Chapter two hundred and ninety nine watching the tide
"Jiang Chao? What Jiang Chao?" Hong Tao confused the traffic policeman.
"Qiantang River tide, tomorrow is the 15th, and the city is undergoing a major inspection these days. Tomorrow you will probably be stuck here for several hours without being able to get out." The traffic policeman answered Hong Tao's question while getting out of the car.
"Oh...Okay, please walk slowly, we are going to Haining now." Hong Tao then realized that tomorrow is the fifteenth day of each month in the lunar calendar, which coincides with the high tide of the Qiantang River.
"Hong Tao, what do you say? How much is the fine? Give them as much as they need. Don't argue with them. I just find it troublesome. We should get a new military license plate before we come out." Boss Liu felt that he had some status and was unwilling to do so.
He kept talking to these policemen, and when the police showed up, he was in another car and did not get out. He just called Hong Tao and told him to pay him the fine and send the police away quickly.
"There is no fine, and they have good intentions. The tide in the Qiantang River will rise tomorrow, and there will be too many people watching the tide. They are afraid that we will be blocked here." Hong Tao explained to Boss Liu in a nice way.
"Oh, tomorrow is the 15th? We are very lucky. Come on, find a hotel, let's stay for one more day, and then go to the reservoir after watching the tide. Don't tell me, I haven't seen it yet." Boss Liu heard this.
There is a tide in the Qiantang River, and my interest is also there.
"The police said that you can't see anything here to watch the tide. We have to go to Yanguan Town, Haining. I saw that it's dozens of kilometers away. Why don't we make a trip?" Hong Tao told the police again.
"It's necessary, let's go. Let's leave now. We don't want to visit this broken West Lake. There are people everywhere and it's boring." Boss Liu doesn't like to visit these man-made scenic spots. When he heard that there was a tide to see, he left immediately.
Just as he was about to leave, Hong Tao still led the way, taking the Hangpu Expressway from Hangzhou city all the way east, checking and asking questions. He soon arrived at Yanguan Town, arranged food and accommodation, and was waiting to watch the tide at noon tomorrow.
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At 10:30 the next day, Hong Tao did not buy a ticket to enter the Tide Watching Park to watch the tide as the hotel waiter said. Instead, he drove his RV along the riverside road to a place called Jiuli Bridge.
The road is very close to the river, and you can see the river from the car.
The reason why Hong Tao did this was not because he was stingy with the tens of dollars of ticket money. It was because he was afraid of being swept away by the tide. This was not an unfounded worry. In his memory, such a situation had occurred several times in his previous life.
There were too many people watching the tide, and they all crowded together on the riverside. As a result, a big wave hit and several people were swept into the river.
The place Hong Tao chose not only can see the tide, but is also some distance away from the river. No matter how strong the tide is, the place will not be photographed. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, life is still the first priority. And these two cars
There is an escalator on the back door of the RV for people to go up and down. It is also a good choice to sit on the roof and watch the tide.
According to the waiter in the hotel, today's high tide time is 11:45. Hong Tao and the others parked the car and raised the roof of the car. Then they got on the roof of the car one by one and found a comfortable position to sit down.
Just be careful not to step on the glass sunroof on the roof.
"Hong Tao. Why hasn't the tide come yet? The weather here is too hot!" Irene just sat there for 5 minutes and couldn't help it anymore. In fact, I don't blame her for having so many things to do. Today's weather is so boring. From the air conditioner
As soon as I got out of the carriage, it was like a crab entering a steamer.
"Don't worry, don't worry, it's just 11:30, we still have to wait for more than ten minutes." In fact, Hong Tao was not sure whether this time was accurate.
"Coming... coming..." Suddenly Boss Liu stood up and pointed towards the distance.
I saw a faint white water line on the water at the mouth of the Qiantang River in the east. It didn't seem to be moving, but it seemed to be moving. It was too far away to see clearly.
After 2 minutes, Hong Tao finally confirmed that the white line was the tide of the Qiantang River, because not only could he see the white line slowly moving to the west, but he could already hear a "swish, swish" sound, which was a bit...
Like rain.
"Here it comes, here it is, that white line." Hong Tao also stood up, and then told Old Gale in English that they should pay attention.
In fact, there was no need for Hong Tao to issue a warning. At this time, the tide had turned into a long white dragon, blocking the entire river. The sound was getting louder and louder. Harrison had already put the camera in front of his eyes and used the lens to
The magnification ability is used to observe the tide.
"Oh God...it's such a big wave, Pavey, can you see it?" Harrison seemed to see something in the camera, and then asked Pavey, who was standing alone under the car, if the big fat man couldn't climb up.
But everyone agreed that he was not suitable to get on the roof of the car if he did not want the roof to collapse.
"I saw it, Captain, do you think this looks like a small tsunami?" Pawei was also holding his own camera below.
"Oh, it's so spectacular. It's hard to imagine why this water flows upstream?" Old Gale didn't use the camera lens to see. In fact, the tide has now reached several hundred meters, and you can see the white stripe with the naked eye.
The dragon divided into several sudden tides, chasing each other and struggling to move upstream, as if something was pushing them behind.
"Hong Tao, is there a reservoir below this river? Open the gate and release the water on time?" Irene was also confused by the scene in front of her. She couldn't figure out why the water flowed to higher places.
"Silly girl, there is the sea below. Where is the reservoir? This is the function of the moon's tides. In addition, the entrance of this river has a unique trumpet shape, so the sea water will pour in, and what comes in is all sea water.
." Hong Tao hugged Irene in front of him and told her the general reason for Jiang Chao.
As he spoke, the tide had already passed Hong Tao's position. At this time, there was no longer the sound of rain. The tide slapped on the embankment on the shore, making bursts of thunder.
"It won't rush up, will it?" As the tide passed by, the huge energy caused the entire ground to shake. Everyone standing on the RV could also clearly feel that in the face of this roar of nature, Irene
I was a little scared and involuntarily shrank my body back, as if a big wave dozens of meters away was about to rush over.
"It's spectacular and beautiful!" Old Gale praised while taking pictures with his camera. He didn't speak much. He would only praise from the bottom of his heart when he saw something that really moved his heart.
"Tao, can I stand on the shore and take some photos?" Pawei who got out of the car was also very excited, holding the camera and planning to climb over the road railing.
"That's a good idea. If you were swept back and forth by the waves and blocked the river, how could the waves be bigger?" Harrison kept holding up his camera to take pictures and had no time to chat. He only squeezed in after hearing Pavey's question.
Say something.
"Don't go, Pawei. Every year, people are swept down by the tide and die. Let's watch it here." Hong Tao quickly stopped the big fat man. Although he was very buoyant and good at swimming, this was the tide, and even a fish would be thrown into it.
He may not be able to survive.
As the tide passed, the wind began to rise on the river. It was said that the wind assisted the fire, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind. Now it has become the wind assisting the water, and the water borrowed the power of the wind. The big waves photographed on the embankment changed with the help of the strong wind.
It turned into mist, and the low voice turned into roars through the wind.
"The wind has picked up, let's go, the tide has passed." Standing on the roof of the car, Hong Tao no longer felt the stuffy heat just now, but felt a little cold.
"Is there a tide every year on this day?" Old Gale just listened to Hong Tao's introduction and was still a little confused.
"There are them on the 15th and 30th of each month, once at noon and once in the evening. The tide is the largest on August 15th every year, more than twice as big as today. That's the best time to watch it.
, but you may not be able to catch up." Hong Tao once again told the approximate time of the Qiantang Tide. In fact, he was not sure, so he could only give a rough estimate.
"But today is not the 15th?" Old Gale still had questions.
"Let's get in the car first. Let's find a place to eat first. This time is calculated according to the Chinese calendar. It's called the lunar calendar here, which is somewhat different from the Gregorian calendar." Hong Tao doesn't quite understand the difference between the Chinese calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
, so I had to use eating as an excuse.
That night, everyone stayed in Yanguan Town, and Old Gale's interest in the Chinese calendar did not diminish at all after eating, so Hong Tao had to go to an Internet cafe in the town to search for information online and then print it out.
, brought it back to him and explained it to him. As for the leap years and leap months, we couldn’t use the word Ying for translation, so we had to say double. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
