Qiantang River Tidal Bore

On the 18th day of the eighth lunar Chinese month (mid-Autumn) is the world-famous Tidal Wave Watching Festival in Haining City, Zhejiang Province, China. Millions of people from China and overseas come here to watch the tidal waves that sound like thunder and rise up to 9 meters in height. Haining is situated in the Qiantang River Tidal Bore area. Centrifugal force generated by the rotation of the Earth creates a unique bottleneck which allows the Qiantang River water to come into the Hangzhou Bay but difficult for it to ebb. This causes a massive surge in the movement of water and creates magnificent tidal waves. Haining has many affordable and high-end resorts where tourists can stay during the Tidal Wave Watching Festival.

Lingyin Temple | Xixi National Wetland Park | Impression West Lake | Jade Emperor Hill | Three Pools Mirroring the Moon | Laodong Lu (Laodong Road) | Tide Watching Pavilion (Yanguan) | Yanguan Chenghuang Miao (City God Temple) | Zhan'ao Pagoda (Yanguan) | Folk Customs Exhibition Hall (Yanguan) | Yanguan Ancient Town (Haining) | Baoshi Shan (Baoshi Hill) | Former Residence of Hu Xueyan | Qiandao Hu (Thousand Island Lake) | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception | Southern Song Dynasty Guan Kiln Museum | China Academy of Art | Huqingyu Tang Chinese Medicine Museum | China National Silk Museum | China National Tea Museum | Leifeng Pagoda | Flower Harbor (Hua Gang) | Red Carp Pond | Feilai Feng | Guo's Villa | West Lake (Xi Hu) | Xiling Seal Society | Tiger Running Dream Spring | Su Causeway | Solitary Hill (Gu Shan) | Mausoleum of General Yue Fei | Longjing Tea Plantation | Liuhe Pagoda | Autumn Moon Over the Peaceful Lake Pavilion | Nine Creeks and Eighteen Gullies |