The origin of brothel is because during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a large number of businessmen slowly gave birth to the merchant class because of doing business. But in ancient times, there was a saying of ranking, and officials, agriculture, industry and commerce ranked last.
Therefore, this class of businessmen is very contradictory, because most of them are rich, but they are looked down upon by other classes. Even a businessman is not qualified to wear silk clothes to watch Geji sing and dance.
So at this time, there was a brothel for businessmen to spend and have fun, but at that time, the brothel was very elegant and there were many beautiful women inside. These women are just street performers and don't engage in sex trade.
And this time, the brothel did not refer to brothels at first, but to those extremely luxurious and beautiful Qionglou Yuyu. Moreover, prostitutes didn't point out the women who sell their flesh for a living at first, and those women who sell their bodies by appearances are not even prostitutes.
Prostitutes are actually women who perform music, just like today's song and dance troupe, where women have their own unique skills. People who don't have two brushes can't enter the chorus.
However, it seems that all the brothels we see in movies and TV plays are that kind. There is a pimp outside to say hello, and the girls inside are all dressed very thin, and their thighs and glistening arms are leaking.
However, in fact, the ancients were not so open, and even brothels were very subtle and elegant, unlike the dissolute excesses seen in the current film and television dramas.