[Rockhounds] Hiker finds pipe feeding China's tallest waterfall

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

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
<https://www.douyin.com/video/7376017078786084137> 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.


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