I think the best part about this is that the park admitted to it and explained why they do it. Because people want to take pictures of waterfalls. If there’s no waterfall, people won’t show up or they’ll be very disappointed.
Nobody shows up to take photos of the source. Except this one guy, obviously.
“Water could be seen come out of a pipe on the top of the mountain in the video”
Such splendid English from the BBC. Really an example to the nation.
They need some people in bear costumes standing around to make this seem more natural.
I remember when I went to see a geyser near Calistoga, California, an area famous for its hot springs. My boyfriend and I paid $10 each for the privilege. After paying we walked a short distance to the geyser and stood around with about a dozen other people waiting for the eruption to begin. In front of us was a concrete slab with a small pipe sticking up about a foot. After a couple minutes, water began shooting out of the pipe to a height of around 8 feet. It lasted for a minute or two then stopped just as quickly as it started.
We all looked at each other in silence, coming to the slow realization that we had just paid $10 to watch someone turn on a garden hose. Nobody said anything as we all shuffled back to our cars, feeling like stupid suckers.
I know how those Chinese tourists feel.
I don’t even see why this is such a big deal. The park already admitted they basically use it when the water is running a bit low on a dry day. It’s still a naturally occurring waterfall when it’s under normal conditions.
This reminds me of their zookeepers disguised in bear suits in exhibits pretending to be animals for the public.
Plot twist…hiker in America finds…. China stealing out water
China fakes everything episode 24987
Temu waterfall
Check out how much Niagara Falls is controlled.
>A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself.
A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall – billed as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall – was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.
The clip has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was first posted on Monday.
Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.
“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the caption of the video posted by user “Farisvov” reads.
>The topic “the origin of Yuntai Waterfall is just some pipes” began trending all over social media.
It received more than 14 million views on Weibo and nearly 10 million views on Douyin – causing such an uproar that local government officials were sent to the park to investigate.
They asked the operators to learn a lesson from the incident and explain the enhancements to tourists ahead of time, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Douyin Screengrab of the videoDouyin
Water could be seen come out of a pipe on the top of the mountain in the video
‘A little help for my friends’
The park later posted on behalf of the waterfall saying, “I didn’t expect to meet everyone this way”.
“As a seasonal scenery I can’t guarantee that I will be in my most beautiful form everytime you come to see me,” it adds.
“I made a small enhancement during the dry season only so I would look my best to meet my friends.”
Located in central Henan province, the 312-metre Yuntai falls is located inside the Yuntai Mountain Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark.
>Millions of visitors travel there every year, drawn by geological formations that date back more than a billion years.
Park officials told CCTV that the water they used to pump water into the falls was spring water, adding that it would not damage the natural landscape.
Many social media users appeared to be understanding of the situation.
“Yuntai park: Does this person not have better things to do?” a comment liked nearly 40,000 times on Douyin reads.
“I think it’s a good thing to do. Otherwise people would be disappointed if they end up seeing nothing there,” a user on Weibo said.
But there is also criticism.
“It’s not respecting the natural order, and not respecting the tourists,” a Weibo user wrote.
“How could it be called the No.1 waterfall anymore,” another user commented on Douyin.
This is not the first time artificial measures have been used to “help” famous waterfalls in China.
Huangguoshu Waterfall, a famous tourist destination in the southwestern Guizhou province, has been helped by a water diversion project from a nearby dam since 2006 to maintain its flow during the dry season.
Never meet your waterfalls.
that hiker’s name: Truman Burbank
That pipe is the people’s pipe. It provides glorious natural vista of beauty for the benefit of the people.
China making a counterfeit? I never would have guessed
A few waterfalls in the US do the same.
„Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls,
please stick to the pipes and the fakes that you’re used to“
>Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.
Eh, I get it and understand why, but maybe being more transparent about it would’ve been better. “Due to dry season, this waterfall is sometimes inactive. Todays waterfall is (and then a flip board that shows either [Natural/Aided])
Can’t China do anything without cheating?
I remember when 23 of their athletes at the Tokyo Olympics in 2001 were caught taking performance enhancing drugs.
They steal intellectual property from other countries businesses.
Now they use performance enhancing pipes to boost the water flow of their waterfalls!
Sheesh! They must have low self esteem!
So? I mean, as long as it looks pretty
No animal, humans, or plants were endanreged in the making.
My dumbass misread it as Hitler and got very confused as to why the fuhrer had come back from the dead to chase after Chinese waterfalls.
Not seeing the point here…
I used to live in China, and I remember going to a natural area which also had waterfalls and pools. Such blue water. Upon closer inspection, I noticed stains by the waterline. Blue stains. Turns out they were just adding blue coloring to the whole water system to make it look like a postcard.
The damn Chinese cheat at everything
If he publicly posted this video, I can assure you he’s going to have a hard time when he tries to go back to China in the future
Famous Super Lucky Pipe!
is anything in or from china NOT counterfeit?
Does it matter if it’s fake if it’s a nice attraction? Genuine question. I feel like if the experience was nice I wouldn’t care personally.
Great Wall of China is made of foam blocks. What other examples can you think of?
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In China even waterfalls are fake 🤣
Don’t go chasing waterfalls …
Tomorrow: Hiker falls down tallest waterfall
Largest water fountain
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I think the best part about this is that the park admitted to it and explained why they do it. Because people want to take pictures of waterfalls. If there’s no waterfall, people won’t show up or they’ll be very disappointed.
Nobody shows up to take photos of the source. Except this one guy, obviously.
“Water could be seen come out of a pipe on the top of the mountain in the video”
Such splendid English from the BBC. Really an example to the nation.
They need some people in bear costumes standing around to make this seem more natural.
I remember when I went to see a geyser near Calistoga, California, an area famous for its hot springs. My boyfriend and I paid $10 each for the privilege. After paying we walked a short distance to the geyser and stood around with about a dozen other people waiting for the eruption to begin. In front of us was a concrete slab with a small pipe sticking up about a foot. After a couple minutes, water began shooting out of the pipe to a height of around 8 feet. It lasted for a minute or two then stopped just as quickly as it started.
We all looked at each other in silence, coming to the slow realization that we had just paid $10 to watch someone turn on a garden hose. Nobody said anything as we all shuffled back to our cars, feeling like stupid suckers.
I know how those Chinese tourists feel.
I don’t even see why this is such a big deal. The park already admitted they basically use it when the water is running a bit low on a dry day. It’s still a naturally occurring waterfall when it’s under normal conditions.
This reminds me of their zookeepers disguised in bear suits in exhibits pretending to be animals for the public.
Plot twist…hiker in America finds…. China stealing out water
China fakes everything episode 24987
Temu waterfall
Check out how much Niagara Falls is controlled.
>A controversy over a waterfall has cascaded into a social media storm in China, even prompting an explanation from the water body itself.
A hiker posted a video that showed the flow of water from Yuntai Mountain Waterfall – billed as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall – was coming from a pipe built high into the rock face.
The clip has been liked more than 70,000 times since it was first posted on Monday.
Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.
“The one about how I went through all the hardship to the source of Yuntai Waterfall only to see a pipe,” the caption of the video posted by user “Farisvov” reads.
>The topic “the origin of Yuntai Waterfall is just some pipes” began trending all over social media.
It received more than 14 million views on Weibo and nearly 10 million views on Douyin – causing such an uproar that local government officials were sent to the park to investigate.
They asked the operators to learn a lesson from the incident and explain the enhancements to tourists ahead of time, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
Douyin Screengrab of the videoDouyin
Water could be seen come out of a pipe on the top of the mountain in the video
‘A little help for my friends’
The park later posted on behalf of the waterfall saying, “I didn’t expect to meet everyone this way”.
“As a seasonal scenery I can’t guarantee that I will be in my most beautiful form everytime you come to see me,” it adds.
“I made a small enhancement during the dry season only so I would look my best to meet my friends.”
Located in central Henan province, the 312-metre Yuntai falls is located inside the Yuntai Mountain Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark.
>Millions of visitors travel there every year, drawn by geological formations that date back more than a billion years.
Park officials told CCTV that the water they used to pump water into the falls was spring water, adding that it would not damage the natural landscape.
Many social media users appeared to be understanding of the situation.
“Yuntai park: Does this person not have better things to do?” a comment liked nearly 40,000 times on Douyin reads.
“I think it’s a good thing to do. Otherwise people would be disappointed if they end up seeing nothing there,” a user on Weibo said.
But there is also criticism.
“It’s not respecting the natural order, and not respecting the tourists,” a Weibo user wrote.
“How could it be called the No.1 waterfall anymore,” another user commented on Douyin.
This is not the first time artificial measures have been used to “help” famous waterfalls in China.
Huangguoshu Waterfall, a famous tourist destination in the southwestern Guizhou province, has been helped by a water diversion project from a nearby dam since 2006 to maintain its flow during the dry season.
Never meet your waterfalls.
that hiker’s name: Truman Burbank
That pipe is the people’s pipe. It provides glorious natural vista of beauty for the benefit of the people.
China making a counterfeit? I never would have guessed
A few waterfalls in the US do the same.
„Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls,
please stick to the pipes and the fakes that you’re used to“
>Operators of the Yuntai tourism park said that they made the “small enhancement” during the dry season so visitors would feel that their trip had been worthwhile.
Eh, I get it and understand why, but maybe being more transparent about it would’ve been better. “Due to dry season, this waterfall is sometimes inactive. Todays waterfall is (and then a flip board that shows either [Natural/Aided])
Can’t China do anything without cheating?
I remember when 23 of their athletes at the Tokyo Olympics in 2001 were caught taking performance enhancing drugs.
They steal intellectual property from other countries businesses.
Now they use performance enhancing pipes to boost the water flow of their waterfalls!
Sheesh! They must have low self esteem!
So? I mean, as long as it looks pretty
No animal, humans, or plants were endanreged in the making.
Damn even their waterfalls are fake.
Everything is fake there
When the water pipe park is no longer fun… [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Little_People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Little_People)
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.
youtube search : China Fakes Everything
https://youtu.be/HP6ltRxOhjk?si=lk-BX5UISgQA5_PO a link to some of the clips of the pipe.
He’s dead now.
that’s the most China thing I’ve read all month
My dumbass misread it as Hitler and got very confused as to why the fuhrer had come back from the dead to chase after Chinese waterfalls.
Not seeing the point here…
I used to live in China, and I remember going to a natural area which also had waterfalls and pools. Such blue water. Upon closer inspection, I noticed stains by the waterline. Blue stains. Turns out they were just adding blue coloring to the whole water system to make it look like a postcard.
The damn Chinese cheat at everything
If he publicly posted this video, I can assure you he’s going to have a hard time when he tries to go back to China in the future
Famous Super Lucky Pipe!
is anything in or from china NOT counterfeit?
Does it matter if it’s fake if it’s a nice attraction? Genuine question. I feel like if the experience was nice I wouldn’t care personally.
Great Wall of China is made of foam blocks. What other examples can you think of?
hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahh
Everything in China is fake.