1. The sea is vast, the sky is as thunderous as the waves, and the Qiantang tide surges from the sky.
From: "Wangjiangtai" by Wang Zaijin in Ming Dynasty.
Translation: The sky and the sea are very vast, the huge waves crashing on the table are like thunder, and the Qiantang River surges as if it is connected to the sky.
2. 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: "Recalling the Qiantang River" by Li Gou of the Song Dynasty.
Translation: When I was drunk and boarded the sailboat returning home, 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 sunset, are like goddesses in the water wearing light red clothes.
3. The Mid-Autumn Moon shines brightly in a thousand miles, and the sound of hundreds of thousands of troops surges in the middle of the night.
From: "Remembering Qiantang" by Li Kuo of the Tang Dynasty.
Translation: The moonlight of the Mid-Autumn Festival is like a vast river, flowing thousands of miles, and the sound of the tide in the middle of the night is like a hundred thousand troops and horses galloping forward.
4. The tides of August and eighteen are unparalleled in the world.
Kunpeng's water strikes three thousand miles away, and his team trains to drive hundreds of thousands of men.
From: Song Dynasty Su Shi's "? Urging the Examiner to Examine the Comparative Opera".
Translation: The tide is the largest on August 18th, and the scenery on this day is unmatched in the world. Kunpeng struck the water three thousand miles away, like an army attacking a hundred thousand enemy troops.
5. When you hear thunder and tremors in a hundred miles, you will stop playing the strings for a while.
From: Tang Dynasty Meng Haoran's "Watching the Tide with Yan Qiantang Climbing the Barrier Tower".
Translation: The sound of the Qiantang tide shook hundreds of miles, not only attracting people from hundreds of miles away, but even Yan Qiantang, the then magistrate of Qiantang, stopped his official duties to watch.