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Chapter 245 Bathing, mandarin ducks playing in the water

After the screen partitioned by the lights in the water vapor, Sun Luban and Leng Chunyue were slowly taking off Cao Shuang's Prime Minister's robe with their jade hands and hanging them one by one on the wooden trunk (clothes hanger).

After the Zhou Dynasty implemented the etiquette system, the nobles attached great importance to their clothes and hats. When they returned to their homes, they would take them off respectfully and put them on casual clothes. After the servants took the clothes, they put them neatly on such clothes hangers.

However, at that time, the clothes hanger was called "Trench" or "Mushi". Before the invention of the hook, the clothes were placed on the crossbar.

The clothes hangers have different forms and names. The straight ones are called "光"; the wooden poles of the horizontal frame are used to hang clothes and are called "光", also called "光".

"Li·Nian Ze": "Men and women do not dare to hang themselves in the Zen frame of their husbands."

The wooden cabinet nailed to the wall is used to hang clothes, also known as "Zen". "Erya Shigong": "It is called 'Zen' on the wall."

"Erya·Shiqi": "The rod is called Shi." The commentary says: "Anyone who uses a rod as a clothes hanger is called "Shi"." These names have been used until the Tang Dynasty.

In ancient times, the clothes hangers were mostly used in crossbar type, which was mainly used to pick up clothes rather than hanging them. There were columns on both sides and wooden bases at the bottom. There were beams between the two columns, and there were beams with two columns growing on the top. At the end, birds, flowers and plants were carved.

The ancients often wore long robes, and after taking off the clothes, they were placed on the beams of wooden mats. Most of the wooden mats were usually set up in the bedroom and bathroom, which was so convenient for people to place clothes nearby. The bathroom was just a few steps closer to the bedroom.

Whether you like bathing is a significant difference between ancient Chinese ancestors and the European medieval aristocrats and the people.

Before the Xia and Shang dynasties, the ancestors of the primitive tribes could only take a bath in the river. With the development of society, people gradually developed the habit of bathing.

At the latest, there are records of "bathing" in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The character "mu" is like scooping water with both hands, which means mu, which means shampooing; the character "bath" is like a person in a utensil and adding water drops in a casserole on both sides of the person, which means bathing.

With the progress and development of the times, there was a special place for bathing during the Zhou Dynasty, the bathroom was commonly known as "bathroom", and in ancient times it was also called "bathroom door", "huntang" and so on.

The Book of Rites in the Han Dynasty recorded the political rules, famous and material systems before the Qin and Han dynasties, mainly based on the Zhou Dynasty, as well as ritual content such as crowns, dusks, mourning, sacrifices, swallows, enjoyment, courtesy, and hiring. There are records of Zhou people's special bathrooms.

The ancients attached great importance to the cleanliness and hygiene of their skin for a long time. As early as in "Chu Ci", there was a sentence that "You must play the crown for a new bath, and you must refresh your clothes for a new bath."

The Book of Zhou also records the bathing situation of people in Shang Dynasty, but there was no special bathroom at that time.

As for the publication of the bathroom, there is a record in the Han Dynasty's "Book of Rites" that "there is no well in the outside and no bathing in the same place." "未" is an ancient bathroom.

The bathroom is neatly placed with a double-eared copper pot, wooden bathtub, pumice stone for rubbing the back, as well as a complete set of bathing utensils such as wooden clogs, copper lamps, and bath stools. The floor is made of wooden, which is equivalent to the current wooden floor.

The bath room is close to the owner's living bedroom, which reflects to a certain extent that the ancients value cleanliness and are fond of bathing, pursuing a secret and quiet, thoughtful and comfortable bathing environment.

"The Book of Rites: Tamamo" records: "Two towels are used in baths, and the upper part is slimming. They are used to make slimmings, and they are used to make soup; they are placed on slimmings, and they are placed on slimmings, and they are placed on slimmings, and they are taken on slimmings, and they are taken on slimmings."

Cao Shuang made Sun Luban and Leng Chunyue tossed up and down in the "Bathroom" (bathroom), observing the red tape and steps of bathing in the Book of Rites.

Fortunately, the two beauties were bathing him, and these tedious steps were acceptable. If two big men came, he would just blow them out and wash them as they were comfortable.

Leng Chunyue asked someone to prepare two towels. Sun Luban carefully wiped Cao Shuang's upper body with a thin towel. Leng Chunyue, who was blushing, used a thicker towel to wipe Cao Shuang's lower body. The two of them wiped it for a stick of incense.

Cao Shuang also looked at the two women's delicate bodies up and down, appreciating their busyness on themselves. After a while, she couldn't help but free her hands to put on Leng Chunyue.

Cao Shuang thought in her heart that if there was no such enjoyment in modern times, she would have a better life now. He had nothing in his previous life, but now he has a lot of it. However, it would be difficult to keep all this all the way, but he still had to grit his teeth and keep going!

Sun Luban wiping and smiled, "Why are you so anxious today? Chunyue will be here tonight. Can she still run away?"

Leng Chunyue also blushed and said softly: "Master, don't worry, I'm already yours. Can the cooked duck fly?"

After another cup of tea, Cao Shuang and the other three ended up playing in the water.

After leaving the bathtub, Cao Shuang stood on the straw mat in a regular manner according to the etiquette. Leng Chunyue carried a copper pot with a double ear to rinse Cao Shuang with a suitable temperature hot water, and then served him to put on the regular clothes and shoes that had been prepared before.

Then Sun Luban brought a bowl of mutton soup at the right time to warm up Cao Shuang's appetite. From this process, it seemed scientific and orderly. The officials of the Three Kingdoms had to take a bath every five days, which continued the Han Dynasty system, and of course they could also wash more frequently.

According to the "Book of Rites·Nieze", "If you take a bath for five days, please take a bath for three days. During this period, the face is dirty and the feet are dirty and the soup is clean."

The bathing during the Han Dynasty began to become solemn, and at this time, these "rules" were continued.

"Hailuo's Messages to the Officials" records that "Han Lu was given a rest every five days, and he was able to return to rest and go out for a visit."

It means that every five days of working, officials can rest and go home to take a shower one day.

At the same time, before major sacrificial activities, full-time officials will be responsible for bathing the emperor and the princes to show their awe of the gods.

During the Three Kingdoms period, bathing became a treatment method. People who do not have a bathroom at home can also take a bath in the public bathhouse in the city.

The famous doctor Dong Feng tried to add medicinal materials to treat diseases, especially skin diseases when taking a bath.

According to the "Taiping Guangji Dong Feng", "For more than ten days, the patient was red and without skin, and the pain was very painful. After bathing in water, the pain stopped. On twenty days, the skin was born and healed, and his body was like condensed fat.

However, Europeans in the late Middle Ages were the opposite of this, not loving to take a bath, and even regarded bathing as punishment, and gloriously not taking a bath for life, and were ridiculed as "A Europe that has not been washed for a thousand years."

The main reasons are three aspects: First, infectious diseases in Europe were rampant in the Middle Ages, and the medical and health conditions were poor. It is generally believed that living in dirty places would not cause infectious diseases, which led to poor personal hygiene.

The mother of King Henry IV of France insisted on not taking a bath for the rest of her life and was named Agnes. For King Louis XIV of the 17th century, he had to take a bath under the guidance of a doctor. From 1647 to 1711, he took a bath once.

The French lady who loved cleanliness most during that period took a bath twice a year.

When King Louis XV of Dharma, he still didn't take a lot of bathing. It is said that he had washed three times in his life, at birth, at marriage and at burial,

Cao Shuang also read this strange thing about not taking a bath in the Middle Ages in Europe in his previous life in a book introducing the Middle Ages in Europe. At that time, he could not understand it. Even in the Three Kingdoms period, he still couldn't understand it. Cao Shuang thought,

Then he continued to enjoy the service of the two women, took the mutton soup from Sun Luban, with chopped green onion and coriander floating on it, and kept steaming out...……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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