A Study Of Climate Change In The Middle And Lower Reaches Of The Yangtze River During The Ming Dynasty

This paper is based on the large number of documents, trying to restore the climate change in the Lower Reaches of the Changjiang River of Ming Dynasty, and explore the relationship between climate change and human society. First, collect the climate information from the documents in the Lower Reaches of the Changjiang River, and analysis the characteristics, the resolution, and the use of the climate information, in order to provide a solid basis for the discussion. Second, the temperature study is important content of this research.The author widely collected material, especially collecte and extract spring phenology evidence from essays and diarys.To establish year-to-year spring phenology sequence, through the spring phenology sequence to reflect the climate change of Ming dynasty. In addition, and use wheat harvest, the north border of citrus planting to prove the climate change of Ming dynasty. Third, precipitation study is another important content of historical climate research, so this paper discusses the report system and form of raining in the Ming Dynasty firsr. Then reconstruct the characteristics of Meiyu in the Lower Reaches of the Changjiang River. Fourth, reconstruct the extreme weather events of Ming Dynasty. Finally, discuss the influence of climate change and the adaptation of human society in the form of typical cases.