Fourth grade Chinese tide-watching Volume I

The spring tide of Qiantang River has been called the wonder of the world since ancient times.

August 18th of the lunar calendar is the annual tide-watching day. This morning, we came to Yan Guan Town, Haining County, which is said to be the best place to watch the tide. We followed the tide watchers to the seawall levee. The vast Qiantang River unfolds in front of us. The river is calm and wider to the east, and it is covered with a layer of misty mist under the sunshine after the rain. Zhenhai stood by and watched the ancient pagodas, Zhongshan pavilions and tidal platforms along the river. In the distance, several hills are looming in the clouds. Before the tide came, the seawall levee was already crowded with people. Everyone looked east with their heads held high, waiting and expecting.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, there was a rumble in the distance, like a muffled thunder rolling. Suddenly, people are buzzing and we are told that the tide is coming! We stood on tiptoe and looked eastward, but the river remained calm and unchanged. After a while, the noise became louder and louder. I saw a white line at the junction of water and sky in the east, and the crowd was boiling again.

The white line moved quickly towards us, gradually elongated and thickened, and crossed the river. Approached, I saw white waves rolling, forming a water wall more than two feet high. The tide is getting closer and closer, like thousands of white horses going hand in hand, galloping mightily; The sound is like a landslide, as if the earth were shaken by an earthquake.

In an instant, the tide rushed to the west, but the aftermath was still rolling all over the sky, and the wind still roared on the river. It was a long time before the Qiantang River calmed down. Looking under the embankment, the river has risen by two zhangs. ]

You can watch the video of Qiantang River tide at CCTV 12, 10.03, 12:30. Feel it!