Introduction: Before the Song Dynasty, there was no cotton, how did the ancients withstand the cold? There is an item that modern people cannot afford
Most of the mainland is in the middle and high latitudes, after entering the winter, the climate is very cold, fortunately, the current science and technology are developed, there are many ways to heat. So thousands of years ago, how did ancient people keep warm? There are historical records that cotton was introduced to the mainland during the Song Dynasty, which can be understood as before the Song Dynasty, people in ancient times did not rely on cotton textiles to survive the winter. Cotton came from India, and there were envoys who paid tribute to the emperor, because it was rare, and many dignitaries used cotton as a pleasure object, and cotton did not play its due role. When did the continent start growing cotton on a large scale? Soon after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, he ordered widespread cultivation, and from that time on, China used cotton to protect it from the cold. In the era when there was no cotton, what did the ancients use to resist the cold?
In the large number of cultural relics excavated later, it can be concluded that people at that time mainly had four kinds of warm objects. First of all, the most expensive, animal fur, ancient called fur, the earliest use of animal fur to make clothes is nomadic, but the price of clothes made of pure fur is very expensive, the most common leather goods in ancient times are: tiger skin, wolf skin, fox skin, etc., but the most expensive fur at that time had to say fox skin, because foxes are difficult to catch, and make a piece of such fur to catch more than a dozen foxes, so such a cost can only be borne by rich and noble families, but in modern society, very few people will buy clothes made of fox skin. However, in general, ordinary families use dog skin and sheepskin to make coats.
Second, silk and cotton and linen made of clothes, ancient silk is famous, in the winter, ancient people will wear many layers of silk clothes, but those poor people, will choose to use cotton and linen woven into clothes to spend the winter, but cotton and linen made of clothes are very rough, worn on the body is not particularly comfortable, in fact, these two kinds of clothes are very impractical, because, the breathability of this kind of clothing is too strong, so the effect of keeping warm is not good. The third is kapok made of clothes, kapok is a kind of tree, ancient people will be this tree woven into the lining of clothes, in the winter time for warmth, there are scientific proofs that the warmth effect of kapok tree fibers exceeds artificial polyester, it also has antibacterial properties, clothes made of kapok can prevent skin diseases.
The fourth is sand, many people are curious about how to use sand to keep warm, the poor are also very smart, they use rags to sew a few cloth bags, sleep will burn kang for warmth, when going out during the day, take the sand out, with the cloth bag up after hanging on their own body, to achieve the purpose of keeping warm, in fact, in some places in modern northeast China also use this method to keep warm. What do you readers think after reading it? Leave a message below to talk about it, by the way, a thumbs up to support the editor.