Identification of how "Rain God" was refined: netizens' gossip added fuel to the flames
Speaking of the birth of "Rain God", it can be traced back to July 21, 2012. On this day, Xiao Tianwang will come to Beijing for a concert. Excited, he called his fans on his microblog one day in advance: "friends in Beijing ~ 7:30 tomorrow ~ MasterCard center ~ Wukesong meet ~ the boss said ~ 'must' start on time ~ so ~ please go out early." The boss wants to start on time? It depends on the mood of "God". On that day, Beijing had the strongest precipitation since the flood season. The daily precipitation intensity exceeded once in a century. There was a vast ocean in the city. Let alone watching the concert, it became an extravagant hope to go home.
As a result, fans trapped on the road interacted with Xiao Tianwang's microblog, and various God replies emerged one after another: "we're almost there, there are still 8 nautical miles." "Everybody row faster, don't let Jingteng wait!" "Friends from Taiwan, although you came to Beijing, we still face each other across the sea."—— Don't wait for yourself At this time, the power of Xiao Tianwang's "Rain God" has begun to show.
On August 8 of the same year, Xiao Jingteng's concert in Shanghai was billed. Shanghai encountered the largest typhoon "sea anemone" in 50 years; On October 31, the master tape of Xiao Tianwang's new album stayed in New York, and hurricane "Sandy" ravaged New York with violent storms; On November 5, Xiao Jingteng's concert in Tianjin was postponed due to heavy rain... The repeatedly verified "Rain God" miracles made netizens exclaim: "women are not made of water, Xiao Jingteng is!" His concert was also awarded the "South-to-North Water Transfer" project.
Therefore, when the South set off a large-scale high temperature, Xiao Jingteng was promoted to the new generation of "three princes of the Dragon King". Netizens enthusiastically followed every microblog he released, forwarded comments and asked for "rain". All kinds of mischief pictures spread all over the Internet, and the voice for his national tour became louder and louder.
Facing the ridicule of netizens, Xiao Jingteng began to try to excuse himself. Later, Xiao Tianwang seemed to be frightened by his "power" and frequently "apologized" on Weibo. At this year's Tanabata Beijing concert, he simply opened the "self abandonment" mode and put on a "self blackening" posture: "when I arrived in Beijing ~ the customs saw me and said it would rain today, I told her ~ I can't do it ~ I'll arrange it."
Why is "Rain God" so effective? Appraisal: there is a mystery in the travel choice of "Xiao Tianwang"
When the legend of "Rain God" reached its peak, it seemed to become a "subject". In Tianya forum, there are posts dedicated to discussing why "Rain God" is so effective, which have been discussed for more than a thousand times; In a constellation channel, "astrologer" put out Xiao Jingteng's constellation chart; Enthusiastic netizens even calculated that the success rate of Xiao Jingteng's "calling the rain" was as high as 83.3% by comparing Xiao Jingteng's more than 10 trips started in March this year and the local weather forecast.
The high figure made the author "think carefully and fear extremely", so he decided to follow the footsteps of mass entertainment and gossip scientifically. Sorting out all the concerts of Xiao Jingteng in 2012, and all the microblogs of Xiao Jingteng who revealed his whereabouts in 2013, summarized the 43 day trip of Xiao Tianwang from January 2012 to July 2013. According to the itinerary and the actual weather records of the local day, it is found that "Rain God" encountered rainfall for 26 days in 43 trips, accounting for 60.46% of the total, which is not as exaggerated as 83.3%.
In these 43 days, in addition to his hometown Taipei, Xiao Jingteng's most frequent place is Beijing. In addition to July 21 last year, according to incomplete statistics, he has visited Beijing at least five times this year, three of which were in rain on June 19, July 1 and July 31 respectively. Interestingly, both the "July 21" of last year and the three rains this year happened to be concentrated in the period when Beijing is most prone to rainfall. According to the statistics of the average number of rainfall days in major cities from 1971 to 2000, the number of precipitation days in June and July in Beijing is 9.7 days and 13.6 days. Compared with the same period of the year, Beijing has more rainy days this year, with 13 days in June and 16 days in July. Several other cities he often goes to, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hangzhou, have 153.9 days, 149.2 days and 151.9 days of rainfall throughout the year, respectively. Rainfall occurs in nearly half of the year. Therefore, it is not so much the "King Xiao" who attracts rain as he is particularly "greedy" for those rainy cities and rainy days.
Identification of "pregnant woman effect" of "Rain God" event: This is a psychological phenomenon
Why is Xiao Jingteng's probability of rain not as high as expected, but he is still praised as the "Rain God"? On the one hand, Xiao Tianwang's special meeting "pick the day". Take last year's "7.21" as an example. When he held a concert, he met the heavy precipitation that is not seen in a hundred years in Beijing, and the name of "Rain God" became popular. Of the three rains in Beijing this year, two are heavy rains. It's hard not to attract attention!
In psychological research, there is an interesting phenomenon called "pregnant women effect", which refers to that accidental factors, accompanied by constant attention, make people feel that it is a common phenomenon. Just like when people are pregnant, it is easier to find pregnant women, and people driving Mercedes Benz cars are also easier to see Mercedes Benz on the road. When Xiao Jingteng was promoted as the "Rain God", every "rainy" day was highly concerned by netizens and the media. Even on some days when he himself did not appear, as long as there was rainfall, as long as he could be related to King Xiao, it would be his credit. For example, on August 8, 2012, although Shanghai was hit by Typhoon "sea anemone", Xiao Jingteng was not in Shanghai at that time, but his concert was cancelled; When Hurricane sandy hit New York on October 31, "Rain God" was not in the United States, but his album master remained in New York. So it seems that the name of "Rain God" really has the taste of "why bother to add God"!
Of course, there is a song that sings well: "life is so difficult, don't expose some things!" Who really cares whether the "Rain God" is true or false? In the days when the whole people fall into the fanaticism of "Rain God" worship and various wonderful rain seeking rituals emerge in endlessly, the "Rain God" has not brought rain to high-temperature areas, but also brought infinite joy. This is not, even the parties also began to enjoy it, interrupt themselves, entertain the public and earn attention, why not.
Not long ago, when friends in the South were crazy, they even "black" off Xiao Tianwang's official website. The dialog box "Xiao Jingteng, Hangzhou people need you" popped up on the page. It can be seen that they are eager for rain. Unfortunately, rain requires enough water vapor and updraft to promote water vapor condensation. Even if science and technology has been developed enough to artificially increase rain, it can only increase precipitation under the condition of precipitation. Without precipitation conditions, artificial precipitation can't be carried out. Even if Xiao Tianwang runs and breaks his leg, it's useless!
On August 15, 2013, the long-lasting high temperature in the South finally began to weaken and narrow the scope, but this was not the credit of the "Rain God", but the grace of Typhoon "ute". It can be seen that looking forward to the "Rain God" is better than looking forward to the typhoon. Under the law of nature, the individual myth always appears "weak explosion".