Ancient toilets

From the semantic point of view, the ancient "toilet" is as wide as a house. When viewed from the side, it is viewed from the side. This can be interpreted as "a side room next to the house".

It is said that when the ancients visited houses, they must go to the toilet for inspection, and the toilet must have a barrier.

In Han Dynasty, toilets were often associated with pigsty, so as to pay equal attention to raising pigs and storing fertilizer. In the Han Dynasty, there was a special person in Lin 'an to collect dung. It already has the nature of industry, and it is also a kind of public toilet. In the Song Dynasty, it became a system. Therefore, the cleanliness of cities in Song Dynasty is world-famous.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were few public toilets on the street, which was convenient for everyone to be an official. By the end of the Qing dynasty, this situation had improved. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the sanitation in the south was stronger than that in the north. Mu Taigong of Huzhou made his fortune by doing toilet business. He hired workers, dug the three houses in front of the door into three big pits, each pit was separated by a small wall, and the walls were painted anew. He also went to other people's homes and asked for countless poems, paintings and calligraphy to be posted on the wall of this dung house. He also hired a town teacher to give this toilet a nondescript name. He also made an advertisement. He is afraid that others will not know. Mr. Wang wrote hundreds of "newspapers" and posted them in all directions, which read: Mu family sprays new pits, please pay attention to Mr. Yuan and Jin. This family is willing to stick toilet paper. The shit in the toilet can be sold. Farmers who have been farming for a period of time come to his house for wholesale purchase. Each load is worth a dollar, and there is more rice, oil and salt to exchange.

Toilets, for nobles, are not only simple pollutants, but also play a role in politics. Lv Hou cut off Mrs Qi's hands and feet, removed her eyes and ears, drank the remedy to the case, and made her stay in the toilet, named "Ren Bi". Ouyang Xiu often studied in the toilet.

The toilet of the Western Empress Dowager was made of countless precious stones. It is shiny, carved with beams and painted buildings, and there is a tiger riding on it. The main part is the fine powder of fragrant wood, which doesn't stink at all. It is the highest toilet in ancient and modern China and abroad.