[China] The Qiantang River, where rare tsunamis can be seen, are rare anywhere in the world

Qiantang River (Sentōkō, Qiántáng Jiāng) flows through Zhejiang Province, China. In this river, you can see a rare marine phenomenon called "tide pool" (haitang in Chinese). Tide pool is a large backflow of the river caused by the ebb and flow of the tide, which is the same principle as the "Pororoca" that occurs in the Amazon River in Brazil. Tide pools in China are large in scale, and are famous for being so large that they sometimes cause deaths. The river backflow itself occurs more or less every month, However, the time when the backflow is at its maximum in a year is around the autumn equinox (around August 18th in the lunar calendar). Every year, the authorities announce "this day". Public parks where tide pool viewing is held to coincide with this day. The park has seating and holds various events It's a lot of fun Normally, admission to the park is free, but on the day of this main event, there is a fee There is also a historic temple in the park where you can kill time When I visited, the water flowed not as much as I expected, even though I had aimed to go there on that day Well, it can't be helped, since you're dealing with nature 📍Qiantang River Viewing location: Tide Watching Park, Yanguan Town, Haining City, Zhejiang Province Observation date: Around the autumn equinox every year *Use the date announced by the authorities as a guide Access: About 45 minutes by car from Hangzhou city, about 2 hours by car from Shanghai #Let's go to China #China #Zhejiang Province #Amazing view #Natural phenomenon