Place: the tide watching points along Qiantang River, Xiaoshan District

Time: lunar August 18^th each year

Key words: tides on lunar August 18^th, surfing performance match, all people carnival

What on earth can be hoped to give a spectacular sight like the tides on the lunar August 18^th? Qianjiang tide is a great wonder in the world and has been famous worldwide owing to its tremendous momentum and grand scene. On the lunar August 18^th each year, “the turning round tide” that beats the shore with stormy waves, the magnificent “a gleam of tide”, the “ towering tide”that climbs straight up into the sky, together with the international “seamen” who are chasing waves, surfing against wind and waves in the Qiantang River and serial culture feasts have all made tourists experience the charm of “the eight hundred li long spectacular Qiantang River and the miraculous Xiaoshan of eight thousand years”.