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When was the earliest recorded weather phenomenon in ancient China?

As early as 3000 years ago in Shang Dynasty, China recorded weather phenomena. In the second volume of the ancient book Huangdi Neijing Suwen, people's ideas about the water cycle and the formation of clouds and rain at that time were recorded. The book wrote: "The sky is cloudy and the weather is rainy. Rain comes from the ground and clouds come from the weather. " The meaning of this passage is: "the reason why clouds keep forming is because the water on the ground keeps evaporating and accumulating in the sky." It rains because the clouds have fallen. Although the rain fell from the sky and traced back to its source, it was because of the rise of underground water vapor. Although clouds are formed by evaporation of water on the ground, the water on the ground is supplied by rain. " Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty also had a similar explanation in On the Balance of Days: "Rain doesn't come from the ground to the world. It was called the world when it came from the last episode, but it was actually on the ground." These explanations show that people in China knew the continuous cycle of rain as early as the Han Dynasty.