How the ancient royal family spent the winter
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This year's temperature is significantly lower than last year's. Many people's evaluation of Douyin has been as early as "winter has not yet arrived, and autumn has frozen to death." In modern civilized society, people use stoves, air conditioners, floor heating, and heating. Movies, and some electric heating equipment, etc., but how did people keep warm when there was no electricity in ancient times? In today's show, we'll talk about how ancient royalty spent the winter and kept warm.
In the cold winter, modern people can use air conditioning, heating and other ways to heat, especially heating, so that northerners can wear shorts to eat ice cream in winter, but in ancient times, there was no such equipment. Ordinary people can burn wood and charcoal for warmth. In the palace, this kind of polluting environmental stuff must not be used too much. First of all, the smoke generated will affect the happy life of emperors, concubines, princes, and princesses. The second is to blacken the magnificent palace, isn't it? Will the throne be damaged? So in addition to this commonly used conventional way, there are some royal heating methods. Among them is a kind of palace maid. Very unfriendly. In ancient TV dramas, it is often seen that the ancients carried small stoves. Its function is similar to the usual warm baby in the past. It was warm to hold in your hand. However, although the emperor is strong, he is also a little self-motivated, and people who are worried about the country and the people will have a lot to review. Holding the stove alone is certainly not enough.
Therefore, the ancients built a special warm cabinet principle for the emperor in the imperial palace. It can warm up the whole room and let the emperor work better. Of course, this is not the only way. In addition to creating a warm environment, improving your own defense capabilities is also one of the ways.
In ancient times, there was no current wildlife protection law, and many people had the habit of hunting, especially the emperor who had such a powerful power. If you consider events, you'll find places to host big hunting events. Some animal furs that return from hunting have naturally become good things to keep warm. In addition to doing it yourself, some places attack the good stuff, such as top mink, etc.
It is also a warm artifact that is loved by the royal family. Mink fur is a particularly top-notch fur. Even now, not everyone can afford it.
It is reasonable to say that the above methods are similar, and the royal family can also warm up for the winter.
For thousands of years of history, there are always some people with big brains who will come up with some strange heating methods that will open people's eyes. For example, during the Tang Dynasty's Kaiyuan Tianbao period, there was a kind of human body air conditioning. The younger brother of Tang Xuanzong's God King was a big fat man who was afraid of heat. So Tang Xuanzong. He was given a cold snake from the south. This snake is cold and human, larger, and does not bite. In the summer, he wrapped himself in snakes to cool down. According to common sense, fat people are generally afraid of heat and cold, but this death is different, he is also afraid of cold, and the way of heating is also very strange. Let a group of palace women surround him and call him Ji Wei, and he put his hand into the arms of the palace maid to warm him. In addition to his death, Emperor Li Longji was also in this regard. It is also quite accomplished. One winter, Chang'an City was very cold. He tried to issue the edict, but found that the brush was frozen. What am I going to do? He summoned ten palace maidens.
They were ordered to wash the scented lips, exhale the heat, and then thaw the brush. People call drinking brushes beautiful.
The young prostitutes of Chang'an were the most proud. The inscription of this poem is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Tang Dynasty royal family.
Finally, let's talk about the Forbidden City. Buildings in the Forbidden City are usually courtyards, each with a wall. This wall is endless, and there is also the function of dividing the space.
It can be used not only for fire prevention, but also to resist the cold winds of winter. In addition, most of the palaces in the Forbidden City are south-facing, which is a good design in itself. Heated by natural sunlight. In addition, most palaces have thick walls and roofs, which can also achieve better warmth. Most of the palaces in the Forbidden City are equipped with fire pits, and there are fire paths and structures under the kang. Similar to the fire kang in the northern countryside today, there is also the floor of the warm pavilion in the palace. It can also be heated, and its structure is similar to that of a fire kang. This is the early underfloor heating. There is a stove in the pit that connects to the flue in the store. The eunuch in charge of thinking squatted down. If you light the flue that circulates in the wood shop, a heat stream will occur and the ground will be heated. The temperature in the store will also gradually increase to achieve the purpose of keeping out the cold. The East Pavilion of Khun Ninh Palace still retains this facility, the furnace pit in front of the hall. Covered with a wooden cover wrapped in iron plates, it is still visible.