In China, there are many works describing the life of brothels, some of which are written in the spirit of humanitarianism, and some are appreciated with an innovative attitude. Few people can calmly face the brothel world and observe it in the grand system of China culture. In fact, brothel, a place with low social status, just brings together all aspects of social culture. If the study of China culture tries to bypass the brothel, there must be many problems that cannot be discussed clearly. The word "green building" originally meant a building painted with blue paint. At first, it didn't refer to brothels, but generally referred to gorgeous houses, and sometimes it was synonymous with wealthy families. This is how brothels are used in Taiping Yu Lan, Jin Shu and many poems in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. However, because gorgeous houses are associated with gorgeous and luxurious life, unconsciously, the meaning of brothel has been biased and it has begun to be associated with prostitutes. After the Tang Dynasty, the meaning of partial reference came from behind, and brothel became the special reference of the place of fireworks. Compare the words Pingkang, Beili, Hangyuan and Zhangtai. Just a little more vivid and elegant. Why are there such things as brothels? To put it bluntly, this is the product of the man's world and the social fact since human beings entered the patriarchal society. There are different opinions about the origin of prostitutes in brothels at home and abroad. Let's analyze them in the next article. This article mainly talks about why brothels should be opened opposite the examination room. Who is Lou Ying singing for? The examination room opens the brothel opposite the door, which reflects the shrewdness of businessmen. Any successful product promotion should be tested and sold in the right way. In ancient brothels, most of the guests were literati, commonly known as "literati". At that time, "scholars" had a high status and a small number. The money and poems in their pockets are the two best passes for brothels. For brothel owners, money is a grandfather and a living Buddha, so they are enthusiastic about it; For prostitutes in brothels, most of them are literature lovers. Therefore, in the face of talented people full of poetry and literary talent, I wink at them from time to time and dream of becoming a talented person. The so-called "wife loves money, younger sister loves beauty" is the eternal truth of brothels. The old examination room is called Gong Yuan, especially Jiangnan Gongyuan, which has a long history and talented people. After the continuous expansion of dynasties, by the time of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination room with 20,644 candidates had been formed, covering an area of more than 300,000 square meters, equivalent to three times that of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It became the largest imperial examination room in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. There were more than 800 champions in the imperial examination era, and more than half of them came from this examination room. Many famous historical figures, such as Tang Bohu, Zheng Banqiao and Li Hongzhang. They all stepped onto the historical stage from Jiangnangong Garden. For the candidates, Gong Yuan is the only way for them to get rich and become famous. So they teach students a course every year, which naturally attracts scholars from all over the world. Since there are so many candidates, food, shelter and play have to be looked after, which provides businessmen with opportunities to make a fortune. Many brothels, restaurants and teahouses came into being, and the Qinhuai River near Gong Yuan became charming because of these facilities, forming a bustling scene of "screaming, light and shadow, singing girls, flower boats and turbid waves". From ancient times to the present, the love of talented people and beautiful women lasts forever. In the Tang Dynasty, it was an elegant thing for literati to write love poems and show off their talents to their beloved prostitutes. Even if they are frustrated in scientific research, scholars have no choice but to "endure its false reputation, change its shallow wine and whisper." At this time, drunken beauty became a placebo to relieve their pain of falling out of the list. The so-called "gold and white jade buy songs and laugh, princes get drunk for a long time" is also true! There are three reasons why literati strive for brothels: the prosperity of Qinhuai is of course related to the strong support of literati. There are three reasons for scholars' support: first, brothels provide a relaxing space for scholars' tense exam life. inside

Before entering the examination room, the soldiers of two columns searched the streets, their hair was scattered and checked, and the interlayer of their clothes was touched; Food and pen and ink stationery are bamboo baskets distributed uniformly in the examination room. Cut the food to less than one inch so that it will not be brought into the mouth; If entrainment is found, the entrainer will be beaten again and tied to the stone pillar in front of the examination room for one month without reference for life. After entering the examination room, it took three days to open the examination room, which is the title door. For three days, candidates can't move, and eating, drinking and defecating are all solved in a room of about two square meters. Once heated up, it is difficult to complete the answers and papers in room 1 without amazing perseverance. Therefore, three days in the examination room is tantamount to three days in hell for scholars. On the day of publication, they were relieved. If they are reborn, going to a brothel will be their best choice. Secondly, finding love and friends is another reason why they set foot in brothels. Since you are a scholar, your spiritual needs are higher than ordinary people. So they come to brothels mainly to seek love and friends, followed by physical pleasure. It should be noted that ancient scholars had to endure loneliness when they were away from home for at least half a year and at most a few years. Therefore, they especially hope to have a love affair of "reading tea at night", and their ideal can only be realized in brothels. When you are away from home, there is no "supervision" from your family, you don't have to worry about humiliating your ancestors, and you don't have to bear too much moral burden when you go out. In addition, the brothel also provides an excellent "banquet place" for literati to make friends and exchange poems. It is also an important event in the reader's life to entertain himself with poetry and make friends widely after the exam. High school students can make more friends in need, friends in poetry and prose, and those who are backward can find jobs with the help of high school students. They all get something, so why not do it? Although scholars are divided into rich and poor, rich children can take away their wealth, find senior ladies to accompany them and live in luxury suites, but those who have no money can only see ophthalmology, live in hostels and live in basements, but they will never stop their desire to be friends. This is the same reason that the dignitaries and shopkeepers in the year of "100,000 scholars" jointly own Huasan. Because for scholars, articles are often the main symbol to measure their academic level. A rich boy, if there is no ink on his chest, will also become the object of ridicule by the brothel lady; And a poor scholar, who knows this well, can win the hearts of beautiful women with his elegant talk. So in Qinhuai brothel, there is no absolute dividing line between the rich and the poor. Because rich children want to learn a few verses to fool their lovers, they will deliberately make friends with poets, perhaps for a little literary talent! People who are addicted to the examination room and depressed are everywhere in brothels. Their greatest wish is that the examination room and examination room are correct. This wish was proved in Du Qiuniang's Biography of Flowers on the Sea: I advise you not to cherish witch clothes, but to cherish youth! When the flowers should be folded, fold them quickly, and don't wait for the flowers to wither before folding one. The first two sentences are to persuade young people to cherish their time, study hard, take the senior high school entrance examination and get ahead; The last two sentences are ambiguous. Although most people interpret it as cherishing time and seizing opportunities, I'm afraid a more reasonable explanation is to persuade people to eat, drink and be merry like the brothel owner in Du Qiuniang. Du Qiuniang was a prostitute, a princess, and then returned to her old job and became a brothel owner. Between ups and downs, he naturally knows the changes of the world, and he also makes some literati on weekdays. He knows their ideas like the back of his hand. However, it is not an easy task for scholars to do this. In ancient times, the greatest wish of a scholar's life was "the wedding night, the first time". The result of indulgence is that there are many frustrated people in the examination room. According to Yu Yue's Goldilocks, Xian Fengyi made his first attempt in Europe and America in Zhejiang, and there was a Shaoxing scholar.

The scholar did well in the other three exams, but he was not selected because he wrote obscene words and sentences this time, which violated the exam rules. The scholars in the same exam all felt sorry for him, thinking that they might have stayed in the gentle village for too long, so they all had spring dreams during the exam. Brothel is really a fascinating place, not to mention the best brothel in Qinhuai. For scholars, the beauty in front of them is flowers in full bloom, looking for love and shouting one by one, so that they can fully enjoy the treatment of "customer is God". Naturally, there is a sigh that "the joy of today does not reduce the princes." As for the magnificent scenery of Qinhuai, we can get a glimpse from a passage in Zhang Dai's Notes on the Fairy House in Taiwan in the Ming Dynasty: "The rooms on the Qinhuai River are convenient for living, socializing and indulging. The value of the room is very expensive, and the people living in it are not empty every day. Draw a boat drum, back and forth, full of twists and turns. Outside the river, the house has a terrace, bamboo columns and bamboo curtains. Take a bath in Xia Yue and sit on the balcony. On both sides of the Taiwan Strait, jasmine is fragrant. The women's group is lightly fanned, with slightly upturned sideburns and a soft bun. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, women in Beijing are crowded with people competing to watch the lantern boats. Kind people set up a small tent and hundreds of boats, and Yang Jiaodeng's couplets were hung on the tent. Ships have the same title from beginning to end, and some are connected with more than ten ships. Such as Candle dragon fireflies, buckling and curling, twisting and folding, fire fighting and water impact. There are cymbals, stars and cymbals on board, and the banquet is full of boiling water. The scholar leaned against the railing with a smile, the sound and light were messy, and his eyes and ears could not be independent. At midnight, the lights are tired and the stars are scattered. " Of course, such a grand occasion is extremely exquisite and luxurious. However, if you don't have enough money in your pocket, you can't pile it up just by playing with poems.