The annual Qiantang River tidal bore, which is expected to be seen this year during the National Day holiday week, attracts tens of thousands of people from home and abroad. [Photo by Lin Zhijiang/China Daily]

With the passage of time, however, the best spot to get a view of the tidal bore has now shifted to a section of the seawall in Yanguan township in Haining county.

Now, in the small town of Yanguan, about 40 km away from Hangzhou, the Qiantang River Tide Watching Festival is held annually, attracting tens of thousands of people from home and abroad.

Besides the magnificent tidal bore, people can observe other bores－the one-line bore, the cross bore and the back-flow bore.

Yanguan town, where the grand festival is held, offers the best view of the one-line bore. There, the water runs like a line of troops marching forward at a steady pace amid a thunderous sound.

The cross bore is rare and can be seen clearly only from the Jiaxing-Shaoxing bridge in Hangzhou Bay.

There, the Qiantang River tide divides into two strands to pass the sediment accumulation in the bay area.