There will definitely be a lot of people at the Zhejiang Tide Watching Festival. Friends who drive there will definitely face traffic jams. Here are the relevant transportation guides for reference. The main reason is that Yanguan Scenic Area requires you to bring a pass before you can pass. Transportation guide (recommended self-driving routes)

Hangzhou-Yanguan

Route 1: Hangzhou-Puzhou Expressway-Yanguan exit to the scenic spot

Route 2: Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway (exit at Linping Exit) - Provincial Road 01 - Tide Viewing Avenue in Scenic Spots

Line 3: Hanghai Road - Provincial Road 01 - Tide Viewing Avenue in Scenic Spots

Shanghai - Yan Official

Route 1: Hangpu Expressway—Exit at Yanguan Exit to the scenic spot

Route 2: Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway (exit at Wangdian Exit)—Jiahai Highway—Provincial Highway 01 Shanghai Hangzhou Double Line (East-West Avenue)—Scenic Spot Guanchao Avenue

Jiangsu—Yanguan

Zhajiasu Expressway—Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway (exit at Wangdian Exit)—Jiahai Highway—Province 01 Route Shanghai-Hangzhou Double Line (East-West Avenue) - Scenic Spot Chaoguan Avenue

Ningbo-Yanguan

Route 1: Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway-Hangzhou Ring East Line-Hangpu Expressway-Yanguan Exit the scenic spot

Route 2: Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway - East Ring Road (Haining Interchange) - Provincial Highway 01 - Scenic Spot Chaoguan Avenue

Jinhua - Yanguan

Line 1: Hangjin-Qu Expressway - East Ring Line of Hangzhou City Ring - Hangpu Expressway - Exit Yanguan Exit to the scenic spot

Line 2: Hangzhou Jin-Qu Expressway - East Line of Ring Ring (Haining Interconnection) - 01 Provincial Highway - Scenic Area Tide Watching Avenue Avoid Congested Sections

Tourists who drive private cars to watch the tide, please avoid the area around Haining Leather City (this section is an intercity railway construction section), which is quite congested.

Every year as tide watching time approaches, it is “hard to find a parking space” in the Yanguan Scenic Area, and the roads near the scenic area are crowded with traffic. The police would like to remind everyone to try to choose public transportation (tide watching line)! Limited access with passes

From 8:00 to 17:00 every day from September 13th to 17th (the 15th to 19th of the eighth lunar month), cars (except large buses) can enter the Yanguan Tidal Scenic Area with a pass.

Tide viewing vehicles can go to the 525 National Highway Guoyan Line Intersection, 525 National Highway Taoweng Line Intersection, G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway Yanguan Exit, Tongjiu Line Chaoyong Intersection, Qijing Line Chaoyong Intersection and Qijing Line Apply for a tide-watching vehicle pass on site at the Wengjin Line intersection, or apply for an electronic tide-watching vehicle pass in advance via WeChat. The vehicles to which the pass is applicable and the time to enter the scenic area

1. Small buses and medium-sized buses.

2. Valid until the specified time on the day.

On September 13 and 14 (the fifteenth and sixteenth days of the eighth lunar month), please enter the scenic spot before 10:00;

September 15 and On September 16 (the 17th and 18th days of the eighth lunar month), please enter the scenic spot before 10:00;

On September 17 (the 19th day of the eighth lunar month), please enter the scenic spot before 12:00 before entering the scenic spot.

Jiaxing-registered cars are allowed to pass with odd and even numbers

From 8:00 to 17:00 on September 15th and 16th (the 17th and 18th of the eighth lunar month), in Haining Roads in the area enclosed by National Highway 524, Dingyuan Line, Xinhai Line, National Highway 525, Xinxing Road (excluding the above roads) and G92 Hangzhou Bay Ring Expressway Haining South, Yanguan, Hujiadou exit, Jiaxing nationality (Zhejiang F number) Small passenger cars with odd and even numbers will be allowed to pass, that is, vehicles with an odd number at the end of the license plate on September 15 will be allowed to pass, and vehicles with an even number at the end of the license plate on September 16 will be allowed to pass.

Once the traffic flow in the scenic spot is saturated, the traffic police will divert the traffic in advance

When the traffic flow in the relevant scenic spots along the tide-watching route reaches saturation, the traffic police department will simultaneously implement emergency control and prohibit vehicles from entering the scenic spots. Therefore, please be sure to enter the scenic spot in advance to wait for the tide.