The origin of the Yunnan Meteorological Museum

In the city of Kunming, as long as you look up to the west, you can enjoy the famous natural landscape of Sleeping Beauty in Xishan Mountain. This is where the Kunming Xishan National Scenic Area is located, and the Yunnan Meteorological Museum stands in the "Sleeping Beauty" "The location of the abdomen - the top of Beauty Peak in Taihua Mountain.

The Yunnan Meteorological Museum was founded in 1927 and moved to its current location in 1937, at an altitude of 2,360 meters. Founded by Mr. ), it was formerly known as the "Private Weather Meteorological Institute" and the provincial "Kunming Meteorological Meteorological Institute". Its meteorological detection business continues to this day.

In the early days of Yunnan construction, Kunming urban timing, determining Kunming's longitude and latitude (the measuring point is located on the campus of today's Yunnan University), protecting Dianchi Lake, resisting Japanese invaders, astronomical observation and Yunnan Observatory site selection, local chronicle compilation, earthquake preliminary Mr. Yide and the Yide Meteorological Institute have made indelible contributions in research, urban disaster prevention and construction planning, solar eclipse observation and other aspects.

In 1993, the Yunnan Provincial People's Government listed the "Yide Meteorological Institute" as a cultural relic protection unit in Yunnan Province. Later, it was successively awarded the "Yunnan Provincial Patriotism Education Base" (Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government), Yunnan Province Science Popularization Education Base" (Yunnan Provincial Government), "National Science Popularization Education Base" (China Association for Science and Technology), "National Meteorological Science Popularization Education Base" (China Meteorological Administration) and other titles. In 2008, the Yunnan Meteorological Museum was established.

The museum displays in detail Mr. Yide's outstanding contributions in the fields of Yunnan meteorology, astronomy, earthquakes, compilation of local chronicles, and protection of Dianchi Lake. It also displays early meteorological instruments and equipment, office and living appliances, and historical meteorological data. Exhibits include atlases, land documents signed by Chairman Long Yun, inscriptions by Chu Tunan and others, selected poems by Yide, calligraphy works about Chen Yide, etc., and specially introduce Mr. Yide’s face to face with the French, Japanese, and Americans. Either purchased at a high price, or coerced or induced, Mr. Ran's patriotic feat of "rejecting foreigners three times" and other historical events; at the same time, in conjunction with the modern meteorological and atmospheric detection equipment and detection services in operation, we provide the public with an understanding of the development of natural sciences in Yunnan's meteorology, astronomy, and earthquakes. A good platform for history, popularizing meteorological science knowledge, learning meteorological knowledge, and becoming familiar with meteorological work.

Chen Bingren, also known as Yide, was born in Yanjin, Zhaotong, Yunnan, and his ancestral home is Sichuan. He was born in 1886 and died in 1958 at the age of 72. He was eager to learn since he was a child. In 1902, he took the imperial examination and ranked among the top ten in the county examination. When he took the college examination, the quota was full early and he was not admitted. After he was suspended, he was recommended to Kunming College of Higher Education to study French. While in school, he openly opposed the construction of Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, wrote poems to criticize, and graduated in 1910 with first place in the public scholarship to study in Belgium. When he wanted to study railways abroad, the Qing government sold out the "Qifu Mining Rights" in Yunnan, and he angrily gave a speech on stage and was canceled I am not eligible to study abroad, so I am blocked from studying abroad. Bingren, who was bent on studying, wanted to study abroad at his own expense, so he went to Shanghai alone to raise funds. When the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Bingren, who had already despaired of the Qing government, resolutely joined the army and directly participated in the battle to conquer Nanjing. After the "success" of the revolution, he returned to Kunming and was admitted to the Yunnan Excellent Normal University to study mathematics, physics and chemistry. After graduating with excellent results, he entered the Yunnan education sector and taught. He is known for his rigorous teaching and integrity, just as he once studied under Bingren. Mr. Chu Tunan's title is "serious in his studies, responsible for educating the younger generation, and honest as a human being." He later served as the Kunming Municipal Education Superintendent and a member of the Yunnan Education Funding Committee. During this period, Bingren realized that natural sciences such as meteorology and astronomy were "related to the international people's livelihood" and were very important, so he worked hard to study and achieved success.

In 1926, Chen Bingren was "selected by the Provincial Education Council as the Yunnan representative of the 12th National Education Federation". He took the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway from Kunming, passed through Hanoi, Vietnam, directly to Haiphong, and then transferred to a ship to arrive in Hong Kong. I landed in Shanghai and went to Nanjing to attend the National Education Work Conference, "a round trip of no less than 25,000 miles." During this period, he crossed the Yangtze River and the Yellow River several times, and made detailed inspections of education, culture, commerce, transportation, urban construction, agriculture, climate, historical sites, etc. in the four provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Zhijiang, and Hubei. He was also praised by the then director of the Central Observatory. Mr. Gao Lu "encouraged" him and purchased some meteorological and astronomical observation instruments from Shanghai at his own expense and shipped them back to Kunming. In the spring of 1927, Bingren founded the "Private Yide Temperature Testing Institute" at his own expense at No. 53 Qianju Street, Kunming City. Bingren named it Yide, which is based on the saying in "Historical Records" that "a fool will succeed after a lot of considerations". At this point, the first "weather station" run by Chinese people in Yunnan and the second in China was born in Kunming, the southwest border of China. As a result, Chen Yide and his family began to observe meteorology during the day and astronomy at night. They persisted for ten years and "never stopped." The meteorological measurement data obtained are provided free of charge to governments, schools and other institutions for use. At the same time, the weather station began to be responsible for firing noon cannons and calibrating street clocks. The influence of the Yide Weather Station was increasing day by day, which attracted the attention of foreigners. Later, the feat of "rejecting foreigners three times to demonstrate patriotism" occurred one after another.

In November 1934, the "Yide Meteorological Institute" was praised by the inspection team of the Department of Geography of Central University as "a scientific family and a hard-working institution."

On May 30, 1936, Chiang Zhongzheng, then President of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China, ordered the Yunnan Provincial Government to "try to prepare a climate testing institute as soon as possible."

This task was naturally handed over to Mr. Yide. He chose the Beauty Peak of Taihua Mountain in the West Mountain of Kunming. So the provincial government invested 1 million yuan in national currency to "buy" the Beauty Peak from Taihua Temple in Kunming. to build a climate testing station. Therefore, Mr. Yide personally designed and led the migrant workers, relying on people and horses, and it took less than a year. Even though the Provincial Kunming Meteorological Observation Institute (mainly including Yide Building and the observation site) stood on the top of Meiren Peak, Long Yun immediately The chairman personally appointed Chen Yide as the first director. The Meteorological Institute officially started meteorological observations and issued meteorological reports on June 1, 1937. At the same time, the "Private Testing Center" located at No. 53 Qianju Street stopped operating.

In 1950, when Yunnan was liberated, Mr. Xiang handed over all the data from the weather station to the People’s Government, and the weather station was renamed Taihuashan Weather Station. Until the construction and commissioning of the weather radar in 1971, Yide Building gradually became a staff dormitory. In 1993, the Kunming Meteorological and Climatology Institute was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by the Yunnan Provincial Government. It was later awarded the title of "National Science Popularization Education Base" (China Association for Science and Technology) and "Yunnan Provincial Patriotism Education Base" (Yunnan Provincial Committee and Provincial Government) , "Yunnan Provincial Science Popularization Education Base" (Yunnan Provincial Government), "National Meteorological Science Popularization Education Base" (China Meteorological Administration) and other titles. In 2008, the Yunnan Meteorological Museum was established.

Director Chen Yide served as Director until the liberation of Yunnan in 1950. After Mr. Chen handed over all the data and equipment of the weather measurement station to the People's Government, he, who was already in his sixtieth year, devoted himself to the wider field with full enthusiasm. During the frontier construction of New China, he successively served as a member of the Supervisory Committee of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, the first director of the Yunnan Provincial Museum, the chairman of the Yunnan Branch of the Chinese Meteorological Society, the vice chairman of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association, and the vice chairman of the Kunming CPPCC. In September 1958, Mr. went to Beijing to participate in the first national employee science popularization activist conference. At the meeting, he was elected as a director of the National Association for Science and Technology. After returning to Kunming, he planned to be elected as the chairman of the Yunnan Association for Science and Technology. Just when the people had high hopes for Mr. , but he died of illness at the age of 72 while on the journey of practicing his "life should be about active efforts and using your limited life to seek happiness for mankind."

Due to his indelible contributions in meteorology, astronomy, earthquakes, compilation of local chronicles, protection of Dianchi Lake, popularization of science, archaeology and other fields, he is known as the Lu Dian Emmanuel in the Chinese natural science community.