History of public toilets

Toilet Definition: Refers to a place built by humans for physiological excretion and the placement (treatment) of excreta by humans (or other organisms specifically referred to as domestic animals).

Most of the toilets used by human beings are divided into men's toilets and women's toilets, and with the development of science and technology, toilets shared by men and women have also come out. There are many names for toilets, some places are called cellars, some are called thatched houses, and the more elegant ones are called toilets. Toilets also have foreign names, some are called toilet, and some are called men'room.

There are many ways to go to the toilet, in ancient times it was called changing clothes, and later it was called unties, and in modern times it was called convenience, called going to the toilet, called out Gong, and going to the bathroom. The vulgar one is called poop and urine, and the elegant one is called washing hands. Westerners say that going to the toilet is picking flowers, and Japanese men are convenient for hunting in the wild.

According to the records of "Zhou Li", China built toilets on the side of the road more than 3,000 years ago. When interpreting the word toilet in the "Interpretation of the Spoken Words", it is said that the toilet is mixed with people, and it is not the same ......It is advisable to cultivate and cure the filthy places often, so that they can be clean. It can be seen that the toilet is set up for the convenience of people and keeps the environment clean and hygienic.

With the development of society, the functions of toilets are constantly enriched, and now more advanced toilets are equipped with washing functions. In ancient times, the toilet was called "dry fan" or "圊", "xuan"; In ancient times, the farmhouse toilet was only covered with thatch, so it was called "thatched toilet". "Jin Shu Wang Dun Biography" cloud:

Shi Chong is attached to luxury, and there are often more than ten maids on the toilet, all of whom have a complexion, and put nail decoction powder agarwood juice. Those who go to the toilet are easy to come out with new clothes. The ancients called the toilet "toilet", also known as "out of Gong", from this historical data, Shi Chong's toilet is indeed luxurious.

In 1903, the Empress Dowager Cixi took the name of meeting Xiling and set up the newly built Luhan Railway. Sheng Xuanhuai, the superintendent of Lu Han, was a sycophant, and specially prepared a float with a door on the side of the bed in the car, and a toilet called "Ruyi Bucket" in the door. The bottom of the barrel stores yellow sand, and the dung falls into the mercury, which is traceless and tasteless.

The outer palace is decorated with velvet satin, into an embroidered pier, which can be described as extravagant.

Around the 16th century, it seems that toilets were not yet widely available in Europe, and the Parisians depicted in Murray's comedies would pick up their pots and dump them casually, ignoring the pedestrians on the road. In 1596, the flush toilet was invented by the Englishman Harrington. Since then, toilets have gradually become popular. Report.