In ancient times, bathing was not only for the sake of personal integrity, but also as a etiquette and social morality, which was observed by both parties. For example, burn incense and take a bath first to show piety and respect. The Analects of Confucius asks, "Confucius bathed in sunshine." Confucius' political thought respected the rule of etiquette, so he strictly observed the rule of etiquette and took a bath before going to see princes or offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods. Laozi is also very particular about hygiene, as recorded in Zhuangzi Tian Zifang: once, Confucius went to see Laozi and met Laozi in the bath, with long hair, almost unlike a person, which startled Confucius. China is an ancient civilization with a long tradition of hygiene and customs. It has long been stipulated in ancient times that the upper body bath towel and the lower body bath towel should be separated. "Book of Rites # Inside" says: "There is no well outside, no bath inside." The ethical reasons here also mean cleanliness.
There are many single hieroglyphs in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It is a text that describes the shape of a physical object, that is, hieroglyphics. The aforementioned words about personal hygiene, such as bathing, bathing and washing, belong to this hieroglyph. Take the word "bath" as an example. It looks like a person standing on a plate, with water dripping on his body and head, indicating that a person is standing on a plate to take a bath.
Book records
Shan Hai Jing is the earliest encyclopedia in China. It is said that it was written by Yu Xia, and it also recorded the method of medicated bath. Smoked grass is recorded in Shan Hai Jing # Beishan Jing. Pei Zhi may be ill. In Shan Hai Jing # Xishan Jing, it is recorded that the yellow cheekbones are "bathed and swollen". It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "Take a bath if you have a head injury, and take a bath if you are sick." A large number of hair salons, black hair, smoked clothes and scented bodies were recorded in the Tang Dynasty's Secrets of Outer Taiwan and Thousand Women and Wings. In these formulas, a lot of spices are used, which can not only clean the body, scent the body, prevent insects, but also have the function of air disinfection. During the Zhou Dynasty, the "diviner" was in charge, and May, a specific month of the year, was also the time for bathing. Everyone is bathed in fragrant herbs. Qu Yuan's Lisao is a description of the folk people's bathing festival. After the Tang and Song Dynasties, it was customary to designate the fifth day of each year as the "Bathing Orchid Festival". On this day, everyone should take a medicated bath to remove filth and prevent diseases. During the Sixteen Kingdoms Period, Shi Hu, the late monarch of Vietnam, was very particular about bathing. He put all kinds of spices and medicines into silk bags and soaked them in the pool. In the severe winter, dozens of bronze dragons, each weighing tens of kilograms, were burned red and put into the pool to keep the water at a certain temperature. This kind of bath is called Jiaolong Pool, also called Qingting Bathroom.
develop
Modern bathing is not only a way of cleaning, but also has evolved into a health-preserving, health-care and intellectual exercise with the progress of society and people's high requirements for health. Now the business model of bathing has developed from single to diversified, and the business content of this place can be distinguished from the name, mostly leisure clubs, business halls and resort hotels. The types of bathing are gradually increasing with people's requirements, such as sunbathing, hot spring bath, mud bath, sand bath, petal bath, milk bath, salt bath and so on.