Hiker finds secret WATERPIPE supplying China's tallest waterfall - forcing officials to apologise for misleading tourists

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[algore]

Chinese officials have been forced to apologise after a hiker found a secret waterpipe supplying China's tallest waterfall.

The video, posted to TikTok's sister app Douyin on Sunday, showed a large water main embedded at the top of Yuntai Mountain Waterfall, touted as China's tallest uninterrupted waterfall.

Millions of tourists visit the 1024ft-tall waterfall every year, drawn in by the ancient geological formations that date back more than a billion years.

Officials for Yuntai Mountain Geopark, a UNESCO-listed site, made a bizarre social media post, apologising for the additional pipe by speaking as the waterfall itself.

'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 every time you come to see me,' the post read.

'I made a small enhancement during the dry season only so I would look my best to meet my friends.'

Park officials also told local media that the water they used in the pipe was spring water, adding that it would not damage the waterfall itself.

[algore]

[crusty old prospector]

Ruh roh, Shaggy.

[j.havenfarm]

Sigh. Now Im not going. Instead I’ll check out the pandas at the Taizhou Zoo

[Jonty30]

Nothing about China is real.

[TonyinLA]

NOt surprising. Most things chinese are slapped-together fake crap.

Not a biggie though, If I went to the attraction I’d rather see pumped water flowing over the falls than no water.

[Leep]

Weird.

[abb]

Probably got the idea from the fake waterfalls at Branson, MO’s Top of the Rock and Dogwood Canyon.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

That’s funny.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Everything out of China, at some level, is a lie.

All products from China, at some level, are poisoned.

You have been informed.

What you do with that information is up to you but you can not say you were not informed.

[marktwain]

This is what you get when you value image over substance.

I find it very amusing, and educational.

[Fledermaus]

I worked for a luxury hotel chain, small one. Was at the Tucson property in a canyon. We pumped water to the small waterfall.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A Potemkin waterfall.

[BobL]

Note how the Zeepers have NEVER said a bad word about this Waterfall, or anything else in China...one has to wonder just who they answer too.

[Fungi]

All form, no substance.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Many scenic waterfalls around the world do this. Otherwise 3/4 of the year they are dry!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Next they'll be telling us that the water is piped to this waterfall, too!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

How did they keep the construction workers quiet about this? Hmmmm?

[HP8753]

In a related story. The hiker didn’t come home and hasn’t been seen for days.

[j.havenfarm]

Whoa. Where is that?

[Right Wing Vegan]

The idea of creating artistic scenery artificially openly is not the same idea as pushing something artificially enhanced as “natural”. The latter is China’s specialty.