A popular waterfall in China has come under scrutiny after a video revealed the water flowing from it may actually be supplied by water pipes.
The Yuntai Waterfall-- a major tourist attraction located in Yuntai Mountain Park in China's north-central Henan province-- came under scrutiny after a video posted on Chinese social media this week showed a pipe supplying water to the 314-meter-tall waterfall.
While the video stirred much discussion, some social media users also expressed their understanding following management's explanation.
"You are there to see a peacock flaunting his tail, not to focus on the peacock’s butt," another Weibo user said, as per CNN.
The Yuntai Waterfall is considered the tallest in China.
A popular waterfall in China has come under scrutiny after a video revealed the water flowing from it may actually be supplied by water pipes.
The Yuntai Waterfall-- a major tourist attraction located in Yuntai Mountain Park in China's north-central Henan province-- came under scrutiny after a video posted on Chinese social media this week showed a pipe supplying water to the 314-meter-tall waterfall.
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The video was taken by a visitor using a drone and has gained about 14 million interactions.
After the video went viral on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, the officials said that they made a "small enhancement" during the dry season due to the lack of rainfall to ensure tourists were not disappointed.
"(The waterfall) cannot guarantee to meet the public in its most beautiful appearance due to season changes,” they said, adding that the waterfall underwent “a tiny improvement during dry season," the Yuntai Mountain Park’s management was quoted as saying by CNN.
The park’s management also expressed gratitude for the attention, promising that the waterfall would greet guests this summer in its "most perfect and most natural form."
While the video stirred much discussion, some social media users also expressed their understanding following management's explanation.
"The source of a waterfall is not what people came to see anyway, I don’t think it counts as lying to the public" a Weibo user said in a post.
"You are there to see a peacock flaunting his tail, not to focus on the peacock’s butt," another Weibo user said, as per CNN.
The Yuntai Waterfall is considered the tallest in China.
The park has an AAAAA rating, which is the highest rating given to a tourist attraction by the country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
