Chapter 67: Taking a bath is important, so say it again
Li Chen soaked in the hot water comfortably, and just added the hot water to the pool, the water temperature was high, and Li Chen soaked comfortably and wanted to moan. He began to think about the feasibility of opening a bathhouse.
But after thinking about it carefully, Li Chen was not sure whether this business was good or not. In the Tang Dynasty, it seems that bathhouses were not very popular.
The bathhouse was called a mixed hall in the Tang Dynasty, or a bathhouse, and the palace had to be called a bathhouse. Directly called a bathhouse? People will think that this is the place to wash their hands, that bathing is to wash their hands, and that bathing is to wash their bodies. Mu is to wash the hair, and washing is to wash the feet, although the Tang Dynasty is not as strict as in ancient times, but it is still not suitable for indiscriminate use.
In the Tang Dynasty, private baths were not popular, because many places, such as temples, had bathhouses for people to bathe. This is also the reason why Li Chen can take a bath every day when he is in Changshou Temple, and he will take cold water when it is hot, and there will be hot water when it is cold.
The temple will have a bathhouse, probably because it is necessary to bathe often, and even on the Dunhuang mural, there are monks bathing in the scene. There is such a habit of bathing, probably because Buddhism is transmitted from India, a hot belt country, with a lot of rain, it is easy to bathe, and at the same time, it will be very difficult not to wash.
In addition to temples, some large official institutions also have bathhouses. Bathing is important, so speak again. Modern people don't take bathing seriously, they wash when they want, but in ancient times, bathing was very cautious, why? The festival needs Ah.
If you have a little understanding of history, you should know that from the beginning of the Shang Dynasty, the major affairs of the country were to worship and fight. Rong is a war, and worship is worship, and the reason is clear to everyone. Even now, worship is very important.
You don't believe it? When the leaders of the state go to the Martyrs' Shrine, it is also a ritual. Isn't it important? Then the prime minister of the anointing country has to go to the Yasukuni Shrine, what is Huaxia so excited to do? In the same way, bhikshus too, if they want to worship the Buddha, they also have to clean themselves.
Worship is very important, so it is necessary to abstain from bathing, and abstaining from eating meat is not to eat meat, and bathing is to wash your head and take a bath. Taking a bath is very important, this is the third time, the body is full of stinky coaxing, people hate you, what is the situation of the ancestors and God. Therefore, large official institutions will have bathhouses, even the emperor is inevitable. The famous hot spring water slide water wash condensate to Huaqing Pool, which is the big bathhouse.
Because temples and government offices are equipped with baths, it is also very convenient to wash, so the Tang Dynasty folk bathhouses are relatively few. This phenomenon came to the Song Dynasty, and after the Song Dynasty, bathhouses were very common, and the streets and alleys were all over the place.
Then why didn't Li Chen take Sanxiao to the official bathhouse to wash? The official has a bathhouse, or does it do business with the official? The reason is very simple, no matter where you get it, whether it is a temple or an official bathhouse, almost all of them are used by men, and there are very few women. If you don't mind mixing baths.
Therefore, Li Chen brought three children to this private bathhouse, which is a private bathhouse for one of the few women-only bathhouses. Love watching Japanese love films, don't you admire Japanese mixed bathing? In modern times, of course, there are none, but in ancient Japan, men and women bathed together. This is also learned from the Tang Dynasty.
(Actually, it's nothing to open a bathhouse.) Sauna aside, if I make a pot, a lotus puff, and a tap head, business will definitely be good. Li Chen pondered.
He thought about it carefully, how did the Tang people wash their heads and take a bath. Represented by the three smalls, it is good to wash your hair in the summer, and cold water is fine. As long as you carry water, you can also go to the stream to play in the water and wash your hair. Well, that's not the norm, and you don't have to burn hot water in the summer.
In winter, it takes a lot of effort to fetch and boil water. After cooking, you should wash it as soon as it is hot, because the water will cool off.
Scoop up the hot water, kneel down and wash it, and wash it with the hot water. Then the poor people use swill, plant and wood ashes, and the rich people use bath beans. It took a long time to start with a lot of effort.
Because he rarely washes his hair, like Li Chen, he washes his head twice every three days, and it is convenient to live in a temple, so it can be very fast. The Tang people are very numb every time because they don't wash much, and it takes a lot of time to wash a long hair. As a result, the hair was washed, the water was cold, and someone needed to help add heat.
The Tang Dynasty did not have lotus fluffy heads, nor did they have water heaters, so it was impossible to open the customs and hot water would come. Unlike modern people, energy supply is already very convenient and cheap. Think about it, just burning hot water, firewood is a penny.
Unlike modern times, where water supply is pressed, the lotus canopy is opened, which is a strong water column. The amount of hot water is indispensable for the amount of hot water that is stained with the hair and has to be completely washed clean, and it is not like just now, the hot water just warms the hair.
Again, when the bath is due, it is usually the case that those who have money can have slaves to help them fill and pour water, and those who have no money have to come by themselves. You can wash your hair by yourself, who will help you burn the hot water, and who will help you bring it? As a result, it will cost an extra manpower.
Calculated carefully, the cost of firewood and cleaning supplies, plus the cost of manpower, the time it takes to carry water, boil water, and carry water, and how much does it cost to sparkle all up...
(If I make a lotus puff and turn it off, the heat will come, and it will be comfortable and convenient.) It's going to be very popular. Li Chen calculated, taking a bath is so troublesome, if he can simplify it into a modern form, which is cheap and convenient, as soon as the water tap is turned on, the high-pressure hot water will come, and it will definitely be very business.
Even, if there is no way to do water taps and lotus puffs, there is no way to study the burning efficiency of the furnace, so that the cost of the bathhouse is high, and the sauna can be imitated.
The sauna is much simpler, only a high-temperature stove is required, and the water only needs cold water, which is much more convenient than boiling hot water.
That's right, just do this, think about it for a long time, and feel that it is almost soaked, Li Chen got up. First, I feel that the bubble is almost soaked, and secondly, because of the price, each person can only add water twice, and the boss will not give it to you. You don't get up? When the time comes, the hot water will turn into cold water, and you can bear some of it.
After getting up, Li Chen took out a piece of cloth and wiped his body. This is not to be discussed, generally Tang people will use two pieces of cloth in the bath, the upper body is wiped with a more dense cloth, and the lower body is more coarsely, Li Chen doesn't care, take a large thin cloth and wipe the whole body.
"You're taking them to the bath again?" When he took Sanxiao back to get back, he just saw Xiaohong in the backyard, heading to Xiang (Yin Tongbi must go, "You are so diligent, my aunt is not as diligent as you are to take a bath.'"
Li Chen scratched his head, saying this as if he was a girl, even better than a mother. There is no way, modern people have to get used to bathing every day.
"Little Red Sister, how do we have to perform today?" Seeing Xiao Hong, Ah Xiang was very happy to step forward, grabbed Xiao Hong's hand, and began to show her merits, saying how hard she worked.
Li Chen smiled and didn't step forward, Sanxiao really worked hard. Because there are not many people, everyone has to work hard when they perform on stage. Many scenes basically have to occupy two manpower, and the big scene has to be played by four people.
When the scene is small, you have to prepare the sound effects without incident. When the performance reaches its climax, it is necessary to rush out and ask for money. So everybody worked hard, and maybe it will get better in the future, because for the first time today, everybody was in a hurry.
"Look, Little Tiger, Little Dog, Ah Xiang, you are all very hard." , Xiao Hongxiao Mimi had to touch Ah Xiang's head, "Wait a while before you talk, I want to serve the lady to wash her hair."
The so-called ๆนข is a bathhouse. Generally speaking, it is private and not open to the outside world. Only when it is open to the outside world can it be called a mixed hall. The royal palace has to be called the bathhouse, and sometimes the emperor will find the ministers to take a bath together, and the monarchs and ministers will meet each other frankly and discuss state affairs together. Because it is a place for bathing, in order to heat up, there will be a pot to boil water. It is also usually placed together with the place where the water is stored.
"Erniang wants to wash her hair? Didn't you wash it the day before yesterday?' Ah Xiang asked strangely, "Because a noble guest is coming." The eldest lady needs to wash up a lot.' Little Red explained.
I washed it the day before yesterday, and I washed it again today, is it very common? Calculate. Do you know how many days the ancient people bathed frequently? It is usually bathed once every five days and washed once every three days. This is still stipulated by law, "Three days of bathing, five days of bathing."
In the Han Dynasty, officials had one day off every five days, which was called Xiumu. This means that every five days you are given a day off, so that you can rest, let you take a bath..., the Tang Dynasty civil servants were more difficult, and this period was ten days in the Tang Dynasty. Because the 10 days are exactly 10 days, it is also called the "10 days holiday".
Extending it to ten days does not mean that the Tang people can only take a bath once in ten days. Of course, once every five days does not mean that it is the five days of iron, and if the officials are a little richer, they may be able to wash once every two or three days, and if the people are poor, it will be extended to seven or eight days. Like modern people, the ones who wash every day are probably those female "sex workers".
Female "sex workers" are required by the profession, otherwise, the ancients really didn't like to take a bath, the rich didn't wash so often, and even the emperor didn't like to take a bath, for example, the famous Emperor Xinting who wept. Because it was difficult for him to wash his head, he was famous for his filial piety and Emperor Jinming, and he also congratulated his father for washing his head. His father said that he hadn't washed it for a long time, and it was very comfortable to wash his head and encourage his son to stay healthy with him....
Thinking of this, Li Chen snorted, is it so difficult to take a bath? It is even more determined to come up with a modern bathhouse, at least the idea of a sauna.
However, Li Chen didn't know that even if it was so convenient to take a bath, I am afraid that there were still many people who did not like to take a bath. In the Song Dynasty, bathhouses were everywhere, and it was convenient to take a bath, but there were still people who didn't like to take a bath.
Wang Anshi, who is very famous, doesn't like to take a bath. I don't know if so many people in history who opposed the new law were opposed to him because they didn't love to interfere with it.