Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - "When toad shouts, it must be raining heavily." Does toad really have the ability to predict the weather?

"When toad shouts, it must be raining heavily." Does toad really have the ability to predict the weather?

Toad personally thinks it has the ability to forecast the weather, because it is a spirit between heaven and earth and is very sensitive to rain, so it also has this ability.

The living habits of animals are closely related to weather changes. Before the weather changes, they will have some special behaviors and certain laws, which can play a role in forecasting the weather. Therefore, I seize this feature and make full use of the opportunity to design the activity of "Animals that can forecast the weather" to guide children to learn some skills of inferring and forecasting the weather according to the special performance of animals, so that children can understand the relationship between some meteorological changes and changes in animal habits. This will not only enable children to acquire scientific knowledge in a pleasant atmosphere, but also help to stimulate children's curiosity and desire to express, improve their interest and ability to explore the mysteries of the weather, and sprout their love for science.

This is a rural proverb about climate. For thousands of years, for a long time, almost all farmers' income came from farming. The crops in the field grow well and sleep with steamed bread for a year. If the crops in the field don't grow well, they may go hungry this year. Farming is the foundation of farmers, and whether crops can grow well depends largely on the weather in the past. If we can predict the weather in advance, we can avoid risks in advance. To this end, industrious and intelligent people, by observing the weather laws and constantly summing up, came up with one sentence after another about the climate, which was widely circulated in rural areas. It is such a climate proverb that "the water tank sweats toad, and the heavy rain takes less time".

When your mouth and tongue are useless, jump into a pond or stream to soak in water to help dissipate heat. So finding a "dog in the water" indicates that it is going to rain. When it is cold, the dog crouches on the haystack and uses his mouth as a "heater" to warm his navel, which indicates that a cold wave is coming. Toad and toad are also experts in prediction.