In the impression of most people, in ancient times, dry toilets were used, and flies were flying around, which was filthy, not only dirty, but also? Endless aftertaste? . Why do corrupt officials take a fancy to such a building? We don't know what's strange about the toilets of the Han government. If you look at a panoramic view of toilets in the Song Dynasty, you will not only subvert your cognition, but also be surprised to find that the toilet facilities and services before 1000 are as good as those of modern star toilets!
Why are ancient toilets so attractive? Let's go back to 1000 years ago and enjoy the whole toilet service in Song Dynasty.
The public toilet facilities in Song Dynasty can be rated as star-rated.
During the Song Dynasty, Japanese monks studying in Dasong once painted a picture album called Five Mountains and Ten Halls, one of which was Dongsi. ? Toshi？ Does this name sound awesome? Dongchang? As a mysterious authority? This place is really mysterious, but it has no power. Commonly known as toilet. To put it mildly, call the toilet, where the emperor can't leave.
The pattern of public toilets in the Song Dynasty was similar to that now, with squatting and defecation and urinals. Amazingly, there is not only a place to wash your hands, but also toiletries and hot water. The facilities are very complete, similar to the current public toilets.
Walking into the luxurious public toilet of Jinshan Temple in Song Dynasty, you will be surprised that your chin is nine rooms wide and four rooms deep? Honey, it's at least 600 square meters. Modern times really can't see such a big scene.
There is a bamboo pole dozens of meters long hanging in the middle of the toilet, and below it is a charcoal stove with an iron grate. Did you go to the wrong place and enter the barbecue shop in the Song Dynasty?
Panorama of Jinshan Temple Public Toilet in Song Dynasty
Why is there an oven in the toilet during brain-filling time?
The ancients were very particular about going to the toilet. If they have shit, they should solve it in time. They can't wait until the urgency is unbearable to rush into the toilet. First, from the perspective of health care, holding it for a long time will harm the bladder, small intestine, kidney and other body organs. Second, it has something to do with the clothes of ancient people. At that time, dignitaries and literati were wearing gorgeous robes and high hats. If this equipment goes to the toilet, the smell on the clothes is trivial, and the clothes may become a mop for cleaning the toilet. So it was very troublesome for the ancients to go to the toilet. First of all? Change clothes? Take off your adult's coat, put on a smart short skirt and dress up a little, then put a clean towel on your shoulder and walk leisurely to Dongsi in eight steps.
The point is, is this bamboo pole in the middle of the toilet? Clothes hooks for hanging clothes, ornaments and towels, such as beads, Yu Pei sachets and headscarves, can be hung on bamboo poles to prevent them from falling into dirty cesspits. Bamboo pole has a nice name. Net pole? . What does the oven below do? It is used to dry towels for toilet users, especially in winter, to dry clothes and to heat toilets. The toilets in the Song Dynasty were well thought out.
In the Song Dynasty, there were clothes hangers and ovens for drying clothes in the toilets.
How clean is the toilet?
The most dazzling thing in the East Courtyard of Jinshan Temple is 18 crouching pits, and 18 people are squatting with white buttocks. This is embarrassing! Actually, there is no need to worry. The ancients also had privacy and shyness. Of course, the construction of public toilets should also take into account the feelings of toilet users to avoid Confucian scholars squatting out because of their face. Every pit has a partition. This function can avoid embarrassment and keep it clean.
The ancients had to take off their shoes when they went to the toilet.
In ancient times, you had to take off your shoes (boots) and put them in order before going to the toilet. The squatting position is wooden floor or bamboo floor. Taking off your shoes and going to the toilet is enough to show that the sanitary conditions of the toilet are up to standard, and it can also prevent people who use the toilet from violating public morality and not aiming at squatting. Because people in the Song Dynasty like to wear white socks, if the ground is not clean, or if they are not careful at the moment, they will wear white socks when they go in, and the socks will turn yellow when they come out, which is embarrassing.
Take off your shoes and go to the toilet in Dunhuang murals
If the toilet instructions are wonderful.
There were many smelly problems in ancient times. Toilet instructions? Detailed to the tube day tube fart, such as:
Don't laugh through the door wall. ? You just can't talk when you go to the bathroom. There's nothing to say about eating and nothing to say about pulling? !
Don't cry and spit on the wolf. ? Just can't spit everywhere, can't blow your nose, the most abnormal thing is that constipation can't be pulled out, and you have to hold your breath, hold your fart, secretly compete, and you can't make a sound. Too strong will burst a fart, not elegant!
Why do you snap your fingers when you go to the toilet during brain tonic time?
If the squatting position is full, people who go to the toilet later can't rush to the people who arrive first, let alone snap their fingers. The ancients used to snap their fingers in the toilet. Legs across the Yellow River? Before, snap your fingers three times. What kind of stalk is this? Buddhism says: One of the six ghosts eats poop. If he is having a big meal and you disturb him, he will put on an evil play. It is estimated that Duke Jing of Jin didn't snap his fingers when he went to the toilet, fell into the cesspit and drowned, becoming the only one? Be remembered for a thousand years? King. So when you go to the toilet, especially at night, you should say hello to the poopy ghost first and get along well.
Han dynasty toilet
Cann't you keep it in the toilet? Practice brushing/writing Chinese characters
In ancient times, paper was used for writing, so we should cherish the word paper. If you wipe your ass with paper, you will be humiliated. In fact, it is because the earliest paper was made of silk cotton, which is very precious and can only be bought by dignitaries. After Cai Lun used bark hemp to make paper, the output only increased, but it was not widely used in life, and most people still got used to it? Toilet care? Namely bamboo chips and wood chips. Ordinary people scrape chrysanthemums with tiles after defecation for convenience. It's a bit difficult, but they are used to it. The biggest advantage of the toilet is convenience and environmental protection. After use, it can be cleaned, disinfected with natural ultraviolet rays emitted by the sun and reused. When you are bored without a mobile phone, some people use the toilet as a pen to paddle on the ground to practice calligraphy or create toilet quotations. This is strictly forbidden. It's an insult to do elegant things with smelly toilets and wooden sticks for scraping poop!
The toilet seat and modern toilet paper are one function.
Can you scrape the toilet clean during brain tonic time?
Scraping with a piece of wood is definitely not cleaned with paper. Toilet cleaning is only the first step to clean up the stool, and there is an upgrade task? There is a washstand in front of the toilet in Washington State, with a washbasin and a spoon for scooping water on it. People who are concerned will bring a can of cold water. Use clean cold water if the toilet is not clean? Attention is being used? Cold water? Cleaning chrysanthemums, the ancients thought that washing with hot water could easily cause discomfort in the large intestine and cause hemorrhoids.
Is the second brain tonic hand-washed?
Answer: Yes!
Hold the ladle in your right hand, and gently buckle, rub and wipe the middle finger, ring finger and little finger in your left hand. I feel that I have crossed the wrong place, not back to the Song Dynasty, but India?
What should I do if my fingers are stained with yellow soup?
The chrysanthemums are clean, and there is a strong smell on your fingers? Don't worry, Dongsi provides one-stop service.
There is a grid on the other side of Dongsi, and now it is a washbasin. Everything ready for hand washing except hot water? A three-piece suit? Anything can make your eyes shine. The first artifact: ash, which is coarse-grained furnace ash, is hygienic and sterile after calcination in the furnace. After grinding, tiny sand-like particles can rub out the yellow soup left in fingerprints and nails. The second artifact: earth. Rub your hands with steamed fine soil, and finer slag will stick to the soil. The third artifact: bath beans. Bath beans (Gleditsia sinensis) are still used in many places, and some shampoo products have also developed bath beans and Gleditsia sinensis washing products. Bath beans were very popular in ancient times. Apply bath beans evenly from fingertips to elbows, wash them carefully and rinse them with hot water. Will bacteria and rich flavor be wasted with lime-soil bath beans? Finally completed a grand solution project.
Where does the hot water to replenish the brain come from?
Next to the grid, there is one? Fire head? It's the boiler room. Provide hot water to wash your hands in time. Although public toilets on city streets are clean and tidy now, they rarely provide hot water. I didn't expect the service in Song Dynasty to be so meticulous and thoughtful.
Below are the places for hand cleaning and cleaning products, and on the left? Boiler room?
How to eliminate odor?
Everyone will also be concerned about how the ancients used dry toilets to remove odor. This problem really made the ancients have a headache. The most effective way is to neutralize the odor with incense. Incense burners are placed in front of each toilet seat in the East Division of Jinshan Temple, and the odor is removed by burning incense. The effect of this method will certainly not be very good, especially in large public toilets like the East Courtyard of Jinshan Temple, where the smell and odor are mixed and the taste is even more strange. In fact, ventilation is more effective than incense.
There is an incense burner in front of the squat pit to drive away the smell.