Tourism characteristics of Dengfeng stargazing platform

Located in Gaocheng Town, 0/0 km southeast of Dengfeng City (Gaocheng is Guyangcheng, the capital of Xia Dynasty, the earliest private ownership dynasty in China, and the hometown of the first peasant uprising leader in China history, which was once regarded as the center of heaven and earth in history), it is one of the eight scenic spots in Songshan Mountain. The Observatory was founded by Guo Shoujing, an astronomer in Yuan Dynasty. It is the oldest existing observatory in China and one of the most famous astronomical science buildings in the world. It reflects the outstanding achievements of ancient scientists in China in astronomy and is of great value in the history of astronomy and architecture in the world. On March 4th, 2008, it was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.5438+0961. The stellar observatory was built in the 13th year of Zhiyuan (AD 1276), with a history of more than 700 years. Its function is to measure the shadow of the sun during the day and watch the Polaris at night, so as to seize the day. Through field tests, Guo Shoujing has mastered the operating laws of the sun, the moon, the stars and the earth, determined the precise times of the 24 solar terms, summer solstice, winter solstice, vernal equinox and autumn equinox in a year, and implemented the most advanced calendar in the world at that time, namely the service calendar, and calculated a tropical year with 365 days, 5: 49, 65,438+02 seconds, which is only 26 seconds away from the current calculation. At the same time, there is a "viewing platform" in the viewing platform, which was built by Ji Dan, the fourth son of Zhou Wenwang. It is an instrument for ancient ancestors to measure the shadow of the sun and verify the four seasons. After the demise of the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty was established. As the saying goes, "He who wins the Central Plains wins the world". So the Zhou Dynasty wanted to build its capital in the Central Plains, which is now Luoyang. In order to meet the needs of political rule and find accurate astronomical basis for Luoyang, the capital of the East, Duke Ji Dan of Zhou built the "Moon Watching Platform". Ji Dan, the Duke of Zhou, also established the "winter solstice", "summer solstice", "vernal equinox" and "autumn equinox" through on-the-spot observation on the observatory, and delineated the four seasons of "spring, summer, autumn and winter".

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