Chinanews client, Beijing, September 17 (Reporter Shangguanyun) For many people, whenever they hear the music of "Fishing Boat Sings the Night", they think of "Weather Forecast".

Song Yingjie is one of the iconic figures of this "Evergreen Show".

　　He is the first host of "Weather Forecast" and a well-known "Mr. Weather".

In recent years, he has focused his work on academic research. The latest work is from the perspective of meteorological big data, using vivid and popular language to sort out and interpret meteorological proverbs from ancient to modern times.

A host from a meteorological department

　　Song Yingjie graduated with a major in weather dynamics, and began serving as the host of "Weather Forecast" in 1993.

Song Yingjie.

Image courtesy of publisher

　　"I have a professional background in a certain discipline, so it is a very common practice in the world to host a program related to a certain discipline. The first time I host a program, I still don't understand what nervousness is, so I am fearless because I am ignorant." Song Yingjie described, "Can this love become a remembrance? It's just that I was at a loss."

　　With his professional background, intellectual image and natural and humorous language style, Song Yingjie quickly became a household name and became a favorite "Mr. Weather".

In 2012, he won the "Golden Microphone Award", the highest award for radio and television host.

It’s also a "jazzman" when reporting the weather

　　In "Weather Forecast", the host's appearance time is usually one or two minutes.

The time is not long, and there is a lot of preparatory work to be done.

　　For Song Yingjie himself, when it is necessary to broadcast the weather, he will communicate with the program team in advance in the afternoon of the same day, execute each task after assigning tasks, and finally cooperate to complete the recording.

　　He needs to select the more important or resonant ones from a variety of weather themes, and connect them naturally.

The selection criterion is "Look down to see more closely (precision), raise your head to see further (aging), and turn your head to see more (impact).

　　Song Yingjie is good at telling jokes.

For example, one year, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year was a watershed in the southern weather, with warm first and then cold.

He easily implanted the two characters from "Dream of Red Mansions" into the forecast, "Before the fifth day of the fifth year, the warmth has already explored the spring, and after the fifth day, the coldness has hit people."

　　Because of these humorous and down-to-earth interactions, some people say that he is the originator of the stylized hosting of the show.

He does have his own set of guidelines for the broadcast method, and silently stipulates several principles to be followed.

　　For example, what should the host of a weather forecast show do?

Talk about the weather, connect with the atmosphere, and gather popularity; what is the relationship with the audience?

Share the sun, share the wind and rain.

　　"I just have a hosting style closer to my own temperament and closer to the audience's demands." Song Yingjie said, the goal of the commentary is to make people "see clearly, understand, remember, and use it."

The human wisdom in weather proverbs

　　Because of work, Song Yingjie often comes into contact with various weather proverbs.

Slowly, he also put part of the research focus on this, "I have been interested in the twenty-four solar terms since I was a child, and it started with proverbs. Proverbs are a kind of crowdfunding method of knowledge. They are catchy and easy to remember. Dissemination and application."

Book cover of "Chinese Weather Proverbs".

Photo courtesy of CITIC Publishing Group

　　He gave an example: the proverb describing the climatic law in the region where solar terms originate is "Qingming breaks snow, valley rain breaks frost": Among them, "Qingming breaks snow" refers to the climate average?

No; are you talking about historical extreme values?

Nor is it.

If 30 years is used as the climate benchmark, it is the average date of the latest three snowfalls in 30 years.

　　"In other words, the phrase'qingming and breaking snow' has a credibility of about 95% in the region where solar terms originate. Why abandon the climate average? Because the proverb should give people who are preparing for spring planting more credibility and safety Feeling, because "chunxue is like a knife", final snow is extremely harmful to the seedlings." He explained.

　　For another example, "Swallows return, the wind is uncertain, the peach blossoms want to rain frequently" is a poem, but in essence it is also a weather proverb: When the swallows return, the wind is still strong and the wind direction is still chaotic; when the peach blossoms open, The spring rain is coming (chunyu is often called "peach blossom water").

This is where people use the appearance of animals and plants to speculate and describe the laws of climate, full of wisdom.

　　Therefore, in Song Yingjie's view, figuring out the weather proverbs and understanding the laws of the climate can make people have predictability and determination in their hearts, instead of just browsing tomorrow if it will not wind, rain, or cool down.

Record the four seasons in words

　　Today, Song Yingjie is 55 years old, and most of his life is still occupied by work.

In recent years, he has focused on academic research and published works such as The Twenty-Four Solar Terms.

The latest publication is "Chinese Weather Proverbs".

Image source: Song Yingjie's Weibo screenshot

　　It takes a lot of energy to collect scattered proverbs.

Song Yingjie summed it up roughly. The first is reading. There are many "alive" weather proverbs in the book; the second is interaction. With convenient Internet interaction, there are a lot of proverbs that are memorized; third It is for advice. Many elderly people are familiar with some practical weather proverbs when gathering in the countryside.

　　In addition, he will also consult foreign counterparts, and gradually accumulate a large number of foreign weather proverbs, most of which can be found in Chinese corresponding versions, and can taste proverbs with logically consistent but different expressions.

In Song Yingjie's view, proverbs have never disappeared from people's lives, but now they have replaced them with a new "vest."

　　Examples are readily available.

He said that the cold spring of 2015 gave birth to an internet buzzword, "I managed to survive the winter, but almost died in the spring."

Although this is just a sigh, it fully describes extreme weather and climate events in the context of climate change.

　　In addition, in the cold climate of the 1970s, the proverbial tone of the Northeast Spring was "don't worry", why don't you worry?

Because there may be late frosts after the rainy season, the proverb says: "It is never too late to plant anything from the beginning of summer to Xiaoman."

　　"But in the 2000s, the climate warmed, and the tone of the proverb in spring in Northeast China became "Hurry up." Why? Because there are very few late frosts after the rainy season. The proverb says: You can plant everything from the rain to the beginning of summer. Don't be afraid." He explained humorously, "You see, in thirty years, the climate has changed, and the proverbs have also changed. Proverbs are actually advancing with the times."

　　Today, he still keeps track of the changes in the four seasons on social media. A few days ago, he posted a photo with the text "The second period of the white dew, the wild jujube on the mountainside is ripe." For him, he always pays attention to the climate. And phenology has become a habit.

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