Mysterious weather phenomena in Nanchang: Is the end of the world near?

[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, April 14, 2024]On the afternoon of April 13, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province was hit by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning, and hail. The day instantly turned into night, with lightning and thunder, and hail poured down. Local netizens described it as a doomsday scene.

According to videos uploaded on the Internet, the sky in Nanchang suddenly became dark that afternoon, and the day instantly turned into night. The sky was as dark as ink, with thunder and lightning, and heavy rain. Someone said, “It’s hailing so hard.”

Some netizens said in the video that it is now around 1 o’clock in the afternoon on the 13th. Look at the sky, it is already dark in Nanchang. Is it different from that at night? The storm was so violent that the sky in Nanchang was about to collapse. Someone said, “Oh my God, it looks like the end of the world.”

The Nanchang Meteorological Observatory issued a yellow rainstorm warning signal at 13:40 on April 13. It is expected that in the next 6 hours, the cumulative rainfall in some areas of Nanchang City will reach more than 50 mm, and local areas may be accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation, strong thunder and lightning, and thunderstorms. Strong convective weather such as strong winds and hail.

Some netizens laughed at themselves, “People in Nanchang had two dinners today.”

Someone said, “This is the first time in my life that I have seen such a dark day.”

“It’s so scary. It’s dark here now, just like at night.”

“The sound of thunder is so scary.”

“Today, many shacks were blown down in Qingshanhu District and Changdongnan District of Nanchang, and big trees were broken.”

“What’s going on? There was a violent storm last time in Nanchang this year, and it’s hail again this time.”

“What’s happening in Nanchang recently? There are so many violent storms, lightning, and thunder.”

“Is Nanchang breaking a rule of heaven?” “The whole comment section is talking about Locking Longjing, what’s going on?” “There’s something wrong with Locking Longjing.” “The chain is broken, fix it quickly.”

In the early morning of March 31, violent storms suddenly occurred in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. At that time, many high-rise windows were blown away by strong winds. Three people in a community were blown downstairs by strong winds and died. A large number of outdoor air conditioners were displaced and fell. At least four people were killed and more than ten people were injured.

From 6 pm on April 2 to the early morning of April 3, in just 6 hours, there were 44,230 lightning strikes across the sky.

During this thunderstorm, the news that the chain locking Longjing Palace in Nanchang Wanshou Palace broke, aroused public attention.

Current political commentator Yang Ning wrote an article in The Epoch Times on April 7 that since March 31, Nanchang, the capital city of Jiangxi Province, has experienced continuous strong winds, thunder, lightning, and heavy rainfall. For example, on the afternoon of April 2, dark clouds gathered over the main urban area of ​​Nanchang, followed by lightning and thunder. It is said that 44,000 lightning strikes occurred overnight. Heavy rain and hail poured down, causing serious water accumulation in some areas of Nanchang and causing train delays.

The article said that as to why heavy rains have occurred frequently in many places in Jiangxi recently, some people in Nanchang revealed a strange thing, that is, the six iron chains in the Suolong Well in the Millennium Taoist Temple Wanshou Palace in Nanchang, also known as the “Iron Pillar Temple”, were Half a month ago, two of them suddenly and mysteriously broke.

Regarding the Suolong Well located on the left side of the main hall in the “Iron Pillar Temple”, it is said that during the Eastern Jin Dynasty 1,600 years ago, a dragon caused trouble in Nanchang. The Taoist master Xu Xun, who lived in seclusion here, used his magic to suppress it and built it in the south well of Dongya City. An iron pillar was cast, which was several feet higher than the outside of the well, and eight iron locks were used below to connect it to the ground veins. Since then, Nanchang has been wiped out from all generations of floods.

(Comprehensive reporting by reporter Li Enzhen/Editor in charge: Fan Ming)