Eating, drinking, urinating and sleeping are all major issues in life. So even though going to the bathroom may feel a little awkward, it is actually still a major event in life. The toilet was called the "place of reincarnation of grains" in ancient times. This word reveals the important significance of the existence of the toilet. So, how did the ancients deal with hygiene issues after going to the toilet?
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Now after we go to the toilet, we mainly wipe our vagina with paper. To be more particular, in addition to wiping the hair, you will also wash it with water. Some high-end toilets have both flushing and drying functions, which are very considerate and considerate.
However, the ancients were different. They rarely used paper to wipe their hair. Paper is rarely used to wipe *** This situation was not just in ancient times. It was still like this in rural areas until the reform and opening up in the last century.
So, why did the ancients rarely use paper to wipe their hair? There are several main reasons for this.
First, paper was invented relatively late. Our country has precise records of the time when papermaking was used to make paper, which was during the Eastern Han Dynasty. So, before the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was definitely no paper. Without paper, it is naturally impossible to wipe the *** with paper.
Second, paper is a luxury product. Although paper was invented. However, the ancient paper-making technology was not strong and the cost was high, so the output of paper was very small. In this way, paper became a luxury product. Since it is a luxury product, it cannot be used to wipe the vagina.
During the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a story about "Luoyang paper is expensive". At that time, the writer Zuo Si wrote an "Ode to Sandu". Because it was so well written, people in Luoyang were copying it. To be precise, it should be that the scholars in Luoyang were copying it, and it was certainly impossible for illiterate people to copy it. There were only a few scholars in ancient times. If the scholars in Luoyang passed down copies, the number of people who copied them would not be very large. A few people circulated it and copied it, which led to "Luoyang paper being expensive". It can be seen that paper is indeed very luxurious.
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Third, paper was very sacred in ancient times. The ancients said, "Everything is inferior, only reading is superior." Because studying is directly linked to seeking an official career. Ancient books are also called "sage books", which shows that they are very important and cannot be defiled. Since books cannot be stained, paper must not be stained either. It is obviously disrespectful to use paper to wipe your ***.
Fourth, the paper wiper is not easy to use. In ancient times, soft paper could not be made. If the paper was not soft, it would not be wiped clean. At the same time, in order to print on paper, the ancients would add some glue to the paper, so that the paper would be harder. Such paper is naturally not suitable for wiping ***.
It can be seen that even if paper has been invented, it has not been popularized in toilets. In short, throughout ancient times, paper was rarely used to wipe the body.
So what did the ancients use to wipe their hair?
In ancient times, the tool for wiping vaginas had an elegant name called "toilet chip".
"Chi" is actually a small stick, or a small piece of bamboo or wood used for calculation. For example, when we say "I can't do anything," I mean that I can't put down these small pieces of bamboo or wood in my hands. Of course, the "toilet chips" in the toilet are obviously not used for calculations. It's just that its appearance is the same as that of Suan Chi. They are thin, flat, slightly wider, and rounded edges.
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Toilet chips are different in different homes. Rich people will use a kind of wood with better water absorption and even fragrance to make toilet seats. Use such a toilet chip to wipe the vagina, the penis can be wiped cleaner, and it will also have a fragrance.
But even if you use scented toilet chips to wipe your vagina, it is actually not easy to wipe your vagina clean. Therefore, people who are more particular will not only wipe the penis with a toilet chip, but also wash it with water, and then use spices to incense it to make a piece of penis fragrant.
Obviously, ordinary poor families do not have such particularity. Moreover, they don’t have the toilet credits to pass the work test, so they usually prepare a bundle of “stick shit” in the toilet.
What is "stick shit"? It is part of bamboo. Ancient people often used bamboo to weave utensils.
Before weaving, first cut the bamboo and cut off the outermost layer of green skin. This layer has good toughness and is the material for weaving. It is called "strips". The inner layer has poor toughness and is useless, so it is called "strip feces". The reason why it has such an unpleasant name is that firstly, this layer of bamboo slices is of no use, and secondly, it is related to wiping the vagina. After going to the toilet, I would fold a piece of "shi" off and scrape my vagina. It's like a toilet chip, only very crude. Sometimes it will cut the penis because it is too sharp. Or because the bamboo slices are too narrow, they cannot be scraped cleanly. This kind of "stick" can't even be scraped, so it can only be called a "stick".
In ancient times, after some children went to the toilet, there was a very strange way of wiping the penis, which was to ask the dog at home to lick the child's penis. Because dogs eat human feces, they also lick the residue off children's vaginas.