LIU Ruixiang,GAO Ce,PENG Peng.Study on lightning strike probability of Ancient Buildings in China[J].Emerging Science and Technology,2025,4(1):42-51. DOI: 10.12405/j.issn.2097-1486.2025.01.005.
Study on lightning strike probability of Ancient Buildings in China
Lightning protection for ancient buildings is an unsolved mystery in the history of technology and architecture. Case studies have long failed to provide an overall description of the lightning protection effect of the Chinese ancient buildings.This paper, using probability and statistical methods, analyzes the relationship between the lightning strike rate of the 602 Chinese existing over twenty-meter-high ancient towers and halls, and their height, materials, dynasties, functional types, lightning activity areas, terrain, landforms, and forest coverage rates. It also explores the overall lightning protection effect of the Chinese ancient buildings and the protection strategies for lightning protection effects.