Five "old men" by the Qiantang River, "shouting tide" for 14 years

Author:Beijing News Time:2022.09.12

Thanks to these "old men", since the formation of the Tide Team in 2008, Dingqiao Town has never occurred in the tide to watch.

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"The tide is here, go ashore!"

Zhao Yunxiang held his throat and shouted, and ran aside. From the shore to Jiang Xin's diced dam, several children did not realize the danger at all. Looking from the distance, the river rolled up and down, and the waves chased the front waves, making a rumbling sound.

It's too late, the children finally heard Zhao Yunxiang's shout, and ran back without even wearing shoes. As soon as they went ashore, the tide took a shot of the dam.

The tide rushed up for three or five meters high, and the people standing on the diced dam were easily rolled away. No one knows "tide" more than Zhao Yunxiang who grew up beside the Qiantang River, and no one knows the danger of the tide better than him.

In the past 30 years, there have been hundreds of tide rolls in the Hangzhou section of the Qiantang River, and nearly 100 people have died. After 2007, the "shouting people" gradually appeared along the coast of Qiantang River.

The 76 -year -old Zhao Yunxiang is the shouting tide of Dingqiao Town, Haining, Zhejiang. He also has four companions. The youngest Qian Xinkun is 72 years old, and Zhou Weili, the largest, is 78 years old. Every day, they go to work at the tide, inspect the river, persuade tourists who are away from the dangerous area, and sometimes save people who want to live lightly. When he encountered "disobedience", Qian Xinkun pulled his throat and shouted to others, and he had to persuade others.

It was really an old man, and everyone who knew him said that. Thanks to these "old men", since the formation of the Tide Team in 2008, Dingqiao Town has never occurred in Dingqiao Town in 14 years.

At 7:50 on September 6, Zhao Yunxiang came to the sea pond. The tide will arrive at about 8:40. He put on a work clothes, debug the speaker, and prepare to work. Photo by Zhang Jingyi, a reporter from the Beijing News

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Tide

Zhao Yunxiang's time when he went out for "work" was different. It was not the leader or the rice that he was going to work in the field, but the "tide".

On September 7th, August twelfth in the lunar calendar, in less than 8 am, Zhao Yunxiang arrived at the east of the sea pond in Dingqiao Town. The electric bicycle stopped. He picked up the bag in the basket, took out the blue work clothes while walking, and put on the electric speaker in his hand without looking down without bowing. He tried the audio volume, no problem.

On this day, the tide would arrive at around 8:40, and Zhao Yunxiang was going to work around an hour before the tide.

"Hey, the people on the dam coming out, the tide comes quickly, it is not safe!" As soon as he went to the pond, he saw a woman in a green work suit and turned to the river pond to walk to the river. In the past few days, the green belt near the East Division section is maintained, and dozens of people have come here to spread grass and flowers early in the morning. But according to Zhao Yunxiang's experience, most of the workers are locals and will not be so "ignorant." When the woman returned to the sea pond, Zhao Yunxiang took his heart and continued to move forward.

In addition to more than 300 meters away, near the east, a group of young people just turned over the cement dam and took pictures on the soft shallow beach. "Hey, come back, come out, the tide is coming soon." The sun was a little dazzling. Zhao Yunxiang's shading with one hand, raising the horn in one hand to raise his voice, but several times shouted, the other party was indifferent.

Zhao Yunxiang was anxious, frowned tightly, waved while shouting, and almost trotted, but his voice was still full of confidence, and he shouted, "Come back, come back!"

I finally heard it. When the group of people returned to the safe zone, Zhao Yunxiang slowed down, and the scalply crow's feet opened slightly. Following the direction of the young people's departure, Zhao Yunxiang pointed out that several cement dams extended from the shore curve to Jiangxin introduced to reporters that these chip dams are the most attractive places nearby. The hindrance will form a wave of turning back and rushing, and the waves of three or five meters high, sometimes even a dozen meters of meters. "If people are on the side, they can be rolled away easily."

At 8:40, the wave "as" here. The tide of this day is not large, the waves are about half meters high, and there are few tourists on working days before the long holiday. The river is not lively. After the tide, the diced dams that were more than one meter higher than the water surface were drowned by the tide of the sand. If it was not for the reference object, it would be difficult for people on the shore to find that the water was rising for a while.

The hidden danger is far more than that. Zhao Yunxiang said that after general tide, there will be two tide (also called "dark tide"). Unlike the tide's white water line, the dark tide is transparent and "low -key", but the degree of fierceness is not weaker than the tide.

Before the tide, someone turned over the sea pond and approached the river, and Zhao Yunxiang shouted to let the other party go ashore. Photo by Zhang Jingyi, a reporter from the Beijing News

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Understand the tide

Zhao Yunxiang's words are not scary. No one understands the tide than people growing on the Qiantang River.

The Qiantang River tide twice a day, it is called "tide" during the day, it is called "Xi" at night, and "tide" and "Xi" are about 12 hours apart. From the first to the fifth and fifteenth to the fifty -fifteenth to the twentieth day of the lunar calendar every month. In the past few days, the seawater was most affected by the tidal force. After the pouring from the Qiantang River, it was blocked in the river. With the landscape of the back waves, the wave seemed to rush to the shore. During the year, from August 16th to 18th, the sun, the moon, and the earth were almost a straight line. During this time, the sea water was most affected by the tidal power, and the tide was the most spectacular.

According to the exams, the Qiantang River has a history of more than 2,000 years. This custom began in the Han and Wei dynasties, and the two Song Dynasty reached unprecedented grand occasion. Starting from the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a saying of "Watching Festival" in August 18, and gradually became a lively festival from a royal reward project. Ancient poets did not hesitate to say, "Kunpeng water hit three thousand miles, and the group practitioners drove 100,000 husbands", "August of August, and touched the mountains and touched the mountains." "... Poetry gives people endless imagination. These stories, Zhao Yunxiang listened from an early age. In his childhood, he played water, pumping mud, and watching tide in his childhood, filled with daily life. However, if the children who played a day of crazy played the defendant after returning home, they would inevitably be violent.

"Jiangshui flooded people", they have seen the power of overwhelming. The situation where people are rolled away will occur almost every year in the Qiantang River. There are statistics. In the past 30 years, there have been hundreds of tide rolls in the Hangzhou section of the Qiantang River, and nearly 100 people have died. At about 4:30 pm on August 2, 2007, more than 30 people played under the river embankment near the Hangzhou Seven Fort in Hangzhou, more than 20 of them were rolled away by the tide and 11 people were killed. After that, the "shouting people" gradually appeared along the coast of Qiantang River.

In 2008, the villagers in the five villages in Dingqiao Town, Haining, established a team of shouting tide. There are five people in the team with the oldest 64 years old. Everyone controls each section and "contracted" the Dingqiao section 13 kilometers. Zhao Yunxiang was the first to sign up. Previously, he had been an accountant in the village for 18 years. He was also an old party member of more than 30 years of party age. The explanation given to this decision is, "Can't be idle, it is better to make some contributions."

At night, Qian Xinkun took out a whistle and saw someone approaching the river. He shouted and persuaded the other party to leave. Beijing News reporter Yu Jinzhang Photo

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"Old man"

14 years have passed, and the five elderly people of that year are still on their posts, and the youngest Qian Xinkun is also 72 years old this year. On September 7th, just had dinner, he went out of the door with an electric bicycle, and reached the big gap watching point in five or six minutes. This was his "base".

According to the town regulations, most of the time when "Xi" (usually called "Night Tide") is mostly in the evening or early morning, and there are few tourists, so the tide people only need to be from 8 am to 5 pm. Time, two to three hours before and after. But every summer, Qian Xinkun is used to visiting for more than two hours at night. Many people like to cool down at the river at night, which makes him unwilling. At night, I was afraid that others could not see others. Qian Xinkun also prepared a whistle. The sharp voice could cause people to be alert.

The big gaps are divided into two floors. The "big tide flood" period from the first to the fifth, fifteenth to the fifth, and fifteenth to the twentieth of the lunar calendar can only walk on the sea pond. In addition, the along the river pond under the sea pond also to tourists Open, boldly cross the fence and go to the shallow beach. By Moonlight, Qian Xinkun saw a string of footprints on the shoal. Although he was no longer seen at the time, he was still angry.

There are always people who feel that "it's okay", but in fact, the beach is washed through tide every day, and the situation is complicated. Some places are soft and easy to collapse. Some beaches go three or five meters in front. , "There are sediment and vortex in the river, and it can be washed away soon when it falls."

Qian Xinkun's speaking accent is heavy, and the river is often a foreign tourist. He didn't understand the meaning, and he held up with him. This was the most annoying. Qian Xinkun didn't have much fancy rhetoric, only to tell the other party that "near the water near the water, deep water!" "Some places under the mud are empty, you will fall in, you will be dangerous." Yes, he will also be anxious to the other person. "Tell you here the danger. What should you do if you are in trouble? Do you think about your parents and family?"

It was really an old man, and everyone who knew him said that. Over the years, each of the speakers alone, each of them used to break seven or eight. Fortunately, since the formation of the Five people shouting the tide team, Dingqiao Town has never had a falling accident due to the tide.

On the evening of September 6, Qian Xinkun came to the river. Despite the fence, some people took risks to the shallow beach and left a string of footprints. Everyone was disappeared, and Qian Xinkun was angry and helpless. Photo by Zhang Jingyi, a reporter from the Beijing News

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Sometimes it is inevitable that you will not be able to follow.

The oldest Zhou Weili was 78 years old. After surgery two years ago, his legs and feet were a bit unable to keep up. But if he didn't wait for someone, Zhou Weili pushed his son in his fifties. The village could not find a suitable candidate. He could not let the pond have a vacancy.

To understand the trend, you must swim, to ensure that you do not land on the ground pond a day, and shouting the tide people, it is not easy to pick up.

Zhao Yunxiang never thought about when he was picking up. At the age of 76, he was still tough, his legs and feet were numb, and he could even trot on the pond. "I can still keep it for many years."

Before the lunar calendar on August 18th, the Haining Watching Festival opened, and tourists were full, but for the five of them, it was the easiest time of the year. Because it is large to Haining City, the governments and public security departments of the towns, villages along the river, and even volunteers, and even volunteers have come to the security work of the river.

During this time, Qian Xinkun became a "interpreter". He explained to foreign tourists with a hard -to -understand dialect. He was afraid that the other party could not understand. Gao raised it, and then slapped it again, "This force can push away several tons of cars." Foreign tourists like to consult the tide with this talk old man. Qian Xinkun speaks of his accent. He is more convenient for the other party to understand. Photo by Zhang Jingyi, a reporter from the Beijing News

After the end of the tide festival, the Qiantang River returned to calmness. The work of shouting the tide team is also lonely. In winter, no tourist may be seen in a day of inspection. However, the tide still rises and falls every day, and the footsteps of the tide cannot stop.