In recent years, various time-traveling dramas have emerged in an endless stream, and it is estimated that many people have had the idea of time-traveling, but is the life of the ancients really that good? Today, let's talk about the little thing of going to the toilet, and after reading it, it is estimated that you will have new ideas about the crossing.
Now when the new house is decorated, the toilet will be installed in the bathroom, and all kinds of paper products in the supermarket are also dazzling, but there are no such things in ancient times, the toilet is only in modern times, and the paper is invented by Han Cailun, and bamboo slips have been used for writing before, not to mention toilet paper. When paper first appeared, it was a luxury, and the reader had to tighten his belt to buy a few, and wipe his butt with paper, just as he now uses money to light a cigarette. So how did the ancients solve the toilet problem?
The ancients used dry toilets to go to the toilet, even princes and nobles were no exception, and what is even more shocking is that going to the toilet is also a high-risk thing. Speaking of which, we have to mention a trivial matter of the ancients going to the toilet.
After Jin Jinggong Ji Ji fell ill, he called the wizard to ask, and the wizard said that he could not eat this year's new wheat, and soon after, the new wheat came down, and Jin Jinggong asked people to offer new wheat, and then killed the sorcerer. I was about to eat the meal cooked by Xinmai when I suddenly felt bloated and went to the toilet, but I fell into the dung pit and drowned. This may be the most aggrieved emperor who died.
So, the next question, how did the ancients wipe their buttocks before there was no paper? Of course, then the princes, nobles, and rich families could use silk, and those with poor conditions could only use clods, leaves, and tiles. People with medium conditions generally use toilet chips, and when it comes to this, you may have questions, what the hell is a toilet chip?
The so-called toilet chip, is a bamboo piece cut into a piece of bamboo, used to wipe the filth after defecation, because the paper is too expensive, the ancients used the habit of using the toilet chip for thousands of years, until the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties have changed. The Yuan Dynasty was the earliest time to use hand paper recorded in the history books, and the Ming Dynasty also set up a treasure money department to manage hand paper, and set up a department for hand paper, and I was drunk when I thought about it.
In fact, China is the first country in the world to wipe their butts with paper, because papermaking was only introduced to Europe in the 12th century, so what do foreigners use to wipe their butts when they go to the toilet?
The France wiped it directly with hemp rope, and the picture was too beautiful to imagine. The ancient Romans used sticks wrapped in cotton cloth at one end, similar to the Chinese toilet chips, but their toilet chips were common and washed and used repeatedly.
In contrast, India may be a little more advanced, they don't use hemp rope or toilet chips, they wash directly with water, so India has a basin of water next to the urinal. In this way, clean is clean, but it always feels a little disgusting......
The most amazing thing is the toilet method of the Japan imperial family, they use cicada wings to wipe their buttocks, but cicada wings are too hard, so they are generally soaked for two or three days before use, but what is puzzling is how to use such a small area of cicada wings?
After reading the toilet methods of the ancients, I don't know if you feel very happy? After all, our new house decoration is too particular, the bathroom has a toilet and shower room, and even many people have installed a smart toilet that can flush automatically.
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