Resident Chen Jinwen and his granddaughter look at the iron bull, a mythical character legendarily putting down the Qiantang River spring tide, in Yanguan Town of Haining City under Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 19, 2009. People living along China's Yangtze River will have a chance to witness the longest total solar eclipse this century on July 22. Jiaxing has been specified by the National Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences as one of the eight observation places of the solar eclipse in China. Renowned Qiantang River spring tide will occur with the total solar eclipse simultaneously on Wednesday in Yanguan Town, as July 22 is the first day of the sixth month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, on which the spring tide usually appears on the Qiantang River. [Xinhua]

People view the newly-installed sundial donated by the National Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to mark the spot for observing the forthcoming total solar eclipse, in Yanguan Town of Haining City under Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, on July 19, 2009. [Xinhua]