Cixi is an empress in Chinese history, she ruled the Qing Dynasty in China for decades, do you know why Cixi went to the bathroom to facilitate the convenience, why prepare red dates? In fact, very few people know. According to historical records, Cixi has such a very strange phenomenon, that is, go to the toilet, after the end of the matter will prepare red dates, then, why cixi to prepare red dates, today Xiaobian will take everyone to explore this unknown secret.
People who have been to the Forbidden City know that from the Front Taihe Shop to the back harem, you can't find a toilet at all, and the toilet mentioned here is not the tourist toilet built today, but the toilet left over from the 600 years of the Ming and Qing dynasties. So, why are there no toilets in the Forbidden City? How did Empress Dowager Cixi go to the toilet?
In fact, the reason why the Forbidden City did not have toilets was because the rulers at that time felt that it was very indecent to build toilets in the Imperial Palace, so there was no planning toilet at the beginning of the construction, so the Forbidden City we see now has no toilets. The emperor used a movable toilet for the toilet, and was taken away by the eunuch after the incident.
Although the emperor is a noble person of the Nine-Five, the Baba of La is also tasteful, especially the emperor eats a bad stomach, and the taste is almost sour for the eunuchs. The emperor was comfortable after his death, but it was the eunuchs who suffered, they had to face these stinky baba, so in order to solve the smell problem, the eunuchs had a headache every day, and finally one day came up with a search idea, that is, to use red dates, people know that red dates have a natural fragrance, especially after roasting red dates will completely release the aroma of red dates, enough to cover up the smell of the toilet.
To put it bluntly, this principle is the same as the freshener we use at home, so Cixi is the same. When he goes to the toilet, there are not only charred dates underneath, but also a layer of grass and wood ash on the lower layer. In this way, in the process of Cixi entering the toilet, the stool will directly fall into the grass and wood ash, coupled with the smell of red dates, basically covering up the odor, you can achieve the effect of air freshness.
In addition, the toilet barrels used by Empress Dowager Cixi are different from the general ones, and Cixi's toilets are made of expensive sandalwood. Sandalwood itself has a fragrance, and with the help of red dates, the smell is even stronger. The most incredible thing is that the toilet of Cixi is very luxurious, the whole is carved with a large gecko, and the gecko's eyes are inlaid with rubies, and the cost of a bucket alone is not acceptable to ordinary people.
From here, we can see that Cixi's is so luxurious, and the Great Qing was destroyed in his hands, which is not unusual at all. After Cixi's death, this toilet was also carried into Cixi's grave, but this toilet was later visited by Sun Dianying, and he did not even let go of this toilet, and the whereabouts of this toilet are unknown. Thank you for reading, welcome to comment on the message!