2. Watching the Tide is a well-thought-out classic in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is excerpted from the third volume of Wulin Biography. By describing what the author saw and heard before, during and after the high tide in Qiantang River, this paper skillfully interweaves the beauty of nature with humanistic feelings, and depicts the spectacular scene of the high tide and the moving scene of the naval exercise in four paragraphs with very refined pen and ink.
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The high tide of Qiantang River is a magnificent scenery in the world. The period from August 16th to 18th of the lunar calendar is the most prosperous. Away from the estuary of Zhejiang, the high tide is almost as thin as a silver line; Soon, the tide gradually approached, and even the snow-capped tide in Yucheng fell from the sky. The sound was like thunder, shaking the earth, surging and thin, engulfing the sky and swaying the sun. What is coming is unparalleled grandeur. ,
Every once in a while, yellow smoke clouds will rise in all directions, and people and things can't see each other at all. The roar of water inrush is as loud as the roar when a mountain collapses. The smoke cleared and the water was calm again, but there was no sign of the ship, only the enemy ships destroyed by the fire floated away in the waves. ,
Hundreds of Wuzhong athletes are good at swimming, wearing long hair and drawing patterns, holding ten flags sewn with silk in their hands, trying to face the trend, the ups and downs of stormy waves, produce various changes in body posture, and keep the tail of the flag wet to show their skills. ,
Between the north and south banks, there are spectators wearing gorgeous jewelry and clothes for more than ten miles up and down. There are too many cars and horses and the roads are impassable. The price of food and drinks sold is several times higher than usual. And the people who rent the shed don't even have a middle place.