How did the ancients solve the problem of no paper when they went to the toilet

The ancients would use tools such as pieces of paper, stones, and shells as aids, and a sponge stick was also invented in ancient Rome for toileting.

The more common is to use bamboo chips to call toilet chips, and single people also use clods, stones, grass blades, and the like.

1.When there is no paper, it is more powerful to use bamboo or wood as a tool to wipe the buttocks. The more elegant name is called toilet chips, or toilet Jane.

If it is called a toilet chip, it may be related to grass and trees, that is, bamboo skewers, which are longer than toothpicks, like the size of bamboo skewers used in barbecue meat skewers now. If it is called toilet chips, it should be derived from ancient book Jane, which is undoubtedly invented by the Chinese. Among the artifacts unearthed, the average length of the toilet is 24 cm, the width is 1 cm, and the thickness is the size of the wooden stick in the middle of the ice cream we eat.

With the advent of paper, these thick sticks will be eliminated. Who has white flour steamed buns and doesn't eat them, but goes to gnaw on the nest of acorn noodles. According to the theory of evolution, people's minds are becoming more and more mature, and their brains are becoming more and more developed.

Before the advent of toilets, bark, straw sticks, leaves, etc., were conceivable. The use of silk silk or cloth can not be ruled out, now people also use diapers for babies, can be washed and dried and used repeatedly, people wipe their noses and use handkerchiefs, the ancients are also willing to use handkerchiefs to wipe their buttocks, and then wash and put them in their pockets for later use. Perhaps the original form of the handkerchief was used by dignitaries to wipe their buttocks, and later used by poor middle peasants to wipe their noses.

In the south, the mat is made of bamboo skin, and in the north, the mat is made of sorghum pole skin. China's handicraft industry is the most exquisite in the world, and there are countless skilled craftsmen. However, the sorghum pole was used as a toilet for 1,000 years and is still in use today.

THE DIAMETER OF THE SORGHUM ROD IS ABOUT 1CM, AND AFTER BEING DIVIDED INTO TWO PETALS, THE EDGE IS VERY NEAT AND SMOOTH, AND THERE IS A SOFT PULP IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH IS A HUNDRED TIMES STRONGER THAN THE BAMBOO PIECE. And it's cheap, time-saving, and convenient. The absence of chemical bleach is the wisdom of nature's creator.

2.Bamboo can be used in the south, but wood must be used in the north. In the absence of bamboo and wood chips, artemisia grass or stones may be used.

In the desert, you must grab a handful of sand, and in the field, you must use clods of earth. Paper is a symbol of the rich, don't forget that there are many poor people, they wash their faces without a basin, they can only dig a pit in the ground, spread a layer of plastic sheeting, put in the water to bathe and wash their faces, people in the reeds may use reeds, the south uses wheat stalks, the north uses sorghum poles, one is divided into two petals, and they use their mouths when they go to the toilet.

Papermaking is one of the four great inventions of China, and together with the compass, gunpowder, and printing, it has provided a lot of foundations for the prosperity and development of ancient Chinese culture. The earliest appearance of paper was in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the paper at that time was not as it is now, and as the so-called scarcity is expensive, even if there is good paper, it is reluctant to use it to wipe the buttocks, not to mention that even paper did not exist before that, so the question is, how did the ancients wipe their butts in the period when there was no paper?

When there was no paper, the ancients could really endure itThe tools used to wipe the buttocks are also breathtaking, not only wood, bamboo, but more likely a rope or tile Anyway, I don't care about the process and only focus on the result, and I can be a little clean. I have to admire the patience of the ancients here, but then again, this is also a helpless choice. For some dignitaries, based on their own conditions, they reflect the standards of the upper class in the way they choose to wipe their buttocksWipe directly with a cloth, even satin , is simply gentle on the buttocks, which also causes some subordinates to secretly pick it up after the owner uses it, and then wash it, and then dry it for their own use, or even sell it to others.

And after the paper appeared, in fact, it was not immediately wiped with paperBecause paper is so precious, there was a tradition of cherishing paper in the past , if you really use paper to wipe your butt, this is a big disrespectful extravagance,It was the Yuan Dynasty that broke this rule At that time, the Mongolians didn't care whether your paper was expensive or not, as long as I was comfortable, so paper was naturally used to wipe my buttocks.

The emergence of paper not only provides people with great improvements in convenience, but also makes breakthroughs in other industries such as writing, and at the same time has to be admiredThe person who invented and improved paper - Cai Lun Ingenuity!