The Spectacular Ghost King Tide of the Qiantang River Returns
By MOOK Scenic Spots Home Travel Life Network Editorial Team
Each year around the 18th day of the seventh lunar month, numerous visitors head to Hangzhou to catch the annual Qiantang River tidal bore, also called the Ghost King Tide. Famous for its overwhelming force and breathtaking views, its “line across the river” surges forth like an unstoppable army, thundering and crashing against the seawall. The spray from the tidal wave rises like a towering wall of water, sweeping in with a deafening roar akin to thunder, earning it the title of “a wonder under heaven.”
The Qiantang Tide is famed for its powerful “line across the river.” (Image source / ihuawem)
The Qiantang Tide’s crossing tide. (Image source / paoshouji)
The Qiantang Tide can splash up waves 2–3 meters high when crashing onto the shore. (Image source / sd.bbs.house)
The Qiantang Tide’s powerful currents cause accidents among spectators every year. (Image source / pic.bbs.hexun)
The Qiantang River is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and is the largest river in China’s Zhejiang Province. Generally, the Qiantang Tide occurs between the 1st and 3rd, and 15th to 18th days of the lunar month, with the most spectacular tides happening on the 18th day of the eighth lunar month. Due to the alignment of the sun, moon, and Earth in a straight line, a powerful gravitational pull is created, triggering the tidal phenomenon and resulting in massive tides. Additionally, the trumpet-shaped mouth of the Qiantang River gradually narrows—from a 100-kilometer difference between the northern and southern banks, to just 20 kilometers at the Qiantang estuary, and then down to about 2.5 kilometers at Yanguan in Haining. This dramatic change in width causes the seawater to surge back, creating the “Qiantang Tide” spectacle. With the perfect combination of timing and geography, this wonder is formed, ranking alongside the Amazon River and the Ganges as one of the world’s three great tidal bores. Among them, the Qiantang Tide is even hailed as the “world’s largest tidal bore.”
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