Shanghaiqixiang Museum Review

Shanghai Meteorological Museum, the former site of Shanghai Xujiahui Observation Station, is a popular science venue that integrates Shanghai's meteorological development history, meteorological collection display, and meteorological science interaction. The meteorological museum is open for free.

Xuhui Meteorological Museum in the Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, visits need to be reserved on the public account in advance. The museum is opened in a small three-story brick and wooden building, which is open to tourists mainly to visit the space from the first floor to the second floor, showing the history of the events and development that have been bearing in mind for 140 years of Xujiahui Observation Deck.

The Xujiahui Observatory, once known as the "first meteorological station in the Far East", has now become the Shanghai Meteorological Museum in the Xujiahuiyuan Scenic Area. The former site of the Xujiahui Observatory was first built in 1873 by the Catholic Jesuit Church and is the first observation platform on the coast of China. Since the launch of meteorological observation on December 1, 1872, meteorological observation in Shanghai has been uninterrupted for more than 100 years. As one of the first institutions in the world to start to work on meteorological work, the continuous observation of Xujiahui Observatory provides valuable meteorological information for China and the global meteorological forecast and climate change research. The existing observation deck was completed in 1900. It is three floors high and belongs to the Roman style. It has a water brick wall, red brick window frame, round arched window, and a treasure-bottle railing. The center is built with a brick and wooden structure, with a height of 40 meters and a Beckley wind direction wind speedometer. Xu Jiahui Observatory was determined by the International Astronomical Association as a standard timepiece. In 1926 and 1933, he participated in the international longitude joint measurement mission twice, becoming the benchmark point of gravity acceleration, and is one of the three benchmark points in the world. In that year, the Bund signal tower and Xujiahui Observatory contacted by telephone to determine the wind balloons that were required to be hung every day, and to make meteorological forecasts for ships passing by the Huangpu River. Wind balls of different shapes represent different meteorological conditions. If a typhoon strikes, the signal tower will hang a flag or wind ball that indicates the typhoon strength, direction of movement, longitude and latitude.

Unexpectedly, not only the tour is free, but also there is a guide accompanying the whole process. The explanation is very detailed and there will be interactive questions. It adds a lot of fun and lets the visitors get a lot of knowledge. Moreover, the young interpreter sister is also quite high.

1) Meteorological Museum Building: The long-term sequence climate data collected by Xu Jiahui Observatory for 149 consecutive years has made outstanding contributions to the World Meteorological Organization's global system and plan. 2) Windball: 1-10 indicates the size of the wind, and now Hong Kong and Macao also use this system 3) Very artistic hygrometer: high humidity, The man who played the umbrella turned out; the humidity was low, and the beauty came out 4) put the high air ball: I just watched Xu Fan's "Everything About My Mother" two days ago, and I finally understood what it was doing 5) Xujiahui Observation Deck First Director: Neng Ens 6) Xujiahui Meteorological Observatory issued a climate report (current weather forecast) to the people of the city for the first time.7) Shanghai was hit by a strong typhoon in 1879. Neng Ens wrote a paper "Typhoon July 31, 1879" by analyzing meteorological data from the lighthouse stations along the coast and the surrounding stations. A clear typhoon eye was drawn for the first time in a record, and the typhoon was analyzed and forecasted. He pioneered the record of typhoon paths in the history of meteorology in the Far East, and established a perfect forecast system. 8) Storm Bottle: Cultural and Creative with Scientific Principles