There was no water heater and bathtub shower room in ancient times, so it was really inconvenient to take a bath. "The Book of Filial Piety" also said that "the skin is influenced by parents, so you can't show it to others", which set an ethical obstacle for the emergence of public bathhouses. The only thing convenient for bathing is probably the emperor. According to the Ming History, the imperial court has a "mixed hall department" equipped with "a eunuch, a bookkeeper and a supervisor, who is in charge of bathing."
This shows that the emperor bathhouse and its employees were formally established. After all, the bathing of the world is small, and the bathing of the emperor is big. When it comes to the emperor taking a bath, we can't help but mention Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow. "It was early spring. They let her bathe in a pure pool to warm and smooth her creamy skin. Because of her fatigue, a maid held her up when the emperor first noticed her and chose her as his bride.
Tang's bath is not only magnificent, but also fragrant. It is also arrogant enough to write a big book and a special book that everyone knows after thousands of years.
Extended information: the most luxurious bath of the ancients.
Taking a bath with a hundred towels is really different. Most people will be happy to take a bath in the river. You can look at the whole bathing process of Cixi recorded in Jin Yi and Shen Yiling's "A Talk about Maids", which really makes people yearn for it.
Xiaotangshan in Beijing has the bath of Empress Dowager Cixi. According to the measurement, it is 4.55 meters long, 2.90 meters wide and 1.40 meters deep. The wall of the pond is made of ten huge stones. There is a reservoir next to it. When taking a bath, hot spring water flows into the reservoir from the crevice. When it is full, it will open a gate on the south wall, and the water will flow into the bath through the dark trough.
Cixi bathed in a wide low chair with four legs, each leg of which was coiled with dragons. The water for bathing Cixi contained two barrel-shaped wooden tires with silver plates, one for washing the lower body and the other for washing the lower body. Don't be confused.
A person should prepare a hundred towels when taking a bath. Every towel is embroidered with golden dragon with yellow silk thread, and a stack is a gesture: some are looking forward, some are looking back at the moon, some are playing with pearls, and some are spraying water.
The water in the bathtub should be clean. After the towel is soaked, it is not allowed to dip it back into the basin. One towel is used up and the other is thrown away. Although dozens of towels were used after washing the lower body, the water was still very clear. The water in the bathtub is scooped out at any time, replenished at any time, and constantly resists a certain temperature.