When visiting the Forbidden City, there was a surprising discovery that there was no toilet in the huge imperial palace?!
Why is there no toilet in the Forbidden City?
It turns out that in ancient times, they believed that toilets belonged to the place of filth. The palace is a solemn place, how can it stink?!
Therefore, when the Forbidden City was built, it was not allowed to build any toilets to pollute the entire Forbidden City, and the emperor and concubines were unlikely to put down their faces and go to such filthy places to solve the problem.
The question arises again, in addition to the guards, palace maids and eunuchs, but also the emperor and his concubines, all of whom live in this Forbidden City, so many people in the palace, how do they solve the problem of convenience?
How did the concubines and palace ladies go to the toilet?
It turned out that they had a portable "palace room" that is, a Gong bucket. All the problems were solved in the Gong bucket, and then a special person was responsible for sending the excrement of all the people in the palace to the outside of the palace.
How people in the palace go to the toilet also has various rules.
For example, the emperor will be followed by eunuchs everywhere he goes, and these eunuchs will not only prepare food and clothing, but also carry the "palace room" and "tiger" necessary for the emperor to solve the problem. "Palace room" is used for big solutions, and "tigers" are used for small solutions.
It is said that the emperor also had cushions on the toilet, and the paper used by the emperor was also specially made and smelled. There will also be a layer of grass and wood ash in the toilet to prevent smell, so that the taste will not be too big after pulling, and it will be relatively clean.
The palace ladies and eunuchs, on the other hand, shared one or two buckets by all the people in the courtyard.
The "palace room" used by the harem concubines is also very exquisite in materials and production processes, and most of them are made of various woods and ceramics.
According to historical records, Empress Dowager Cixi's "palace room" (toilet) is a national treasure level cultural relic. The barrel body is custom-made from expensive and fine sandalwood, and there are sculptures carved in the shape of a lifelike gecko, and the gecko's eyes are inlaid with two valuable rubies, which can be said to be very delicate.
The ancients were still very particular, but they worked hard for others.
Of course, the wisdom of the ancients is also endless.
Unfortunately, it is said that after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, when cleaning up the relics of the Forbidden City, they cleaned up these utensils. Otherwise, experts can also use these objects to better understand the daily life of the ancients.
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