The ancients' elegant name for typhoon

The ancients nicknamed typhoons as follows:

The ancients had many kinds of elegant names for typhoons, that is, wind mania: the ancients thought that when typhoons struck, the wind was strong, crazy and blind, so they called it wind mania. Wind hurricane: Typhoons are often accompanied by strong winds and rapidly rotating airflow. This kind of strong wind is called wind hurricane, which vividly describes the storm characteristics of typhoon.

1, strong wind

Wind speed: Typhoon brings strong wind power, rolls up waves and forms wind speed surge. The ancients used this word to describe the strength of typhoon. Wind prostitution: The ancients thought that too much rain brought by typhoons would often lead to floods, so it was called wind prostitution, which means that too much rain brought by typhoons formed lewd rain.

2. Strong winds and heavy rains

Wind and waves: the strong winds and waves brought by typhoons make the sea rough, which the ancients called wind and waves, vividly depicting the scene of ocean storms brought by typhoons. Wind haze: The ancients thought that the strong wind and heavy rain brought by typhoon would cause dust and haze, so it was called wind haze. This word vividly expresses the bad weather conditions brought by typhoon.

3. Natural disasters

Wind monster: The ancients thought that typhoon was a natural disaster with mysterious and supernatural power, so it was called wind monster, which expressed the fear and awe of typhoon. In a word, the ancients called typhoons in various ways, which reflected the ancients' cognition and feelings about typhoons and also showed the richness and beauty of Chinese.

Expand knowledge:

Typhoon, English: typhoon, belongs to a kind of tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclone is a low-pressure vortex that occurs on the surface of tropical or subtropical ocean, and it is a powerful and profound tropical weather system. In China, tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific are classified into six grades according to the maximum average wind speed and wind speed near the center of the surface layer, and the wind force near the center reaches 12 or more, which is collectively called typhoon.

Typhoons often bring strong winds, heavy rains and storm surges, which not only bring disasters to human beings, but also bring benefits to human beings. Typhoon has brought abundant fresh water resources to human beings, which is of great significance for improving fresh water supply and ecological environment.