers at all times and all over the world, it is called "the wonder of the world".

[Introduction]

Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province, which flows into Hangzhou Bay from west to east and into the East China Sea. The tidal bore in Qianjiang River is a natural wonder in the world, which is caused by the centrifugal effect of celestial gravity and the earth's rotation, as well as the special terrain of the bell mouth of Hangzhou Bay. Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the tidal bore in Qianjiang River is the largest, and the tidal head can reach several meters. When the tide came, the sound was like thunder, and the avalanche was spectacular. Tide-watching began in the Han and Wei Dynasties (1 6th century) and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties (7th century to13rd century). After more than two thousand years, it has become a local custom.

[Best Tide Watching Time]

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the reservoir was inspected on the Qiantang River every August 18 of the lunar calendar, followed by the Xicheng Festival. In addition to the tide-watching festival around August 18 of the lunar calendar, there are quite large tides at the beginning and middle of each month in the lunar calendar, which can be used as a "tide-chasing tour".

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, guests from all directions flocked to watch the wonders of Qian Jiangchao with unprecedented pomp. Yan Guan Town, Haining, 50 kilometers away from Hangzhou, is the best place to watch the tide.

[Formation reason]

Qiantang River is the largest river in Zhejiang Province, which flows into Hangzhou Bay from west to east and into the East China Sea. The tidal bore in Qianjiang River is a natural wonder in the world, which is caused by the centrifugal effect of celestial gravity and the earth's rotation, as well as the special terrain of the bell mouth of Hangzhou Bay.

Every year on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, the tidal bore in Qianjiang River is the largest, and the tidal head can reach several meters. When the tidal bore comes, it sounds like thunder and an avalanche in Ma Benteng, which is very spectacular.

Tide-watching began in the Han and Wei Dynasties (A.D. 1 6th century) and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties (A.D. 7th century to13rd century). After more than two thousand years, it has become a local custom. Especially around the Mid-Autumn Festival, guests from all directions flocked to watch the wonders of Qian Jiangchao with unprecedented pomp. Yan Guan Town, Haining, 50 kilometers away from Hangzhou, is the best place to watch the tide.