Fans were called "cool friends" by the ancients. What summer artifacts did the ancients have besides fans?

In ancient times, cool friends were called fans, because in summer, inciting fans can cause the air to flow, thus bringing cool breeze, so fans were called cool friends in ancient times. In ancient times, besides fans, there were jade articles, ice cubes, bamboo mats and bamboo curtains.

We often see in court dramas that some concubines and queens in the court will choose to enjoy the cool with ice cubes. Due to the heat in summer, ice cubes become water and evaporate to absorb heat. It will take away part of the indoor heat, thus achieving the purpose of enjoying the cool. The most important thing is that ice is relatively easy to obtain. In winter, some water will be stored in the freezer in advance. The water will be frozen into ice by the cold in winter and can be taken out for use in summer.

But in some southern countries, he can't store ice in this way, so they will choose bamboo mats as a tool to cool off the heat. Sleeping mats in summer can be made of reeds, vines and bamboo chips. When Liu Che was in the Han Dynasty, he even made a summer mat for his pet out of ivory. Although this kind of summer sleeping mat is particularly cold, it is particularly cruel to make it out of ivory.

Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to use ivory as a summer mat. It can only be made of ordinary things, but it is very cool to make a summer mat with bamboo chips. But if you look at the clothes of ancient people, their clothes are three layers thick, so they must be cooler.

At this time, the minister made a dragon skin curtain for the emperor, which can be placed on his own gazebo to block out some sunshine and play a certain role in enjoying the cool. But compared with ordinary people, they naturally can't get such good materials to make curtains, so they use bamboo to make this curtain, and they use bamboo to make this curtain.

This is an ancient way of enjoying the cool, which has some similarities with the present.