The summer of Qianlong for eight years is called the hottest summer in the history of China. How hot is it?

Eight years of Qianlong, the hottest summer in history, the highest temperature can reach 45 degrees Celsius, which is directly hot enough to kill people. "You can cook an egg in the street" is not an exaggeration, but it can be realized. As for the heat, there is also conclusive evidence to study.

"Qingcheng County Records" said: "The drought is thousands of miles away, and all the appliances in the house are very hot, and the southwest wind bakes the plants and trees. In June, many people in Wuding Prefecture of Tianjin fled and were mostly killed by heat. " In June of the eighth year of Qianlong, because the weather was too hot, the water was evaporated and there was no water to drink. Everyone died of thirst. The furniture, utensils, pots and pans at home are extremely hot. So in this case, people choose to escape and want to go to a cool summer resort.

But he died of heat before he ran far, and the road was full of charred bodies. "Fushan County Records" records that "summer and May are very hot, and many passers-by suddenly die in the wild, especially in the capital, and many people who do business in the capital die of the heat." The heat killed many people who went to Beijing on business. At that time, people didn't have fans or air conditioners. It is likely that it is hotter in the house than outside the street. Then you can only relieve the heat by drinking water.

However, some businessmen aimed at this business opportunity and raised the water price much more expensive than oil. It's really hard to get rare things! Then the poor who have no money can only die of thirst alive. At that time, missionaries from France also recorded this situation. Our highest temperature now is about 42 degrees Celsius, so you can imagine how hot it was then.