A hiker posted a video showing the water flow of the fall was coming from a pipe built into the rock face.
  • Hiker finds pipe feeding China’s tallest waterfall, sparking social media controversy and investigation by local government officials.
  • Yuntai tourism park operators admit to using a pipe to enhance waterfall flow during dry season to maintain visitor satisfaction.
  • Social media users express mixed reactions, with some understanding the situation while others criticize the artificial enhancement of natural landscapes.
  • Seasm0ke@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    23 days ago

    Ive seen the same thing at waterfalls in state parks. Its probably super common around the world by now.

    Edit: Logging back in to Lemmy like Dang thats a lot of mad neoliberals confusing an inconvenient fact for defense of the CCP.

    • MajorHavoc@programming.devEnglish
      41·
      23 days ago

      Yeah. I’m trying to think of a tourist attraction with a small waterfall, that doesn’t do this.

      The park staff is typically pretty open about it.

      Small waterfalls are seasonal, and tourists are, well differently seasonal.

      But that’s nothing that a little cheap plumbing can’t fix.

      • Seasm0ke@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 days ago

        Its not like there’s a garden hose at the other end lol. That would be more of a scandal but for real I was just at one last weekend and when I hiked to the top there was a road and a gutter system.