Did people living in ancient China in the big cities use water for free or for a fee?

In ancient times, there was no charge in the big cities either.

Most of the big cities, the capitals, were built on water, so every city had a canal, and he had relative hydraulic engineering, pivotal structures, to make sure that sewage flowed out on one side, and new water flowed in on the other side. This makes a great demand on people's self-consciousness, and it is strictly forbidden to discharge sewage at will. The people who pollute the environment and do not listen to instructions and discharge pollution at will will have very serious penalties, depending on the circumstances. But a comprehensive examination of relevant historical information, there is no charge for water.

Sui and Tang dynasties have their own artificial water diversion, in addition to the water of the river, but also open the diversion canal, constantly recyclable water resources, so that the whole city has a constant flow of water to drink. On the other hand, many people may think that most of the ancient people drink water from the well, because we look at the ancient TV series, generally people drink water are put down the bucket, in the well to salvage up, but also very troublesome, and if it is some of the older people hit the water a little bit of carelessness, there is also the possibility of being rolled by the bucket into the well, fell into the well and drowned. Once encountered a drought or some natural disasters, it is possible that the well water will also dry up, and water as an indispensable resource for people's lives, the well water is also the most likely to be poisoned, and then infected, and even direct the destruction of the entire village.

In fact, in ancient times, there was actually "tap water", water all year round, you can drink directly, which is what we call the spring. But this is mostly mountain villages, generally in the mountain wall above the spring downstream, all year round, no matter spring, summer, fall and winter, the water is unceasing. This phenomenon is generally found in the south, because the south itself is more humid, and then it is also warmer all year round, so they usually choose to have a special water tank built under the spring, and then the water keeps flowing, either to irrigate the terraced fields, or to use to drink water directly, very convenient.