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The trees are full of shade at noon, and the dream is flowing when the warblers sound.
"It's the annual summer again, and the scorching weather is making a lot of people miserable. Although it feels cool to eat watermelon with the air conditioner blowing at home, the scene of being soaked in sweat when you go out is also really embarrassing. To cool off, many people change into cool tank tops and shorts.
Dressed in cool beauties
At this time, some people can't help but sigh:
Or the progress of the times is good! In ancient society, women were never allowed to wear shorts and go out shopping with their long legs exposed.
"So how did the ancients spend the hot summer? This has become a question in the minds of many people. Explosive Shijun will then introduce you to the ancients' clever ways to escape the summer from several aspects.
First, wear cool, breathable clothing
In the impression of many people, the ideas and concepts of the ancients are more conservative, and the same is true in terms of clothing. In fact, the degree of "openness" of the ancients in their summer clothing is enough to open the eyes of modern people. As we all know, ancient Chinese clothing is constantly evolving, the earliest, the pants of the ancients did not have a crotch, only a trouser tube, known as "shin clothes". And this so-called shin coat is open crotch pants. Therefore, the ancient popular way of kneeling was not like the chair we are accustomed to sitting in now.
Plain gauze tunic
In addition to the shin coat, the Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province, also unearthed a cultural relic, that is, the "plain gauze shirt".
This plain gauze tunic is woven from fine silk, with a square hole plain weave interwoven with single warp single weft silk, and the overall weight is only 49 grams, which can be said to be light as smoke, as thin as a cicada wing, and it is extremely cool to wear on the body.
Of course, plain gauze shirts are expensive, and they are clothes that the nobility can afford. Ordinary people wear "linen clothes" and "bamboo clothes" in the summer. Although bamboo clothes are not as thin as plain gauze shirts, they have the effect of breathability and sweat isolation, and the most important thing is that the people can afford to wear them.
Northern Qi school book map
In the Tang Dynasty, the social atmosphere was open, and many women could even ride horses, play polo, and go in and out of liquor stores like men.
Therefore, in terms of dress, Tang Dynasty women are also more bold, and there are "half sleeves" and "chests".
The great poet Li Bai also wrote in "In the Summer Mountains": "Lazy white lupine fan, naked in the green forest." ”
In the famous Northern Qi painting "Northern Qi School Book Map", a group of men participating in the school book are wearing suspender skirts and draped in tulle to discuss work.
There are also women who wear high-waisted wide-leg pants and wear tulle to cook in the kitchen. So the ancients in the summer definitely did not want to have a robe and a coat, their clothing was very cool.
Woman in tulle
Second, use ice cubes to cool off and use "bamboo ladies" to dissipate heat
In the eyes of many people, refrigerators are the product of modern civilization. But as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ancient Chinese invented the "Ice Book (hàn)", which is the world's earliest refrigerator. The ice is divided into two layers, the outer layer is iced, and the inner layer is iced with vegetables and fruits. Therefore, in ancient society, people could also drink cold drinks and eat iced watermelon in the summer. Ice cubes were mined by the ancients in the winter, kept in ice cellars, and used in the summer.
Ice Book
Sleeping is a difficult part of the summer, and I often wake up sweaty. In order to dissipate heat, the ancients usually used porcelain pillows and "bamboo ladies" woven with bamboo grates on pillows. This hollowed-out pillow will make the sweat on the neck spread. Of course, the cool mat is also an indispensable cooling artifact.
Finally, add water wheels to the yard or dig wells to cool down
In the process of building houses, the ancients usually considered the treatment of rainwater. In order to facilitate cooling, the ancients used sloping pavilions to collect rainwater, or diverted streams from high places, flowing down from the eaves to form a curtain of water. Water falling from a height hits the windmill, causing the windmill to send water to the roof. And so on, taking away the heat of the house and cooling down the whole house. This building is known as the "Self-Rain Pavilion".
Artesian pavilion
Of course, this building is expensive and the average family cannot afford it. Ordinary people either go to the pond to bathe and cool down, or dig a big hole in the house and put some ice cubes in the house, which can bring some coolness. Do you know what methods the ancients had to cool off? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.