The Qiantang River Bore in Hangzhou is a natural wonder that it is both beautiful and intimidating at the same time. The bore is formed at the mouth of the Qiantang River where it joins the Hangzhou Bay.
The tremendous narrowing of the river from a width of 100 kilometers and the gentle rising of the riverbed at this point constricts the river water and creates a giant wave that is called the tidal bore. This tidal bore has claimed innumerable lives in the past years and is still a threat to the local people.
Surfing the Silver Dragon in 2008 – Each fall, when the wave was at its largest, hundreds of thousands of Chinese people came to the annual Wave Watching Festival in Hangzhou. In September 2008, the visitors also watched spectacular surfing for the very first time asWabsono and GSM teamed up with the Chinese government and brought the sport of surfing to China…Â Details