What happened in the summer of the eighth year of Qianlong's reign, known as "the hottest summer in Chinese history"?

As the climate development trend of global warming has become a cruel reality, the unbearable heat in hot summer has become the norm. Although various refrigeration appliances including air conditioners can create a comfortable indoor environment, However, the high temperature of 37 or 8 degrees is still difficult for people to adapt to. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that in the Qing Dynasty without air conditioning, more than 10,000 people died due to the high temperature in summer. This happened in 1743 AD, which was the eighth year of Qianlong's reign. According to the true historical facts of 2016, the summer of that year once reached a high temperature of 44.4°C.

It is precisely because such high temperatures have not occurred before that the expression "the hottest summer in Chinese history" appeared. Although there is no clear official explanation so far, from a theoretical level It is said that it is nothing more than natural factors such as the internal movement of the earth or the periodic movement of galaxies. After all, the occurrence of extreme weather is usually beyond human control, so this guess is quite convincing.

Although the Qing Dynasty was peaceful and peaceful during the Qianlong period, there was no developed industry at that time, and the atmospheric environment was naturally not as seriously polluted as modern society. Therefore, the term global warming cannot explain the situation at that time. In extremely hot weather, although the royal nobles did everything possible to escape the heat and cool down, ordinary people had nothing to do. As a result, more than 10,000 people lost their lives due to the high temperature that year.

As of now, there is still no authoritative official statement on the extreme high temperature weather that year. Naturally, as a bystander, we cannot give a reasonable explanation. This also objectively reflects the seriousness of summer high temperatures. The harm cannot be underestimated. If the global warming caused by environmental pollution is not alleviated, we may encounter similar natural phenomena in our lifetime.