A drink called honey water appeared in Han dynasty, which was made of water and honey. It was called Sprite in Han dynasty. Honey water was a high-grade drink in the Han Dynasty, and it was more popular with the upper class. With the development of the times, by the end of the Han Dynasty, the practice of honey water as a drink became more and more common among the people.
In the Han Dynasty, there was also an ice food called Crispy Mountain, which was a dairy product of nomadic people in the north. When the ladies-in-waiting heated the crisp until it almost melted and reached a very soft state, they dripped the melted crisp on the plate to make the shape of a mountain, and finally put it in the ice room for freezing, thus making the crisp mountain, a high-end delicious ice product of the ancients in summer.
The ancient method of cooling off summer heat:
1. Living in a cool house: Generally speaking, in ancient times, wealthy families or royal aristocrats would choose a treasure trove of geomantic omen, that is, they would build houses around water sources, use the principle of machinery to send water to the roof, and then lie down along the eaves to form a cooling effect. They also dig wells indoors, cool them in their rooms in summer and cover them in winter.
2. Bitong drink: The ancients used lotus leaves to make wine glasses. When drinking, they use lotus leaves as wine glasses in the lotus pond, which is quite interesting. Take the lotus leaf with stem and pierce the lotus heart, so that the perforation is connected with the hollow lotus stem. Fill the lotus leaf with wine, then bend the hollow leaf stem into a trunk shape and suck the wine from the end of the stem. The ancients called this way of drinking with lotus leaf cups "Bitong Drink".