The heat waves are rolling, what kind of tricks are used for the ancients to use summer

As the saying goes, "cold in Sanjiu, hot in Sanfu." Although it has not yet entered, the continuous high temperature in Xi'an has been hot and hot in the past few days. Some netizens teased that they could "get angry" in the sun.

To deal with hot summer, modern air conditioners have become standard. So, in the case where ancient technology is underdeveloped, what method does the ancient people use to avoid the summer? How can I solve it?

Eat, ancient "ice cream"

"People take food as the sky." How can the "Summer Elimination Artifact" be a must -have "ice cream" for people. Maybe everyone thinks that ice cream is "imported." In fact, our smart ancients began to eat "ice cream" a long time ago.

Come to the Terracotta Warriors ice cream

To make ice cream, ice cubes are essential. In ancient times without refrigerators and even power generation equipment, how did the ancients hide ice?

In 2004, archeologists cleaned up a building site 2000 before the Gangle Palace site of Han Chang'an City. After archeological excavation, it was confirmed that this is the first giant palace hidden ice relics unearthed in the Han Chang'an city site.

According to the literature, there is a Ling room in Weiyang Palace. Lingshi is "Tibetan Ice Place" ("Three Supplementary Yellow Maps"). As an important facility in ancient Chinese cities, Lingshi Naising in winter and opening ice in spring. The hidden ice is used to cool down in the palace. The Changle Palace used to be used as the palace in the early Han Dynasty, and Emperor Hui has been the palace of the Empress Dowager. There are many palace buildings at the same time in the site not far. The hidden ice in the Ling room should be used in the nearest palace.

Han Chang'an City Site

In fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the ancients in my country invented the ice cellar, that is, the ice cubes were sealed in winter and waited for the next summer to enjoy. The Zhou Dynasty also set up the ice collection department and set up officials who specialized in the ice for ice. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, people began to storage of deep wells, and it was precisely because of this method of ice -telling and not complicated, and it has existed in the dynasties since then.

Of course, the clever ancient people not only hide the ice, they use their wisdom to extend from the storage of the ice cellar to the development of cold drinks. Among the six characters of the "Lady Map" of Prince Tang Zhanghuai, two of them were holding "crispy mountains". "Crisy Mountain" is equivalent to the ice cream we eat today. According to research, the bottom layer of Crisy Mountain should be ice, covered with cream, butter, and decorations such as flowers and colored trees. It can be seen that whether it is ancient or modern, "food" is very particular about choosing "eating".

The lady in the "Ladies Picture" of Prince Tang Zhanghuai's Tomb holds "Crisy Mountain"

According to Shizai, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the ancestors of our country had mastered the method of using nitrogen as a refrigerant, and at the same time, it was used as the raw material to condense the "ice cheese" while stirring. It is generally believed that "ice cheese" is the earliest origin of modern ice cream. Kublai Kubili, the Yuan Dynasty, had forbidden people outside the court to make "ice cheese".

How about, do you feel that the ancients' enthusiasm and creativity for life are still amazing. In fact, whether it is ancient or modern, people can always use endless imagination for a "eating".

Wear, ancient "tulle"

Compared with the few days that modern people wear in summer than a day, what should the three layers of robe and horse gowns in the three layers of the ancients do in the hot summer? In fact, the style and wisdom of the ancients far exceeded our imagination.

The ancients of our country could produce very thin and thin gauze clothes very early. It is reported that gauze was first used to dress outside the clothes to add a hazy beauty. Later, because of its thinness, it was very cool to wear in summer, and the gauze became the first choice for summer for the rich people in ancient times.

The lady in the picture "cool gauze"

There is also a record of "Jinyi Five" in the Tang Dynasty: "A Arab businessman saw a Tang Dynasty official wearing a gauze, and he could see the mole on his chest through his clothes. How can you see the two layers of clothes? 'After listening, the official laughed and asked him to observe again. It turned out that he wore five layers on his body. "It can be seen that how thin the gauze was at that time.

It is also because the yarn is easy to transmittoming, making it a very bold dress style at that time. A piece of purple and red Luodi Jinxiu (this is an embroidered needle method fixed on the silk) half -arm. According to Quan Fei, staff member of the Famen Temple Museum, the half -sleeved shirt of the sculpture of the gold embroidery is only 14.1 cm in length and only 6.5 cm in length. chest.

From this point of view, the style of the ancients is not as stereotyped and conservative as we think, and sometimes it is "avant -garde" than us modern people. In addition, the ancients' clothes are "loose", and even the "robe and horse gown" can bring a bit of coolness in the hot summer.

Live, ancient "air -conditioned room"

As the standard of summer, "air conditioning" not only exists in modern times, but also the summer effects of "air -conditioned houses" in ancient times are also very obvious.

According to the "Thirty Years of Zuo Zhuan • Xianggong": "Zheng Bo has wine, is a cave room." "Cave room", that is, "basement". Whenever the hot summer night, in this "sophisticated" basement, putting the ice cubes form a natural "air -conditioned room". This is the most popular way for pre -Qin nobles to avoid summer heat and cool down.

Gangle Palace Architectural Site of Chang'an City

The Han Dynasty palace also has a "air -conditioned room" in winter and summer. In winter, the room is called "Wen Tian Hall", and the room in summer is called "Qingliang Temple". It is the most advanced summer house for the royal family. Judging from the "Han Book" record, there are multiple cooling devices in the Qingliang Hall -with stones as beds, using jade crystal dishes to install ice cubes, and some people stand aside and facing the fan. The refrigeration effect is excellent. Zhongxia is frost. " In this way, the cool temple in the summer season is extremely cool, like frost. In the Tang Dynasty, the cooling method of the ancients had been shifted from underground to the ground, and a "cold house" built by the water appeared in Chang'an City. Turn the fan blades through the water flow, and the wind produced by the fan blades blows from the water surface to the house to achieve the effect of cooling. Some palaces in the Tang Dynasty were also settled on the walls and eaves, irrigated cold water in the water pipe, and reducing the indoor temperature through cold water circulation.

I have to say that the ancient people's rich imagination and wisdom is also "fighting" on the "summer", and the "summer" and "artifact" invented by the invention are even more open. However, it is clear that whether it is eating, wearing, and living, this noble pleasure cannot be owned by ordinary people in ancient times.

Text 丨 Zhao Jianlan

Edit 丨 Yang Lina

Review 丨 Yifu

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