The moon is also known as the moon, and in ancient times had the title of “Taiyin, Xuan Hare”, it is the only natural satellite of the earth, and because the moon has been locked by the earth’s tides, so the moon always has one side is back to the earth. With the change of the times, nowadays science and technology as well as equipment have long been able to board the moon to see its true appearance. In fact, as early as in ancient times, people have already understood the secrets of the moon, but it has been treated as a myth.
Chang’e running to the moon
In ancient China, there is a widespread myth about the moon, the legend says that Chang’e was punished for making a big mistake by going to the Guang Han Palace, which is on top of the moon, and there are laurel trees on the moon. Of course, people before us have a reason for the name, so as the name implies, Guang Han Gong means that the place is both vast and cold. Although there was no evidence and no scientific proof, but the ancients already knew that the moon is very cold. Modern science has been proven and learned that the average temperature on the moon is only about minus 100 degrees Celsius. This means that it is not nonsense for the ancients to call the moon a wide cold palace.
In addition, there is an ancient Chinese book called “Youyang Miscellany”, in which there is a story about a scholar who got lost on his way to the capital to take an examination, when suddenly a fog fell from the sky. The scholar was very surprised, under questioning, the old man said that the moon is uneven, the grass does not grow, he came to Earth’s purpose is to find people farming tools. Although this story is a legend, the fact that the ancient people at that time could imagine the situation of the moon has to be surprising.
Youyang Miscellaneous Works
In addition, more than 2000 years ago, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, an ancient book described the moon in this way: the surface of the moon is not solid, but hollow. Although this idea could not be detected under the historical conditions of that time, the vibrations caused on the surface of the moon by human vehicles after landing on the moon can be inferred to be a phenomenon that could only happen on a hollow sphere, which also shows the authenticity of the ancient conjecture. Perhaps not conjecture, the ancients may through the special work or other ways do know the truth about the moon.
Of course, with the progress of human technology, the true face of the moon will one day all be revealed. However, the accuracy of the ancients’ description of the moon has surprised people until now, when these statements were treated as myths by later generations, yet it was not expected to be truly confirmed after thousands of years. Today, it seems that the ancient people, who had been mistakenly thought to be lacking in expertise, had actually mastered a considerable amount of astronomical knowledge.
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