The glazed tiles in the Forbidden City were all sunburned. How hot is summer after eight years of drought?

The eight-year summer of Qianlong was called the hottest summer in ancient China. The continuous high temperature caused tens of thousands of people to die of heatstroke in Beijing. In the eighth year of Qianlong, that is, 1743, according to historical records, extreme high temperature weather occurred in many places in China at that time, and there were 56 high temperature areas in China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and Zhengzhou, with the highest temperature reaching 44.4 degrees Celsius. In this extremely hot weather, people died of heatstroke all over the country.

At that time, the tiles on the house were scorched by the sun, and the people who set up stalls outside were reluctant to go out to set up stalls because it was too hot outside and there was no one in the street. According to the records of Tianjin County Records and many county records, people died of heatstroke in all counties at that time. From July 14 to 25, the number of people who died of high temperature in Beijing suburbs and cities was as high as 1 1400, which shows how serious the high temperature weather was at that time, and the high temperature weather at that time has become a natural disaster.

So in such a high temperature environment, how did Emperor Qianlong, as the emperor, live? Ganlong extends in all directions. Even in such hot weather, Qianlong will not be too hot, because the ancients also had a secret recipe for summer vacation. In ancient times, one of the most common summer remedies for the rich was to build an ice house in winter, store the ice in the river in the ice house, and then take it out in summer and put it in the house, which can play a good role in cooling down.

In addition, there were several summer resorts during the Qianlong period. Since Beijing is too hot, don't stay in Beijing, move to a place that is not hot for the summer, and then return to Beijing when the weather turns cold.