Metal fell from the sky like rain. The event was taken as an auspicious omen of Qin's rise, and Duke Xian moved his capital to Liyang. The cause remains unexplained; modern scholars suggest meteorites or an atmospheric phenomenon.
Account
Metal fell from the sky like rain. The event was taken as an auspicious omen of Qin's rise, and Duke Xian moved his capital to Liyang. The cause remains unexplained.
Contested
⚠️ Speculative cause: Modern scholars lean toward a meteorite shower, but the composition of the "metal rain" was never recorded.
Sources
- Records of the Grand Historian, "Basic Annals of Qin"