It’s the Haining Yanguan Qiantang River Tide Watching from the elementary school textbook

The tide watching in Yanguan Town, Haining, is well known because of that elementary school text. · I chose the 100 RMB/person carpool tide chasing tour, starting from the upper reaches of the tide to see three spots. The first spot was Xincang, I didn’t pay much attention to the other two, and I saw three types of tides in order: cross tide, single-line tide, and dragon head tide. The tide changes daily. You can check the size and timing of the tide on the “Qianjiang Tide” mini program, which is quite accurate. The day I went was a big tide, but unfortunately, the air wasn’t very clear. · Spot ❶ Cross Tide After waiting for more than 20 minutes, I finally vaguely saw white lines appear on the calm lake surface—two lines approaching from two directions. After a while, the white lines showed rolling waves, which got closer and bigger. The two waves began to converge, and the whole water surface surged wildly, with a huge wave rapidly rolling from one side to the other. I started seeing the tide around 12:46 and left at 12:58. · Spot ❷ Single-Line Tide It took only a few minutes after reaching the riverbank for the tide to arrive. The tide pushed across from a white line far away. I saw the tide at 13:35, and by 13:40 the river surface in front of me was surging. The driver urged us to get on the car quickly to rush to the next spot. This intense pace really requires a local to manage. · Spot ❸ Dragon Head Tide The tide swept right up to us, and the tide head churned in place for a minute or two, like a proud dragon head. The tide came at 13:55, and the whole tide watching ended shortly after 2 PM.