Abstract Cold winters in Jing-Xiang region in AD 768 and AD 769 of Tang Dynasty were recorded in 15 poems of Du Fu(AD 712-770),a poet in Tang Dynasty,China. Snowfall appeared in Dongting Lake and Tanzhou(Changsha,Hunan Province)in winters of AD 768 and AD 769. And Dongting Lake even partly froze in early spring of AD 769. The records of cold weather and freezing in Dongting Lake during Tang Dynasty were not founded in other historic data, so it is a good complement for the historic records. This two-years cold climatic event in AD 768 and AD 769 was a significant one when the climate turned from warm to cold after AD 750.
About author: Ma Yaling, born in 1988, is a candidate for her master‘s degree at School of Geography, Beijing Normal University. She majors in physical geography. E-mail: 1058773599@qq.com. About the corresponding author Fang Xiuqi, born in 1962, is a professor of Beijing Normal University, and he specializes in research on environmental change and global change. E-mail: xfang@bnu.edu.cn
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Ma Yaling,Cui Yujuan,Fang Xiuqi et al. Cold winters of Jing-Xiang region in Tang Dynasty recorded in Du Fu's poems and their palaeoclimatic significance[J]. JOPC, 2015, 17(1): 137-142.
Ma Yaling,Cui Yujuan,Fang Xiuqi et al. Cold winters of Jing-Xiang region in Tang Dynasty recorded in Du Fu's poems and their palaeoclimatic significance[J]. JOPC, 2015, 17(1): 137-142.
