The Chinese understanding of meteorites with how

Meteorites fell to earth through the earth's atmosphere, from the space of natural solid flow (stars), also called meteorites.Often named after landing or found in the names.Such as meteorites fall in xinyang city of henan province are called xinyang meteorites.The ancient Chinese have long record of the meteorite."Bamboo annals" and "the book" ancient books, there are "huffer seven years; and the vibration mount tai", "xia jie decade, zhongxing meteorite is like" etc, it is also about the earliest in the worldThe earthquakeAnd a transcript of the meteorite fall.

The spring and autumn annals, "Xi sixteen years spring, Wang Zhengyue e ShenShuo, meteorites in the song dynasty five."Zuozhuan, explained: "sixteen years spring, meteorites in the song dynasty five, meteorites also."Confirmed by the archaeological, meteorites here in north henan province ShangQiu County today.Zuozhuan is the first time put forward the meteorite is star meteor to say, than the europeans recognise this as early as two thousand years.

The ancients not only realize the meteorites, do know use of meteorites.Chaff city county in hebei province in China in the mid of the shang dynasty tombs, unearthed a copper iron blade tomahawk, the research proves that copper ye-tomahawk consists of octahedral iron blade forging iron meteorites.濬 county in henan province was unearthed at the two bronze weapons, its iron and iron blade signing part is composed of forging iron meteorites.China is the world's earliest made of iron meteorite weapons and other implements in the world.