There are many famous sayings about the Qiantang River. Here are a few for reference:

1. The eighteenth tide in August is unparalleled in the world. ——From the Song Dynasty: Su Shi's "Exerting Operators to Examine the Officials"

Vernacular interpretation: The Qiantang River tide is known as "the first tide in the world", especially the peak and most spectacular on the 18th day of the eighth lunar month. .

2. I remember watching the tide for a long time, and the people of Guoguo competed to watch the river. The vast sea of ??doubts has become empty. Amidst the sound of thousands of drums. ?——From the Song Dynasty: Pan Lang's "Jiuquanzi·Long Memory of Tide Watching"

Vernacular interpretation: I often think of the scene of watching the tide on the Qiantang River, with people all over the city vying to look up the river. When the tide comes in, it feels like the sea is empty, and the sound of the tide is like ten thousand drums blasting together, and the sound is shocking.

3. I heard thunder and tremors in hundreds of miles, and stopped playing the strings for a while. The company rode out from the mansion and waited on the river to watch the tide. The autumn clouds are shining brightly, and the floating sky is wide. The stormy waves are like snow, and a mountain is freezing. ——From the Tang Dynasty: Meng Haoran's "Yan Qiantang Climbing the Barrier Tower to Watch the Tide"

Vernacular interpretation: The river tide is like thunder, the sound is hundreds of miles away, and it rumbles past. The music in my hand, please stop for the time being. plucked. The officials of the government rode out one after another to watch the tide and waited early by the river. Under the sunlight, the autumn clouds seem to be extraordinarily high, and the sea water floats in the sky, looking particularly wide. The waves came in and rolled up thousands of piles of white snow. Anyone watching the tide would not feel the chill.

4. Thunder gathers on the sea and waterfalls cross the river. ——From Fan Zhongyan's "He Yun Envoy Sheren Observes the Tide" of the Song Dynasty

Vernacular interpretation: The sound of the tide in Qiantang sounds like a gathering of thunder, and the rushing waves in the middle of the river are like waterfalls flowing across the river. ?

5. In the past, when I was drunk, I returned to the sail, half-capacity in front of the mountain. Fortunately, the river is full of flowers, and the daffodils are all wearing light red shirts. ——From the Song Dynasty: "Recalling the Qiantang River" by Li Gou

Vernacular interpretation: When I boarded the sailboat returning home while drunk, I saw that the sun had already set halfway in front of the faint green mountains on both sides of the bank. At this moment, the most charming thing is the reflection into the river. The river is filled with red light. The dots of white sails on the river, reflected by the setting sun, are like goddesses in the water wearing light red clothes.