Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather forecast - As early as many years ago, weather phenomena were recorded in China.

As early as many years ago, weather phenomena were recorded in China.

As early as 3,000 years ago, there were records about the weather in Jia Shu of Yin Dynasty in China.

Scholars who study Oracle Bone Inscriptions have classified the contents of divination, some of which are divided into 9 categories, and some are divided into 12. Meteorological contents include: the year of divination, the rain of divination (including wind, snow, fog, fog, hail, etc. ), divination day and divination day. Weather phenomena are recorded in these items, and there are some clouds and abnormal phenomena, all of which are in disorder. The weather phenomena recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions are very complete and detailed, including precipitation, weather conditions, wind, fog, atmospheric photoelectric phenomena and so on. Precipitation phenomenon is divided into rain, snow, hail, frost and so on. And the rain is analyzed in detail, which makes meteorology have a prototype. Whether the soothsayer Wang will encounter heavy rain when he goes out hunting can be called "ancient weather forecast"