Chapter 245 Bathing, Mandarin ducks playing in the water
In the mist of water vapor, behind the screen partition illuminated by lights, Sun Luban and Leng Chunyue were slowly taking off Cao Shuang's prime minister's official robes with their jade hands, and hanging them one by one on the wooden hangers.
After the Zhou Dynasty implemented the etiquette system, the aristocratic class attached great importance to clothing. When they returned home, they would respectfully take off their clothes and put on casual clothes. After the servants took the clothes, they would put them neatly on such hangers.
But at that time, clothes hangers were still called "stringers" or "wooden racks." Before the invention of hooks, clothes were hung on crossbars.
The clothes hangers have different forms and different names. The straight ones are called "樨"; the horizontal wooden poles used to hang clothes are called "桡", also called "Shi".
"Rites·Nei Principles": "Men and women use different postures and dare not hang on to the husband's Zen posture."
The wooden cupboard nailed to the wall is used to hang clothes, which is also called "Zen". "Erya Shigong": "It is called 'Zen' on the wall."
"Erya Shiqi": "The pole is called Shi." Shu said: "Anyone who uses a pole as a clothes hanger is called 'Shi'." These names have been used until the Tang Dynasty.
Ancient clothes hangers were mostly in the form of a horizontal bar, which was mainly used for picking up clothes rather than hanging them. There were upright columns on both sides and a wooden base underneath. There was a crossbeam between the two columns, with a middle plate embedded in the middle and two columns growing out of the top.
The beams have round carvings of birds, flowers and grass at the ends.
The ancients often wore long robes, and after taking off their clothes, they put them on the beams of the wooden benches. The wooden benches were usually located in bedrooms and bathrooms so that people could place their clothes nearby. The bathing room was just a few steps away from the bedroom.
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Whether they like bathing is a significant difference between ancient Chinese ancestors and European medieval nobles and common people.
Before the Xia and Shang dynasties, the ancestors of the primitive tribes could only bathe in the river. With the development of society, people gradually developed the habit of bathing.
As late as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there are records of "bathing" in oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions. The character "mu" is shaped like hands holding a basin of water to bathe one's hair. It means "mu", which means washing hair; the character "yu" is shaped like a person standing in a vessel.
, and add water drops in the casserole on both sides of the person, it means bath, which means taking a bath.
With the progress and development of the times, in the Zhou Dynasty, there were special places for bathing. Bathrooms, commonly known as "bathhouses", were also called "bathroom doors", "mixed halls" and so on in ancient times.
The "Book of Rites" of the Han Dynasty records the political regulations before the Qin and Han Dynasty, mainly the Zhou Dynasty, the system of famous objects, and etiquette contents such as crown, dusk, funeral, sacrifice, swallow, enjoyment, court, and employment. There are special bathrooms for the Zhou people in it.
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The ancients have attached great importance to the cleanliness of the skin for a long time. As early as "Chu Ci", there is a saying that "a new bath must refresh the crown, and a new bath must refresh the clothes".
"Zhou Li" also records the bathing situation of people in the Shang Dynasty, but there were no special bathrooms at that time.
As for the advent of bathrooms, there is a record in the "Book of Rites" of the Han Dynasty that "there is no common well inside and outside, and there is no common bathing in the bath." "梢" refers to the ancient bathroom.
The bathroom is neatly placed with a double-eared copper kettle, a wooden bathtub, a pumice stone for back rubs, as well as a complete set of bathing utensils such as clogs, copper lamps, and bath stools. The floor is made of wood, which is equivalent to today's wooden floor.
The bath room is close to the master's living room and bedroom, which to a certain extent reflects the ancient people's emphasis on cleanliness and bathing, and their pursuit of a private, quiet, thoughtful and comfortable bathing environment.
"Book of Rites Tamamo" contains: "Two towels are used for bathing, with the upper part tied with the lower part of the turban. Take out the tea towel, walk on the Kuai mat, and use the soup together; wear the Pu mat, wear the clothes and towel on the body, and then drink."
This is how Cao Shuang asked Sun Luban and Leng Chunyue to toss up and down in the "梢" (bathroom) tonight, observing the red tape and steps of bathing in the "Book of Rites",
Fortunately, the people helping him bathe were two beauties, so the tedious steps were acceptable. If it were two grown men, he would just kick them out and wash himself however he felt comfortable.
Leng Chunyue had people prepare two towels. Sun Luban used a thin towel to wipe Cao Shuang's upper body carefully, while Leng Chunyue, whose face was red, used a thicker towel to wipe Cao Shuang's lower body.
It's just a matter of rubbing a stick of incense,
Cao Shuang would look up and down the two women's bodies without observing etiquette, admiring them as they worked on him. After a while, he couldn't help but move his hands up and down Leng Chunyue's body.
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Cao Shuang secretly thought that if he could have such enjoyment in modern times, his current life would be better. In his previous life, he had nothing, but now he has a lot, but it will be very difficult to keep it all. But he
You still have to grit your teeth and keep going!
Sun Luban wiped and said with a smile: "Why are you so impatient today? Chunyue is here tonight, can she still run away?"
Leng Chunyue blushed and said softly: "Master, don't be anxious. I am already yours. Can a cooked duck still fly?"
After another cup of tea, Cao Shuang and the three of them finished playing in the water.
After getting out of the bathtub, Cao Shuang stood on the straw mat according to the "properties". Leng Chunyue took a double-eared copper pot and rinsed Cao Shuang with hot water at a suitable temperature, and then served him to put on the regular clothes and clothes that had been prepared earlier.
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Then Sun Luban timely brought a bowl of mutton soup to Cao Shuang to warm his appetite. From the perspective of this process, it seemed scientific and orderly. Officials in the Three Kingdoms period had to take a bath every five days if conditions allowed. This
It is a continuation of the system from the Han Dynasty. Of course, it can also be washed more frequently.
According to the "Book of Rites·Nei Principles", "On the fifth day, please bathe in the soup, and on the third day, take a bath. During this period, the facial dirt will be removed; the foot dirt, please wash it with the soup."
Bathing began to become solemn during the Han Dynasty, and these "rules" were continued at this time.
"Hai Lu Sui Shi Shi Shi Officials and Bureaucrats" records, "Han law stipulates that one is allowed to take a break every five days, and then one can return to take a break and take a bath."
This means that for every five days of work, officials can have one day off to go home and take a bath.
At the same time, before major sacrificial activities, there will be full-time officials responsible for the bathing of the emperor and the princes to show their respect for the gods.
During the Three Kingdoms period, bathing also became a form of treatment. People who did not have bathrooms at home could take a bath in public bathhouses in the city.
The famous doctor Dong Feng tried to add medicinal materials to the bath to treat diseases, especially skin diseases.
According to "Taiping Guangji·Dong Feng", "For more than ten days, the patient's body was naked and skinless, and he was in severe pain. He had to take a water bath, and the pain stopped. After twenty days, the skin healed and his body was like gelatin."
On the contrary, Europeans in the late Middle Ages did not like to bathe, and even regarded bathing as a punishment. They took it as an honor to not bathe for life, and were ridiculed as "Europe that has not washed for thousands of years."
The reasons are mainly from three aspects: First, infectious diseases were rampant in Europe in the Middle Ages, and medical and health conditions were poor. It was generally believed that people living in dirty places would not get infectious diseases, which led to poor personal hygiene.
The mother of King Henry IV of France insisted on never bathing her whole life and was canonized as Saint Agnès. For King Louis XIV of France in the 17th century, bathing had to be under the guidance of a doctor. During the 64 years from 1647 to 1711,
He only took a bath once,
During that period, French ladies who loved cleanliness the most took baths twice a year.
By the time of King Louis XV of France, he still didn't bathe very often. It is said that he bathed three times in his life, when he was born, when he got married and when he was buried.
Cao Shuang also read this weird thing about not bathing in the European Middle Ages from a book introducing the European Middle Ages in his previous life. He couldn't understand it at the time. Even in the Three Kingdoms period, he still couldn't understand it. Cao Shuang thought to himself,
Then he continued to enjoy the service of the two women, and took the mutton soup from Sun Luban's hand, with chopped green onion and coriander floating on it, and the steam continued to come out...