Watching the Tide
The tides rolling up
the Qiantang River surge to
their highest in the eighth lunar month. Starting on the 11th, city
people come down to watch the flood tide. Between the
11th and the 18th, almost the entire city comes out.
Crowds and carriages jam the streets. The spectacle reaches a climax on the
18th. House of two or more stories between Miaozitou and Liuhe Tower
are rented by government officials and relatives of the emperor as galleries
to watch the tide
中国民间风俗--观潮
每年八月里，钱塘江的潮水汹涌澎湃超过了平常的时候，城里人从十一日那天起，就开始来观潮，到了十六、十八日，整个城市全部都出动了，道路上车、马络绎不绝，十八日观潮的场面最盛大最热闹，二十日就略稀少些了。从庙子头起一直到六和塔这一带凡是有楼房的人家，全都被皇帝的亲属及官宦等人所租赁作为看位观潮用。
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