Yuntai Falls is considered China’s “tallest uninterrupted waterfall.” Officials admitted that its water is sourced from a pipe network during the drier months.
Officials at the Yuntai Mountain scenic resort admitted on Tuesday that they had made a “small enhancement” to the otherwise natural waterfall to improve the viewing experience for tourists. Shrouded in mist and towering nearly twice as high as the Washington Monument, local officials describe Yuntai Falls as China’s “tallest uninterrupted waterfall” to the millions of visitors who flock to the protected landscape every year.
But what they failed to mention until this week is that the cascade, located in China’s central Henan province, is boosted by a concealed network of water pipes.by a hiker circulated widely on Chinese social media, prompting consternation online. It showed water gushing out of pipes that had been built high up into the rock face, feeding some — if not all — of the waterfall’s flow.
Officials did not provide details on when the pipes were constructed or how frequently they were used, but suggested that tourists who visit the waterfall in the wetter summer months would witness its “magnificence in a perfect and the most natural manner.
According to Henan Daily, the video of the water pipes that prompted the admission was recorded from a steep area beyond the bounds of the permitted tourist area. “After verification from multiple sources, the scenic area found that the person who filmed the original video climbed up to the spot on a trail from another province,” the outlet reported.
One comment on Chinese news aggregator Toutiao quipped that if Dubai affixed a water pipe to the top of the Burj Khalifa — the tallest building in the world — would it not become the world’s tallest waterfall instead? Others tried to defend the intentions of the resort area’s management, with one
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