I want to know about the living habits in ancient culture. Thank you.

How often did the ancients usually take a bath? What do they use to wash their hair?

The ancients were much more hygienic than we thought. As early as the pre-Qin period, the ancients "washed their hair for three days and bathed for five days". There was also "taking a rest" in the Han Dynasty, which meant that officials could take a day off to take a bath after working for five days. How can civil servants be treated like this now? Some people even write books because they like to take a bath. This is Xiao Gang, Emperor Jianwen of the Southern Dynasties, and his Bath Sutra. The ancients washed their hair frequently, and often used clean water and natural detergent "Sapindus mukoraiensis" to wash their hair.

The ancients didn't have toilet paper, so what should they use to wipe their ass after going to the toilet?

The ancients probably practiced ninja magic. Before the invention of paper, the ancients used small pieces of wood and bamboo to "scrape" their buttocks, not afraid of scraping hemorrhoids. Even if paper was invented, the ancients would continue to be "ninjas", because China has a tradition of "respecting and cherishing Chinese characters" and paper is expensive, so wiping one's ass with paper is a luxury that does not respect people. Until the Yuan Dynasty, no matter what paper you cherish, Mongolian people treated their ass "gently" from now on.

The ancients didn't have a refrigerator. How could they preserve food?

Who said the ancients didn't have a refrigerator? A "bronze ice guide", the earliest refrigerator found in the world, was unearthed from the Chu Tomb in Ceng Houyi, Suixian County, Hubei Province. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, slaves carved ice cubes in winter and stored them for nobles to drink in summer. Simply put, the ancient "refrigerator" is a box, in which ice cubes are placed, and then food is placed in the middle of the ice cubes to achieve the effect of preservation. However, the previous "refrigerator" was simple and had a single function. Unlike now, refrigerators can even become containers for murderers in thrillers.

How did the ancients predict the weather?

In Shang dynasty, it was a great skill to observe the celestial phenomena by using sensory systems such as eyes and ears, and it was not a problem to mix a higher vocational position in the government. By the Zhou Dynasty, people had learned to predict the weather through the behavior of animals. During the Qin and Han dynasties, the ancients completed the formulation of the twenty-four solar terms. Later, the advent of the lunar calendar was the crystallization of the wisdom of ancestors. The ancients predicted the weather, although there were no sophisticated instruments, but in many cases it was much more reliable than the so-called "weather forecaster" now.

How did ancient women make up?

Make-up is a hobby that women have never changed since ancient times. The three magic weapons most commonly used by ancient women are: Dai Fen, makeup powder and rouge. Dai is a black mineral, which can be ground into powder and then mixed with water for thrush. Cosmetic powder is the present powder cake. Rouge is an ancient lipstick. The raw material is a kind of flower called "red and blue", and it can also be used as blush when mixed with makeup powder. Nowadays, a wide variety of cosmetics give women more choices, and the technology of "mask" is better than that of the ancients.

The ancients had no condoms and no condoms. How can they use contraception?

If the ancient emperor didn't want his concubine to get pregnant, he would order eunuchs to hang women upside down and wash their nakedness with saffron. In the past, prostitutes also took "cold medicine" containing musk to prevent pregnancy. However, the effect is not 100%. Eighty percent of Wei Xiaobao jumped out because his mother didn't do a good job of contraception, and some people even drank poisonous mercury. Of course, most ancient people did not deliberately use contraception.

How did you deal with garbage in ancient times?

The ancients were much more environmentally friendly than modern people. Such uncivilized things as littering are rare. As early as 8,000 years ago, the ancients concentrated garbage and used natural or excavated pits to pile up garbage. The quickest way to solve the garbage is to burn it directly, and bury what can't be burned. Most of the remains of ancient garbage dumps are broken porcelain and lacquerware. You can't say that you can repair an antique. So those who want to get rich can rummage through the garbage of the ancients.

Did the ancients drink water raw or boiled before drinking?

Only modern people will be troubled by this problem. In ancient times, there was no environmental pollution. Whether it is river water, spring water, well water or even rainwater, you can drink it directly without worrying about diarrhea. Only when it was cold did the ancients boil the water to drink. Although water can be taken anytime and anywhere, the ancients still have to guard against water pollution, because the prevalence of ancient plagues was mostly related to drinking water. The villains in martial arts movies often use the dirty trick of poisoning in the water to bring people's lives out of the shadows.

Were there any maps in ancient times? So how is it made?

Legend has it that when Dayu was controlling water, there was a map. The oldest existing maps in China are three ancient maps of the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. Fei Xiu, a geographer in the Western Jin Dynasty, founded six mapping agencies to make the map more accurate. Ancient maps are basically measured step by step, so the brothers who make maps must first be ascetic monks like Tang Priest. Because it often takes more than 10 years to make a national map, it is a huge and boring project.

How to correct the mistakes written by the ancients?

It is the easiest way to wipe it off directly with a brush. This is how Wang Xizhi and Yan Zhenqing handled typos. Therefore, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion and Yan Zhenqing's Sacrifice to My Nephew can be regarded as "graffiti works" by two great calligraphers. The most common method is to add some dots with a brush next to the typo (usually on the upper right) and keep the original word to continue writing. Another way is to paint a mineral called "orpiment" on the typo, which is somewhat similar to the current "correction fluid" ... that's how the loose orpiment came from.

In the era without pesticides, how did the ancients kill pests?

There are many kinds of drugs to control pests in ancient times, including plants such as fine grass and weeds, animals such as ash and fishy water, and minerals such as salt, sulfur, lime and arsenic. The methods used include mixed seed collection, sowing with seeds, soaking or boiling juice spraying, igniting smoke, smearing moth-eaten holes and so on. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, zf even set up officials to control pests. Every time pests are rampant, there will be a spectacular scene of "all people catching insects"

Is it really feasible for flying pigeons to pass books?

It is impossible to verify that China used flying pigeons to pass books in ancient times. During Mongolia's Western Expedition, summoning pigeons had been widely used in military activities and made great contributions. Later, pigeons became a wonderful tool for delivering love letters and a "matchmaker" in many beautiful marriages. In ancient times, flying pigeons often bound stationery slips with red silk thread to attract the attention of the recipients. Nowadays, we use e-mail, telephone, video and so on. Although it is more convenient and quick, it lacks a trace of romance and expectation.

Did the ancients have vaults or safes? How did they hide the money?

As early as primitive times, in order to preserve the hard-earned food, the ancients would dig a hole to put the food in the hole and put a big stone to block it. Later, it evolved into wrapping valuables in animal skins, which should be regarded as the prototype of the safe. With the development of appliances and locks, people began to put money in boxes and cabinets made of different materials. However, even if the "safe box" appears, it is inevitable that a group of fugitives will be killed halfway. As a result, money houses came into being, but they also became more professional institutions for "hiding illicit money".

Should old banknotes be anti-counterfeit?

The earliest paper money in ancient times was born among the people and was freely issued by businessmen. But in doing so, it is easy to have random hair and forgery. Later, Jiaozi (the earliest paper money in China) was officially issued, with stricter anti-counterfeiting measures and two official seals on the paper money. In Song Huizong period, it was changed to "Yin Qian" with more complicated patterns, and multi-color overprinter was added, which made it more anti-counterfeiting. Since then, each dynasty has its own unique anti-counterfeiting methods. There are so many tricks that modern people haven't figured out how our ancestors prevented counterfeiting.

Did ancient people have false teeth?

As early as the Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing invented the method of amalgam filling teeth. Professional doctors wearing dentures also appeared in the Song Dynasty. Ancient dentures were made of many materials, including ivory, ox bones and hard sandalwood. Dentures can not only solve the practical problems of using teeth, but also have the function of decoration and showing off. "Tooth bridge" is to tie the teeth with soft gold wire and then stick them in the mouth. No chewing function, purely decorative. This is reminiscent of Hong Kong movies in the 1980s and 1990s, when the nouveau riche opened his mouth and his gold teeth flashed.

Did all the ancient boys have long hair?

The efforts of the ancients on 3,000 hairs are unimaginable to modern people. In ancient times, both men and women had long hair, and the longer the better. They hardly cut their hair, only the side hair. Even so, they still have to look at the Gregorian calendar to choose the date. When a boy reaches the age of studying, he will tie his hair in a bun, which is called "tying his hair to study". The ancient "baldness punishment" was an unbearable punishment for the ancients, which was what Sima Qian called "shaving one's hair and being humiliated"

What are the ancient jade or gem ornaments carved from?

Gold is valuable, but jade is priceless. The ancients have long known the preciousness of jadeite gemstones. And "stones from other mountains can attack jade" also shows that the ancients have long known the hardness and used harder minerals to polish stone tools. When the ancients carved jade articles, they often mashed minerals with high hardness such as timely, garnet and diamond into gravel, which became "jade-solving sand". Later, the "emery" with the highest hardness appeared, that is, broken diamonds. No matter how hard the GEM is, it can also be "slaughtered".

Was there only a rooster in the ancient alarm clock?

What if the rooster used as an alarm clock is killed? Of course, the ancients didn't hang themselves from a tree. Besides blaming the sun, the ancients also invented the incense bell. It is made of a special mold, and the thickness of the coil is uniform, so that the burning time can be accurate. Then the time is estimated according to the scale on the residual coil incense after combustion. Later, the ancients improved the incense table clock. When the incense burns to a fixed scale, the heavy objects hanging on it will fall down and hit the metal utensils under the incense tray to achieve the effect of an alarm clock.

Did the ancients smoke?

Tobacco was first introduced to China from Luzon Island in the Ming Dynasty, and then to Guangdong and Fujian provinces.

A small amount is planted, but not many people smoke. As we all know, the harm caused by tobacco began in the Opium War.

Small opium became the fuse to rewrite the history of China. During Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, British businessmen took advantage of trade.

Cigarettes were brought to the mainland. At first, they were given free of charge, and then sold when people became addicted.

When did the ancients go to work? Do you punch in?

Don't think that punching in to work is an invention of modern perverts. Look at the records of the ancients going to work, and you will feel that it is human nature now.

Too much. Civil servants in ancient yamen went to work in spring and summer and signed in at six in the morning; Summer and fall

You must sign in at 5: 30 in the morning. Anyone who dares to be absent from work or late for no reason is not as simple as deducting some money.

, according to the number of days and the seriousness of the case, can be sentenced to flogging or imprisonment. So being late for work may suffer the pain of flesh and blood.

Not easy to mix.

Did ancient students have winter and summer vacations or weekend holidays?

Nowadays, students often shout that holidays are too short. If this kind of complaint happened in ancient times, it is estimated that the palm of your hand has long been used by teachers or

Parents have knocked off two layers of skin. There were no special festivals for ancient students, except New Year and Dragon Boat Festival, which were celebrated by the whole country.

Outside the day, students' daily task is to study hard in the cold window, hang their heads and stab their legs before the exam, or chisel a wall to steal some light.

Sprint for the exam. In ancient times, only officials could take vacations. Therefore, they can become famous only after they work hard to become famous.

I had a legal holiday.

Did ancient babies drink goat's milk or milk? Or just breast milk?

If ancient babies could drink goat's milk or milk, there wouldn't be so many tragic cases of premature death. The ancients usually

You can't drink animal milk until you reach a certain age. Babies are still mainly breast milk containing human antibodies, because at that time.

Animal milk does not have the current sterilization treatment technology, and babies have no resistance to bacteria. What if mom doesn't have milk?

You can only "borrow milk", and the profession of wet nurse was born. Poor families without milk can only grind rice into something suitable for swallowing.

High quality pulp as a substitute.

How did the ancients make a fire?

At first, when the ancients saw volcanic eruption or lightning strike, they thought they were gods and would worship. Later, Sui Ren

Seeing woodpeckers rubbing on wood to make smoke, Shi learned to drill wood for fire. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Yang Xiang was invented to make fire.

It is to use a concave copper mirror to make a fire by using the principle of sunlight focusing. Humans didn't use fire until they knew how to knock stones to make fire.

Very convenient. Therefore, flint is a necessary item for the ancient people to live at home. However, we should also be alert to whether it is enough for children and kittens.

This place, so as not to play with fire.

Can an iron pestle really be ground into an embroidery needle? If not, how is the needle made?

In ancient times, everything belonging to metals was considered valuable. If the allusions are true, grandma with a pestle,

You are a man with money and leisure. However, it does take a lot of perseverance and patience to make iron needles. Burn it first.

Red iron is drawn into silk, then cut into sections, one end is sharpened and the other end is drilled. Manufacturing needles for acupuncture and moxibustion

It's more complicated. You must insert it into bacon, fill the hole with grease, and the tip must be sharpened and rounded to avoid it.

The needle punctured the blood vessel.

Is the night watchman who shouts in the street in the middle of the night that the sky is dry and the fire is dry a civil servant?

In ancient times, the night watchman was similar to the current community patrol and administrator, and was mainly responsible for patrolling the community at night and telling the time.

Work. Because they travel at night, they are more likely to "bump into ghosts" than ordinary people, especially zombie movies in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Sudden death for no reason. Having said that, but the bellman is a serious profession, but also a civil servant, because of the ancient

Soldiers with lower ranks in the army will be arranged as watchmen, just like bodyguards and * *. What is certain is that they

The treatment is not as good as the current civil servants.

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