Since the Sui Dynasty, the development of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has made the North-South trade more frequent, and a large number of industrial and commercial offices began to gather in Yangzhou, which also gave birth to many business models serving these people. Bathhouses are gradually evolving in this environment. These traveling businessmen and cargo handling workers need to clean their personal hygiene. Living away from home is not suitable for bathing, so mass bathing has become popular. Not only is it relatively cheap, but it also provides a variety of services and has won unanimous praise. At that time, there were two schools about rubbing bath, the southern school was good at acupoint massage, and the northern school was famous for penetrating the back. People in every place have different hobbies.
At that time, the bathhouse culture in southern China was very popular, which can be said to be a service industry integrating bathing and health preservation, and began to spread from south to north. Gradually, not only the people accepted this form, but also many dignitaries fell in love with this bathing method. Nowadays, many elderly people still have the habit and hobby of going to the swimming pool every day, because in the cultural system, they have recognized this leisure way.
Later, with the progress of the times, the popularity of private toilets in the south was higher, but the climate in the north was cold, and it was not until nearly 30 years later that private toilets began to be fully popularized. Therefore, the bathhouse culture in the north is still very strong, giving everyone the illusion that only northerners bathe in the lobby, but in fact this is only a cultural imprint left over from historical development, and it will gradually disappear in our lives with the development of the times in the future, but this service system will not disappear, and there will be related needs.