On the eighteenth day of August, the tide rises spectacularly, unparalleled in the world. At this time of year, people come in droves to watch the tide, in an unending stream. At the entrance of Hangzhou Bay, on the more than 40-kilometer-long tidal flats, there are always some "tide workers" gathered every day, coming from Sichuan, Jiangxi, Henan, Anhui and other places. When the tide is high, they wake up at 3AM, travel 30 kilometers to the seaside, and wait for the tide to recede. After the tide recedes, they venture into the knee-deep mud of the tidal flats, feeling for periwinkles, catching sand crabs, and chasing fish...
In midsummer, the numbers of their group can reach tens of thousands, and the temperature at the seaside can reach forty to fifty degrees Celsius. They are all farmers in their hometowns. Although clam digging is hard work, and many of them don't even know how to swim, the income is much better than in their hometowns.
They rarely return to their hometowns anymore, gradually becoming the "masters" of these tidal flats.
Qi Hao Biography
Master of Photography, University of Bolton, United Kingdom. Member of China Photographers Association. Vice President of Zhejiang Photographers .AssociationPresident of Ningbo Photographers Association. Invited to hold photography exhibitions in Wiesbaden, Germany; Los Angeles, USA; Ningbo Museum of Art, China, etc.; published photography works include "Encounter" ,"Homeland Gaze", "Those Years".