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The soaring tide

The soaring tide of the Qiantang River is such a marvelous spectacle that only the Amazon River's surging tide rivals it! Annually, millions of people from both home and abroad flock there to watch it on the eighteenth day of the eighth lunar month (also around the Mid-Autumn Day). When the surging tide comes, the water can rise up to a height of 30 feet and the noise it generates sounds like thunder, or thousands of horses running. Yangong town in Haijing 45 km (about 28 miles) from Hangzhou is the best place to watch the Qiantang Tide.

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Lantern

Xiashi colored lantern making originated in Xiashi Town, Haining City of Zhejiang Province 1200 years ago. And it became famous early in the years of Qianfu in Tang Dynasty when Xizong was the emperor. Later in Southern Song Dynasty, Xiashi colored lanterns were ranked as tribute articles for the court. The lifelike, florid and exquisitely carved pictures are typical of Xiashi colored lantern making.

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Haining Shadow Play

Shadow Play is animal skins or cardboard silhouette figures. Acted in the light irradiation with a cloth compartment, shadow play is one of the widely circulated puppet plays. The artists are behind a white screen during the performance, accompanied by percussion and strings, manipulating opera characters, singing with local popular tunes to tell the stories. 

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Shadow play is an ancient tradition of folk art of the Han Chinese, the old Beijingers call it "Donkey Skin Shadow Paly."

Grand Canal

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June 22, UNESCO's 38th World Heritage Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar, held by the Chinese consider the Grand Canal project, as part of China Grand Canal,  Haning Chang'an Grand was selected into the World Heritage List.

Grand Canal of Haining Chang’an with a dam and three flood gates,is one of the most important monuments on the existing Grand Canal. There are two selection of the Gand Canal in Jiaxiang were listed.