How did the ancients predict the weather?

We know that with the development of science and technology, the instruments used to predict the weather are more and more advanced, and the prediction results are more and more accurate. But in ancient times when technology was underdeveloped, how did the ancients predict the weather more?

First, identify the weather according to clouds and winds. Where does Lv Chunqiu go? Mountain clouds, water clouds, dry clouds, rain clouds? Clouds indicating different weather are classified. Moreover, the ancients also summarized the proverbs of weather and meteorology according to the thickness and color of clouds. You can also predict the weather according to different wind directions, such as? East wind sends wet west wind dry, south wind is warm and north wind is cold? .

Second, the ancient meteorological bureau. In ancient times, although there was not such a perfect testing department as we are now, there was A Qin Tian Jian, a government department, which was similar to our current meteorological bureau. This department has the functions of observing astronomical phenomena and calculating solar terms.

Third, predict the weather according to the behavior of animals. ? Dragonflies fly very low. Is it going to rain? This sentence should be too familiar. The sensory system of animals is very acute, and the ancients were able to predict the weather according to their behavior. For example, there are water droplets in the spider web in the morning, which means the weather is fine, because the temperature is low in sunny morning, and the water vapor in the air will condense into water droplets on the spider web. Frogs chirping, ants moving and earthworms coming out of the hole all indicate that the weather conditions are different.

Four or twenty-four solar terms and agricultural proverbs. In fact, we also attach great importance to the 24 solar terms, such as beginning of spring, beginning of autumn and the Millennium. Twenty-four solar terms can reflect the change of seasons, which is of great help to ancient people's agricultural operations. At the same time, it also summarizes the 24 solar terms we are listening to now, and at the same time, it also leads to more agricultural proverbs, such as? The autumnal equinox is early, the first frost is late, and the cold dew is planting wheat at that time? Wait a minute.

The ancients predicted the weather mostly by the experience accumulated in life. Although the accuracy is lower than now, it also reflects the wisdom of the people at that time.