What meteorological instruments were invented in ancient China?

Our country has been using meteorological instruments to observe weather conditions for a long time. It was the first country to invent the wind direction gauge and rain gauge. Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty invented the wind-waiting seismometer in 132 AD. It erects a 5-foot (about 16.7 meters) high pole with a rotating copper bird on it. According to the direction in which the copper bird rotates with the wind, you can tell the direction of the wind. This is similar to the rooster recorded in foreign books in the 12th century, which is 1,000 years later than the record of the bronze bird.

In ancient my country, there was also a wind direction flag with a small bell tied to the flag and hung on a high pole. Look at the direction the flag is blowing and you will know what kind of wind it is blowing. This is similar to a modern windsock.

Our country was the first to use rain gauges. It is described in the "Shu Shu Jiu Zhang" of the Song Dynasty in 1247. The size of the rain gauge is uniform and standard, with a cylinder diameter of 14 cm and a copper rain measuring scale.

However, for a long time, in addition to using a few meteorological instruments, weather forecasting mainly relied on physical and celestial phenomena.

In the 17th century, scientists invented the barometer and thermometer, and then successively invented the thermometer and anemometer, so that the weather conditions in a certain place could be quantitatively measured.