Why can't the stone lion and the ball figure out?

A stone lion grows in a wing about 10 square meter high for five groups of retired cadres in Yuantai Village, Kedian Township, Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province.

Gao Tao, who is in his 60s, said that this house was built by his first four generations. I didn't dig a small stone on the foundation because I felt very laborious at that time. Over the past 350 years, this stone has gradually grown into a large stone lion about 360 cm long, 230 cm wide and 2 10 cm high, and this stone lion is still growing.

This stone lion is also a local "volunteer weatherman". Once the stone lion "sweats", it will rain; If the sweat rolls up, there will be a big storm.

Why did this stone grow up? Also forecast the weather? People don't know why.

Luo, a Buyi villager in Jianpiao Village, Yang Ya Township, Huishui County, Guizhou Province, treasures a stone. Under the condition of constant volume, the weight can be increased or decreased by 2 kilograms.

This stone is an oval sphere with a major axis of 29. 1 cm, a minor axis of 25.9 cm, a thickness of 18.2 cm and a circumference of 88 cm. The weight was measured at Luojia site, and the result was: 1 1: 13, weighing 24.825 kg; 1 1: 43 and 12: 08 both weigh 22.825kg；; 12: 28 The weight increased to 23.875 kg. This stone is bronzed. On its surface, there is a clearly visible pattern as big as pangolin scales, and seven palm-like patterns of different sizes are also clearly visible. The two horseshoe-like patterns are symmetrical.

What is the reason why the weight of this stone ball changes with time? The "ghost market" on the top of Shennongjia Mountain

The majestic Shennong is magnificent, magnificent. Here, I don't know how many magical and attractive natural mysteries are hidden, which is fascinating and amazing. "Ghost Town" is one of the magnificent scenery.

Ghost market is also called "mountain city" and "mirage in the mountain". Xingshan County Records in Qing Dynasty vividly recorded Shennongjia's "ghost city": "Shennongjia ... is the boundary mountain of three cities (Fangxian, Xingshan and Badong), and it is a Shennongjia. Gao Sai is the deepest and most dangerous place in Sanyi, where there are many wild animals and Baiyao is produced. In March of the 10th year of Guangxu (A.D. 1884), Chen Hongqing (a native of Xingshan County), a Yi nationality, passed the colored flag (now Caiqi Village, Zhenming Town, Shennongjia Forest Area) and looked at the snow scene in Shennong. The natives said: it often rains and snows in August on the mountain, and it will only clear up in June next year; Often in the middle of great injustice. At the beginning of the long rain, the peaks are looming, just like a village in the city, saying it is a mountain city; Every year on Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and New Year's Eve, I hear firecrackers and drums. It is also common to see big people. "

In this passage, "Shennong Mountain" is the highest peak in Shennongjia-Shennong Peak, with an altitude of 3105.4m; The "great man" is the huge footprint of the legendary "savage". The mysterious and strange "mountain city" described in Xingshan county annals, even in Shennongding's "firecrackers and drums", left a mystery to future generations.

So, what is a "mountain city"? His name is not found in Ci Hai and Ci Yuan. In the Chinese dictionary, "mountain city" is interpreted as "a mirage in the mountains", without detailed explanation. In the Qing Dynasty, Pu Songling recorded in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "Huanshan (located in present-day Zibo City, Shandong Province) is a mountain city, and it is a land of outstanding people. I haven't seen you for years. Yu Nian, the grandson, was drinking with his fans upstairs when he suddenly saw an isolated tower rising from the mountain and reaching high into the sky. I am puzzled by each other, but there is no such monastery recently. Nothing, I didn't know it was a mountain city until I saw dozens of palaces ... I also heard that there were early walkers. I saw a crowded city on the mountain, so it was also called' ghost town'. "

It can be seen that the ancients have already witnessed the spirit of Shennongjia's "ghost market". Since the 1970s and 1980s, Shennongjia has been famous at home and abroad for its confusing barbarism and fantastic and mysterious "strange light". Crowds of tourists step into this strange land with beautiful fantasies, and more people are fortunate to witness the wonders of Shennongjia's "ghost market". While people marvel at the beauty of nature, they can't help asking a question from the bottom of their hearts: how did the "ghost market" come into being?

Scientists tell us that, just like natural wonders such as "strange light" and "sea market", "ghost market" is not formed by monsters such as dragons and giant clams, nor is it deliberately created by monsters, but a strange and rare optical phenomenon. This is a masterpiece of nature. When natural light refracts (or is accompanied by total reflection) through air layers with different densities, the surrounding scenery will be displayed in the air or on the ground. In this way, people standing in the distance can see all kinds of strange visions.

In addition, according to the shapes of different images, scientists also divide "mirage" into various types, such as mirage at the top (front view), mirage at the bottom (inverted image) and mirage at the side (oblique image). Mirages are also divided into "mountain cities" (that is, "ghost cities") and "sea cities" (that is, mirage) according to different altitudes or regions.

It is worth mentioning that "sea market" mostly occurs in the ocean, seaside or desert; "Mountain City" is in high mountains, especially famous mountains. It is more complicated, strange and changeable than the "sea city". At the top of towering cliffs or peaks, people are falling, and the "mountain city" that comes and goes without a trace makes people suspicious. Therefore, among the people, people call it "ghost market".

According to the analysis of the existing data, scientists pointed out that Shennongjia is the highest altitude area where "ghost market" has been found since ancient times in China, and it is also a frequent area of "ghost market". Why does nature only favor Shennongjia and give her so many rare natural landscapes? When we naturally associate the ghost market with the savage, unicorn, strange light and strange cave in Shennongjia, we will be more and more attracted by her endless charm.

But according to the principle of physics, "mirage" should be tangible and silent. However, the wonder of Shennongjia's ghost market is that people have heard of "firecrackers and drums in time". In the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu also heard the "voices of horses and chariots, people and animals" from the "mirage". What happened? When can I explain this sound clearly? It's a mirage. We look forward to solving this natural mystery as soon as possible.