>> Qiantang tide
Qiantang tide is a remarkable natural phenomenon which has exited the world because of its tremendous momentum and grand sight view. Our site promulgate professional forecast of the tide during the watching days.
Qiantang River
runs from the west to Hangzhou Bay in the east of Zhejiang Province. It plays an important part in the water-transportation between the east and the west. It is encircled by a group of economically booming cities including Hangzhou, and
Ningbo. The extraordinary surging tide of the Qiantang River is a world known natural wonder caused by the gravitational pull of the stars and planets, as the Sun, Moon and Earth are on the line. The centrifugal force produced by the rotation
of the earth and by the peculiar bottleneck shape of Hangzhou Bay makes it easy for the tide to come in, but difficult for it to ebb.
Annually, millions of domestic and overseas tourists attracted flock there to watch the magnificent
tide on the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month, around the Mid-Autumn Day. When the surging tide comes, the water can rise up to a crest as high as 3.5 meters, and the noise it generates sounds like thunder, or thousands of horses
running.
Watching the tidal waves of the Qiantang has been a significant event for over 2000 years since Han and Wei Dynasty. Now viewers worldwide could watch the tide of the Qiantang River on line. Our website will televise
the tide live during the watching days.