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For every Chinese, the Forbidden City is not a strange place, as the imperial palace in ancient society, the Forbidden City has also become a place that many people yearn for
In modern society, as the Forbidden City gradually began to open to the people, many people entered the Forbidden City and explored and studied the former imperial city. I believe that people who have been to the Forbidden City should know that although the Forbidden City covers a huge area, there is no toilet in the Forbidden City, and this has become a place that many people do not understand, after all, in ancient society, the number of people living in the Forbidden City reached tens of thousands of people, for these people, if there is no toilet, then how do they solve their own physiological problems? After some experts have studied the history of the Forbidden City, they have also found that the reason why the Forbidden City does not have toilets is also based on the special wisdom of ancient people. So, in the society at that time, how did the people living in the Forbidden City solve their own physiological problems?
As the imperial residence of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the mainland, the status of the Forbidden City in the entire history of China is also very high, in the process of building the Forbidden City, its planners strictly in accordance with the content specified in the "Zhou Li" planning of the entire Forbidden City, whether in terms of architectural layout, or in other planning aspects, the Forbidden City embodies a special art form of traditional Chinese society.
After the official completion of the Forbidden City, the daily living and political activities of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties were also concentrated here.
Although it has suffered several hardships after the completion of the Forbidden City, the importance of the Forbidden City is also unquestionable for the royal development of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Because the Forbidden City covers a huge area, and the internal architectural form is more complex, so in recent years, the Forbidden City has also become the object of study by many people, and after understanding the Forbidden City, we will find that in the vast Forbidden City, there is no toilet, when people find this problem, more or less will feel confused, after all, the number of royal members and slaves living inside the Forbidden City is very large, according to statistics, there are a total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine rooms inside the Entire Forbidden City. The number of people accommodated has reached tens of thousands of people, so for these people, how do they solve their own physiological problems?
It turned out that after a certain understanding of ancient society, it would be found that based on the limitations of production technology, the ancients did not have such a convenient drainage system in modern society, and in this case, if a toilet was to be built in the Forbidden City, it meant that the internal excrement could not be transported out in time. In this way, the environment of the entire Forbidden City will be defiled. Since the Forbidden City is the place where the royal family lived, therefore,
The entire environment in the Forbidden City should be kept in a clean state, if the toilet is built directly inside the Forbidden City, then the royal life will also be affected to a certain extent.
In addition, after understanding the life of the ancient royal concubines, it will be found that their requirements for quality of life are very high, if the toilet is directly built inside the Forbidden City, it will also have a great impact on their daily life. In this case, the slaves who served the palace came up with a special method, that is, to use gong barrels to transport excrement.
Through some literary and film works, we will also find that unlike the toilet in modern society, the Gong bucket is a toilet tool made of wood, and inside the imperial palace, the type of Gong bucket is also different. Among them, the common and luxurious used by the emperor is very exquisite and luxurious, and the gong barrel used by the concubines is also more exquisite. But the slaves' buckets were very rudimentary. At that time, whenever the emperor or other concubines wanted to go to the toilet, the eunuch or palace maid would bring the gong bucket to the palaces, and at the same time,
They also incense the Gong barrel with some natural spices, so that the quiet environment in the palace is also guaranteed.
When these gong barrels are transported out of the palace, the manure in their buckets will also be centrally processed and sent to the farmland, so that the fertilizer source of the entire farmland is supported accordingly. It can be said that this way of going to the toilet can not only ensure the cleanliness of the air in the palace, but also bring sufficient fertilizer to the farmers in the vicinity
。 From the design of the Gong bucket, we can feel that the wisdom of the ancients is very outstanding, they not only solved the problem of not being able to build toilets in the palace in a clever way, but also made these so-called wastes play the greatest value.
epilogue
After understanding the structure of the Forbidden City, we will also find that in fact, for the Forbidden City, each of its designs is well thought out, although there is a big gap between the way the Forbidden City is built and modern society, but it is undeniable that within the Forbidden City, many of the architectural wisdom of the ancients have also been fully reflected. Through the study of the Forbidden City, we can also fully understand some special customs and regulations in ancient society. It can be said that the Forbidden City is also an important way for us to explore history.
Resources
The Forbidden City, a World Cultural Heritage Site
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