Modern science and technology are developed, and people's material level is very high. Looking back on the ancients, it is estimated that many people thought that the ancients were in a messy and dry toilet, but they were not.
In the pre-Qin period, toilets were very simple. People simply dug a big pit and squatted by the pit to go to the toilet. Later, in order to shelter from the wind and rain, people began to build roofs on toilets. In the royal family, the toilet is also called? Hmm? According to "Zhou Li? "Tiangong" records:
The imperial secretary in charge of cultivating the king's sixth bedroom will clean the well and remove the stench.
The main idea of this record is that there were special people in the ancient palace to clean Zhou Wang, including? Hmm? It means toilet. Hey? Juan means to get rid of, that is to say, many imperial secretaries will specially clean the bathroom, remove unclean things and eliminate odor. In the folk, people's life is not as good as that of the imperial court, so they can only be covered with thatch, so it is also called? Toilet? 、? Xuan? 、? Dry fan? Wait a minute.
Western Han Red Pottery Toilet
In the Han Dynasty, toilets began to pay attention to recycling and ecological protection. Toilets in this period were generally built at the back of the house, set high and connected with the pigsty below. The excrement excreted by people can directly enter the pigsty for pigs to eat, which not only reduces pollution, facilitates cleaning, but also saves fertilizer and raises poultry. This kind of toilet is called. Hey? Or? Toilet? . Although this intimate setting facilitates defecation, what about urinating? Historical Records records the scene of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang rushing to the toilet.
Once in court, Liu Bang suddenly wanted to go to the toilet, but the toilet was far away, so he asked the ministers around him to take off their hats and go to the toilet in front of all the officials in the Qing Dynasty.
After Emperor Gaozu went to the toilet this time, the ministers came up with an idea to bring a urinal. Later, these ministers thought? Urine pot? This name is filthy, just like the Western Han Dynasty? Flying general? Li Guang pats Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. In order to express his hatred for the tiger, he killed Crouching Tiger. Urine pot? Changed? Nothing? And shape it? Is the bronze statue shaped like a cymbal? Specially for the convenience of the emperor to use at any time, the people also made urinals, chamber pot and so on. To facilitate the use.
In the Tang Dynasty, because the grandfather of the founding emperor Li Yuan was called Li Hu, Li Yuan found that chamber pot was called nothing, so he felt taboo. How could he use the grandfather's name of the founding emperor on toilet equipment? Would you? Nothing? Change to? Girls? .
In the Qing dynasty, it appeared? Toilet? In order to give gifts to Empress Dowager Cixi, Lu Han supervised Sheng Xuanhuai to arrange a float with a compartment called? Ruyi bucket? Urinal, the bottom of the toilet is covered with yellow sand, and the watermark is injected on it. The discharged excrement falls into the watermark without any trace or smell, right? Toilet? The earliest discovery had a far-reaching impact.
After talking about the development of toilet forms, it is confirmed that the ancients also had special toilet places, and the layout of these places is very delicate and thoughtful, even after paying attention to the awareness of ecological cycle, let's talk about it. What did the ancients use to wipe their bottoms after going to the toilet?
Yueyao Brown Glazed Tiger in Eastern Han Dynasty
In the era when there was no toilet paper, the evolution of ancient people using clean things was a history of civilization development.
I wonder how many people have read this article from the 1960s to the 1980s. As a post-90s generation, when I was a child, my family used cheap discarded items such as bricks, weeds and notebook paper to wipe my ass, not to mention how ancient people wiped their ass in an era when paper was precious, the invention was still very late and there was no toilet paper.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Cai Lun invented paper, it was not widely used because it was so precious that it was only used to record historical facts and express words. Therefore, before the Tang and Song Dynasties, the tool used by the ancients to clean the body in the toilet was a strip of wood chips or bamboo chips with a length of more than 20 cm. After going to the toilet, they use this tool to wipe, commonly known as? Toilet Jane? Or? Toilet care? . According to the Southern Tang Book:
The late master personally cut off the monk's toilet strip, tried it on his cheek, and repaired it if there were fewer thorns.
Here? After the Lord? He is the tour guide of Emperor Li Yu of the Tang Dynasty. Li Yu especially believes in Buddhism and has no intention of becoming an emperor. How pious is he? Is to personally cut down the monks in the temple? Toilet Jane? . In this record, it is precisely Li Yu's state when cutting the toilet lid. Try it on the cheek? One sentence just reflects the seriousness of Li Yu's production. After cutting the toilet post-it, he will scratch his cheek to see if there is any hair stabbing his skin. If so, will he? Fix it. . This record just shows that in the Tang Dynasty, people used tools during the toilet period.