introduction
Bathing is now a simple and convenient daily behavior habit of our modern people, and the development of society has given us a qualitative improvement in the pursuit of life. In ancient times, bathing was a luxury, so the ancient people we imagine now may have smelled on them when they walked on the street. With the development of later dynasties, the tools and methods of bathing have also been continuously improved, and the hygiene of the ancients has improved at this time.
Ancient bronze baths
First, the ancient bathing culture
In the early days of ancient times, bathing was an extremely troublesome thing, and the source of ancient water required ancient people to run to the river several kilometers away to fetch water, and when they returned, they had to cut firewood and then boil water. Bathing is a convenient thing for us, and it may take a day of effort to complete the bath in ancient times. If in the summer, the ancient people may bathe faster than in the winter, as long as they are in the small river where no one is, they can take a good bath. In ancient times, it was the aristocratic class that could often bathe, the aristocratic class could let the next person fetch water, and charcoal could also be afforded.
Ancient children bathed
Therefore, in ancient times, bathing also had a class gap, and in the Western Zhou Dynasty, because of the development of etiquette culture, people paid attention to the ritual music system, and if someone went to someone else's house as a guest, if the body was not clean, it was disrespectful to others. Therefore, the people of the Zhou Dynasty would bathe in the house before going to other people's homes before leaving. The people of the Zhou Dynasty were very religious in their treatment of bathing, so when performing activities such as sacrifices and pilgrimages to the Son of Heaven, they had to bathe and purify themselves in advance to show their inner piety. The Tianzi of the Western Zhou Dynasty once set aside a piece of land in his territory specifically for bathing, which shows that the bath at that time was very heavy in people's hearts. The Western Zhou Dynasty also stipulated that children should wash their parents' hair every three days, which was a test of their filial piety.
Acacia
The Han Law stipulates that "officials must have a bath in five days." "
The emperors of the Han Dynasty stipulated that officials must bathe once every five days, which was called "Xiu Mu". In the Tang Dynasty, because the ruler was a northwestern person, his obsession with bathing was not so real, and he thought that it was too troublesome to let officials take a bath every five days, so he changed it to a bath every ten days, which gave rise to the idea of a ten-day break. In the Song Dynasty, with the rapid development of social economy, bathing became a common demand of people. In the Song Dynasty, large bathhouses appeared, which had special baths and special staff to provide bath scrubbing services.
Ancient bath beans
Second, the tools used for bathing in the ancient method
During the ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the aristocratic class equipped the bathtub with bronze as a bathing tool, because bronze was expensive, so the bathtub at that time was not popular. In the Han Dynasty, wooden bathtubs appeared, because wooden bathtubs were cheaper and the people could afford it, so the wooden bathtubs entered the homes of ordinary people. Baths first appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but at that time, the baths were specially built by the emperor in the palace for himself and his concubines to enjoy. In the Song Dynasty, there are documents that regarding bathing, advanced shower devices appeared, which is somewhat similar to artificial waterfalls.
Ancient Emperor Bath
There was no shower gel in ancient times, so they would use some other things to remove dirt from the body when bathing, and at the earliest times, such as the Zhou Dynasty, people would collect Taomi water for bathing, it is said that because Taomi water has a decontamination effect, and it is good for the human body, this cheap and extremely easy to get early bathing supplies, it was deeply loved by people at that time. People in the Song Dynasty used "bath beans" when bathing, which was made of a kind of bean ground into powder, which is said to have great benefits for the skin. Soap pods are also things that ancient people used to bathe, because it has a super cleaning ability, so the ancients not only used soap pods to bathe, but also used it to wash clothes. Pancreas, that is, the pancreas of pigs, is dried and ground into powder, mixed with some spices, and also has the ability to clean, and is also a tool used by ancient people to bathe.
Ancient bathhouses
epilogue
Whether it is the ancients or modern people, for health is the pursuit, if it is not because of the harsh conditions of the external environment, the ancient people bathe inconvenient, may be the ancient people will bathe every day, some unnecessary diseases may not have. The pursuit of bathing has led the ancients to constantly explore this aspect, looking for tools that can make themselves hygienic, and making bath beans that can wash the skin of the body. In their own continuous exploration, the ancients improved their hygiene and constantly gained new experiences in bathing. Their ancient bathing inventions, such as showers, bathtubs, etc., are still loved and used by us today.
bibliography:
The Law of Han