What are the things that we mistakenly thought did not exist in ancient times, but actually not only existed but also existed universally?

In our daily life, we have long been accustomed to some things.

Would you be surprised if something like modern appeared in ancient times? For example, in winter, we often eat hot pot.

In fact, hot pot has been popular for a long time.

According to the history book Biography of Han Poems, ancient people wanted to "ring the bell and set the tripod" and eat.

That is, everyone sits around the tripod and puts the beef and mutton into the tripod to cook and share.

Most scholars regard this as the bud of hot pot, and its history has exceeded 1900 years.

But in fact, hot pot really became popular among the people, probably in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Over time, in the Qing dynasty, it was crazy to "vomit while eating":

For example, Aisingiorro Gioro Hungli, a stamp enthusiast, the originator of barrage, a well-known blogger of calligraphy and painting collection, is a master of "eating and spitting".

According to records, from August 16th to September 16th, 44 years in Qianlong, * * * enjoyed 23 kinds of hot pot for 66 times.

A maid-in-waiting vomited in "Maid-in-waiting Talk", "I have been eating hot pot for three months."

But then again, you can't eat hot pot every day in such a cold day. Keeping warm is essential.

What you didn't expect was that coal was used as fuel in ancient times.

Coal.

China was the first country to use coal.

Burning coal for heating is also the most common way in ancient times.

At the beginning of the picture scroll The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, on the right, there are two porters, who are driving five donkeys to carry charcoal:

It can be seen that coal has been widely used in the Northern Song Dynasty. There is also a poem by Lu You, which reads: "The earth furnace and animals burn the Carboniferous period".

The Carboniferous described by the Song people is what we now call the Carboniferous.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhuang Chuo said in "Chicken Ribs": "In the past, there were millions of people in the border, and no one paid."

There is no doubt that coal has entered the homes of ordinary people in the capital of song dynasty.

Not only was coal widely used in the Northern Song Dynasty, but also trademarks appeared in this period, and they were trademarks with logo.

The National Museum of China keeps a printed copper plate of this advertisement of Song Dynasty in China.

It is engraved with the words "Liu Jinan Jiagongfu Needle Shop", which is recognized by the industry as the earliest trademark in China.

Not only that, the center of this trademark also has the image of a jade rabbit.

The left and right sides of the image of Jade Rabbit are bordered by the words "recognize the white rabbit in front of the door as a souvenir", and the advertising content directly below is: "Buy fine steel bars and make fine needles for kung fu. Don't miss the use of the house, resell it and sell it, don't give it a chance to breathe, please remember. "

The combination of graphics and text is concise and clear, and the graphics are vivid and easy to remember.

Completely has the characteristics of modern trademarks and advertisements.

Before our ancestors invented cookers with cooking functions such as tripod, reed and retort, meat was cooked with fire without exception.

In ancient times, the so-called "roast" meat, people just hung the whole or zero pieces of meat directly and "burned" it with a flame.

However, in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the roasting method of meat began to upgrade, and people developed three ways: cannon, coke and roasting.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, kebabs were very common:

1967 years ago, the kitchen figure stone carving unearthed from Sun Yan's tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty on the balcony was the earliest stone carving that recorded the whole process of kebabs in China.

This painting depicts the scene of kitchen work.

There is a reaction to kebabs in the picture. Some people cut meat, some people string meat, some people fan the fire, and some people kebab. ...

You can see a rectangular oven at the top right of the picture, which is no different from a modern oven.

Glasses have entered the field of vision of ordinary people since the Ming Dynasty.

Sun, a native of Suzhou in the late Ming Dynasty, also wrote The History of Mirrors, which shows that people were not curious about glasses at that time.

It is very popular to "suck cats" and "suck cats" in modern times.

However, it is not the patent of modern people.

Ancient cat slaves were as fascinated with cats as modern people.

China has a clear record about cats since the pre-Qin period.

However, at first, it was not used for "pulling", but for catching mice and preserving food.

In the Tang Dynasty, the Persian cat was presented as a tribute to the emperor at that time and became a favorite pet of the court nobles, and was called a "slave".

In the Song Dynasty, it became a fashion to keep cats rolling around, and people in the Song Dynasty still had a sense of ceremony in keeping cats.

In Song Dynasty, if you want to have a cat, you should first read books, such as Jixiangbei nursery rhymes, household necessities and jade saggers.

Also choose a "lucky day to adopt a cat", write a contract to adopt a cat, and then choose a bride price for the cat. ...

Taking cats as concubines is the process of raising cats in Song Dynasty;

The cat-sucking industry in Song Dynasty was more developed. The market not only sells cat nests and cat food, but also gives cats beauty.

But when it comes to cat addiction, the poet Lu You must be on the list!

"The firewood in the stream is soft and warm, and it doesn't go out with the slaves."

Go out?

What door?

Is the quilt not warm enough, or is the cat not easy to roll?

If you can turn on a small heater, cover it with a soft felt and hold the cat, where will there be sorrow?

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there appeared a serious cat fan-Emperor Jiajing.

He specially ordered the establishment of a cat room, which was a special place for keeping cats in the imperial court, and gave each cat an official position and nickname.

When the cat returned to Meow Star, Emperor Jiajing was so sad that he didn't eat or drink for several days.

Ministers were even asked to write a eulogy to cross over, bury them in golden coffins, and build monuments and graves.