One is adding clothes. No matter what age, clothes are the best tool to keep out the cold. In ancient times, there were no so-called cotton-padded clothes and trousers today. In order to keep out the cold, ordinary people often use clothes made of animal fur, hemp and so on, which has very limited warm-keeping effect. However, despite this, it is still the most common means to keep out the cold.
The second is drinking. China people have a long wine culture, and drinking can warm people's bodies, which is also a major reason why China people love drinking. There are also many celebrities who like drinking in history, such as the poet Li Bai and the Seven Sages of Bamboo Forest. Are famous for drinking.
The third is to burn kang. The heated kang has a long history in China. The so-called "fire kang" is to open the foundation and connect all the rooms together. When the stove is lit, heat will flow to all rooms along the foundation, thus making the rooms very warm. In fact, the fire-resistant kang really became popular after the Qing Dynasty, and it was at this time that the fire-resistant kang in Northeast China and Shanxi was handed down today.
The fourth is to keep warm around the stove. In the Tang Dynasty, people began to use clay to make smoke stoves for people to keep warm. There was also "soup" in the Song Dynasty, just like warm water bags today, for people to keep warm.
Of course, in addition to these methods of heating in winter, there are some special methods in the court:
First use the girl's body to keep warm, and put your hand on the girl to keep warm.
The second is to use the method of "surrounding prostitutes" to get a group of girls together to keep people warm.
In a word, compared with modern people, ancient people did not pursue heating methods much.