How did people in ancient times escape the heat in the summer?

In the past, the heat island effect of the city was not so exaggerated, all of them were low houses, wooden houses, earthen houses, and brick houses, and the effect on ventilation was still very good. And it is mostly a brick and tile structure, which will be cooler than a small bungalow and a small western-style building (the principle is unknown, the contemptible person is next door to a person with a little money, but the same window and door direction is stuffy, and the contemptible hometown is an old tile house). Basically, there is a shady place, such as under the shade of a tree, so that it doesn't feel too hot.

Now when I go to some rural areas, I can still feel the cool breeze in this environment. In summer, sometimes a puff fan is enough. Therefore, the ancients, there was space around the house, and the overall environment was not as heavy as the greenhouse effect is today, so finding a shady place basically solved the problem of summer heat.

First of all, in ancient times, it was not as hot as it is now, don't say ancient times, ask the post-70s and post-80s to know, at that time the floors were not high, and everyone did not have air conditioning, plus there was no greenhouse phenomenon, I still remember when I was a child, even at noon in the summer, there was no air conditioning, and at night with a micro fan, I could blow a cold. My uncle has a farm in the countryside, and there are farmland and fish ponds for several miles, and he lives in the farm, which is not hot at all, and he doesn't even need to turn on the electric fan. In addition, in ancient times, large families generally achieved cooling through the structure of the house, in fact, it is what we call "through the hall wind", I remember when I was a child, the old house of the family, the corridor was particularly cool.

In fact, in ancient times, even in towns were not as hot as they are now, and the heat island effect is one of the reasons why modern people can't do without air conditioning. I remember that I went to the old house of Haining Chen Ge (that is, the legend that Qianlong is the illegitimate son of the family), the house is very deep, and there is a patio in the middle that is both lighting and ventilation, the room area is generally not large but there is no feeling of suffocation, such a house ** also needs air conditioning. There is also a small town called Jiyang in the north of Fujian Province, where there is an ancient wooden bridge called Buyue Bridge, when I went there it was the hottest days of the year, but on that bridge was cool breezy and had a roof to shade the sun, it was a good place to escape the heat.

After looking at the introduction next to it, the "eight" shaped canopy of this bridge meets the effect of accelerating air flow and taking away heat, and I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients. While we are accustomed to the convenience brought by modern technology, we are also suffering the consequences brought by modern technology.

In ancient times, the first and most important thing to do in building a house was to find a treasure of feng shui. The so-called feng shui is nothing more than the wind gathers qi and gets water. While the theory is very complex, there are simple and straightforward criteria:

Sit north to south, there is a backing mountain behind, there is a green dragon on the left, a white tiger on the right, a case mountain in front, a bright hall in the middle, and the water flow is tortuous. Sitting north to south: to ensure the sunshine, in winter will not open the door to blow to the northwest dry cold wind, as for the summer, leave it to the following to solve.

There is a backer in the back: as mentioned in high school geography, the south-facing mountain is usually the windward slope, which ensures the summer rainfall and is very critical to regulating the high temperature.

There are places where there is no air conditioning and the temperature is cool, such as dense forests or woods by the river. There are also old alleys in summer, when there was no air conditioning and no heat island effect, and I don't know how comfortable it was to blow through the hall in the alley. Ancient people.

There is a place called a summer resort, and a warehouse is called an ice cellar, only you have money, and there are many ways to enjoy the shade, but only a few people can enjoy it. ps, the only thing that is better than modern in ancient times is that there are not so many modern electrical equipment, and the heat island effect will be much better, as for other environments, diets, etc., it is completely incomparable with now.

Mrs. Bamboo, this thing often appeared in ancient ** poems in the past. There is this thing in the dream of Red Mansions - there are eyes without beads and an empty abdomen, and lotus flowers come out of the water and meet each other. The leaves of the sycamore fall apart, although the love is not strong, it is not winter.

Feng Menglong's hanging branches also have - Mrs. Zhu was originally a good woman. Bone clearing. Exquisite.

I am a festival Xiangnu. Fortunately, I hugged and slept together at the end of the night. Only jealousy for Zephyr.

Therefore, the snub is sparse and the slave is sparse. Don't fall in love with the hot-hearted soup woman. Teach me to suffer for half a year.

The low thermal conductivity of the bamboo material and the hollow structure maintain air flow, which is probably the principle of cooling.

When I was a child, I went to Leshan, which was one of the "stove" cities, and the highest temperature in summer was about 33 degrees. The temperature in my hometown did not exceed 31 degrees. Slowly, the farmland is gone, and the houses are repaired; The original river water became a small ditch; A small river can build dozens of hydropower stations ......The environment is shattered by destruction.

Now in Sichuan, except for cities near the mountains, can the summer temperature be lower than 33 degrees? When I was a child, a puff fan was enough to spend the summer.

When I was a child, I didn't use an electric fan, I didn't feel the heat at all, the only time I felt the heat in my hometown was the third day of the new year in 2002, when I was about to take the high school entrance examination, one day it was hot, and I had to stick my back to the wall before I finished the class, and I had the impression that it was the hottest day before leaving home, but I slept at night and closed the door and closed the window in the summer and covered the quilt. Now when I go home, my dad says it's too hot at home, and I don't know what's going on on Earth.

In ancient times, the methods of escaping the heat in summer included shaking a fan to enjoy the cool and a cool house.

1. Shake the fan to cool off.

In the past, ordinary people mainly relied on fans to cool down, and fans were mostly made of bamboo. The ancients called it "shaking the wind", also called "cool friends". People with good economic conditions will buy fans made of silk silk, and it is easy to shake, and if it is a literati and ink writers who write poems and paintings on the fan surface, it is really interesting.

If you are a dignitary, you can enjoy the recovery brought by the "artificial fan" in the scorching summer.

2. Summer shelter.

The exquisitely designed luxury summer resorts are generally built near the water, fully embodying the environmental awareness of the ancients and the green concept of being close to nature. The court of the Tang Dynasty built a cool hall specially used for summer heat, and the refrigeration equipment with mechanical transmission installed in the cool hall adopts the principle of cold water circulation, and the fan wheel is used to shake and generate the wind power of the stool swim to send the cold air into the hall.

Things to pay attention to when escaping the heat

1. Drink as much water as possible. In summer, the body loses water quickly, and the amount is large, so drink as much water as possible to replenish the water loss in the body and avoid heat stroke. Under normal circumstances, the per capita water intake needs to reach 1500ml-1700ml per day, and in hot weather, it is recommended that the water intake should be more than 2000ml, or even more.

2. The staple food in the diet is mainly coarsely processed grains and cereals, and vegetables and fruits are sold with dates. Sufficient coarse grains can not only supplement the basic energy provided by ordinary staple foods, but also supplement rich trace elements, trace elements in vegetables and fruits and dietary fiber can also supplement the loss of trace elements in the body due to hot weather. At the same time, fruits and vegetables are rich in water than meat, so they are easier to digest and absorb.

The first method is to shake the fan, this method is very popular, almost everyone can use it, up to the officials and nobles down to the peddlers and pawns, they all hold a fan to grab the air flow.

The second method is to drink herbal tea, ancient people can drink lotus leaf tea, barley tea and other methods to cool down and replenish water to the body. Prevent heat stroke.

The third is to use ice cubes, in ancient times, some princes and nobles had ice cellars at home, and in the hot summer, ice cubes can be used to cool down, and you can also eat cold mung bean soup.

The ancients drank herbal tea in summer, stored ice, and slept on porcelain pillows.

A kind of medicinal tea to relieve the heat During the Tang and Song dynasties, people drank herbal tea in the teahouses in the streets and alleys, and everyone sat around and talked about everything. Medicinal tea is made with tea cakes, orange peels, and heat-relieving medicines.

Summer ice. In ancient times, when there were no refrigerators, people used ice warehouses to store ice and snow every winter. The following summer, they took the ice and snow out of the ice room and put it in the living room, which became a "freezer".

The snow and ice are constantly melting, giving off a chill that cools as well as today's air conditioners.

Porcelain pillow for sleep. Ancient people liked to sleep on porcelain pillows in summer. Glazed porcelain pillows, suitable for summer use. Fragrant flowers such as jasmine and pearl orchid are also hung around the bed, making it refreshing at night.

Emperor Kangxi's summer resort in Chengde.

Chengde Summer Resort, also known as "Chengde Divorce Palace" or "Rehe Palace", is located at No. 6, Shanzhuang East Road, Shuangqiao District, Chengde City, Hebei Province. Chengde Summer Resort covers an area of 5.64 million square meters, which is mainly divided into two parts: the palace area and the garden area (lake area, plain area, and mountainous area). Chengde Mountain Resort is different from other royal gardens.

It inherits and develops the traditional gardening concept of "beauty into nature, conforming to nature, and transcending nature" in classical Chinese gardens.

The site selection and overall design are carried out according to the terrain characteristics, and the natural terrain is completely relied on, and the mountains are smooth. It is a creative masterpiece that combines ancient Chinese garden art and architectural art. In December 1994, Chengde Mountain Resort and its surrounding temples were listed as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.

In 2007, Chengde Summer Resort was rated as a national AAAAA scenic spot.

The ancients used the method of shaking a fan to escape the heat.

This method is so widespread that it is available to almost everyone, from the dignitaries to the peddlers' pawns, all of whom are armed with a fan to grab the air flow. And this method is also more practical, you can take a fan to cool down.

The ancients would put some ice cubes in the room in the summer, and use it to dissipate heat to cool off, so that you can feel the cold, so it is like this to escape the heat.

First of all, ancient people were not in a reinforced concrete environment as they are now. In ancient times, they had a lot of greenery, so it wasn't so hot. In the summer, if it's too hot, they use ice cubes to cool themselves.

Bathe frequently. Bathing is a very effective way to eliminate the heat, and the natural environment in ancient times was better, and you can bathe directly in the water.

Why did ancient people choose to cool off in the woods in the summer, or put many water tanks in the yard to lower the surrounding temperature?

They did it through constant showers, they bathed at least 5 times a day, some of the rich would have servants fan him, and the poor would wear as little as possible.

In the summer, they will choose to survive in a cooler place, or take out the ice stored in the winter.

They will find some ice cubes and freeze the fruit on top of the ice cubes. And in ancient times they also had ice cellars, and there was also a place called Summer Resort, in ancient times they also had many ways to cool themselves.

Of course, you can hide under a big tree, you can also eat some ice, and in the summer evening, you can also sit outside and fan the fan.

In the summer, you can choose ice cubes or design, and the interior of the cool house is also very luxurious. Or shake a fan to cool down. Or you can go into the cave and go down to the river to bathe. Wealthy people can go to the mountains to escape the heat.

In the era when there was no modern air conditioning, the ancients employed a few methods to cope with the summer heat:

1.Shelter from the sun: They use the shade of trees, gazebos or the shade of buildings to avoid direct sunlight. At the same time, they will also use parasols, hats, etc. to block the sun.

2.Take advantage of natural ventilation: The ancients would choose the location and structure of a dwelling or building in order to take advantage of natural ventilation. Windows, doors and vents are designed to facilitate air flow in the bustling section and reduce the indoor temperature.

3.Use of water sources to cool down: Ancient people would use water sources to lower temperatures. For example, building a pond or fountain in the courtyard lowers the temperature of the surrounding environment through the evaporation effect of water.

4.Lavender fans and fans: The ancients used hand-held fans or lavender fans to increase air flow and remove heat from around the body. Laughter is a way to provide a certain level of coolness.

5.Adjust your diet: The ancients believed that certain foods could help cool down. They will choose light, easy-to-digest foods such as fruits, vegetables, and herbal teas to help keep the body cool.

Although these methods could not provide the same powerful cooling effect as modern air conditioners, the ancients alleviated the problem of high temperatures in summer by making rational use of the environment and adjusting their lifestyles.