Chapter 15 Chapter 5 Observation of Strange Astronomical Phenomena

The sun and the moon are the most important stars in the sky. People rely on the sun during the day and the light provided by the moon at night for activities and survival.Because of this, people pay special attention to the observation of the sun and moon.People have noticed for a long time that sometimes the light of the sun or the moon will suddenly disappear. People don't understand the reason for the disappearance. If they disappear once they don't come back, what a disaster it will bring to mankind!This cannot but cause people to panic.It is precisely for this reason that China has long paid attention to the observation of solar and lunar eclipses, recorded the date and time of eclipses, and the size of the covered area, adopted methods of saving the sun and the moon, and explored the occurrence of solar and lunar eclipses. s reason.The earliest record of a solar eclipse in my country that has history can be found on an oracle bone of the Yin Dynasty. After people's research, this solar eclipse occurred on May 26, 1217 BC. This is the earliest record of a solar eclipse in human history. Reliable record.The record of lunar eclipse is earlier than this time, and there are five lunar eclipses that occurred in the 14th and 13th centuries BC.

Ancient Chinese astronomers were very diligent in observing solar and lunar eclipses, and recorded abundantly, and kept the long-term continuity of records.For example, in the chronicle "Spring and Autumn", there are 37 solar eclipses recorded in 294 years from 770 BC to 476 BC. According to research, most of the records are reliable.Since then, solar eclipse records since the 3rd century AD and lunar eclipse records since the 5th century AD have continued into modern times.