The ancients had no electricity, so what were they doing at night?

In ancient times, people generally went to bed early at night, because lighting lamps was very expensive at that time, and generally only rich people would light lamps.

For ordinary people, they naturally go to bed when it gets dark, and for high-ranking officials and nobles, of course, they light candles, read and write poems, or drink and party, or go to the Qinglou.

Families of the rich would go to restaurants to eat or listen to plays, while poor families could only sleep behind closed doors.

There was no electricity in ancient times. Did the ancients sleep when it was dark? In the modern era of economic development, people may not be able to skip meals and sleep, but they cannot but play with their mobile phones.

The premise of playing with mobile phones is electricity, but electricity did not appear in China until the end of the Qing Dynasty. So before the Qing Dynasty, how did the ancients spend long nights without electricity? Do you sleep as soon as it gets dark?

Or is there a colorful nightlife?

In different dynasties and regions, there were clear rules about what could be done at night. The most common and unrestricted activity is sleeping. It's not because the ancients loved to sleep, but every dynasty except the Song Dynasty had regulations about "curfews".

It was these regulations that limited the evening entertainment of the ancients. A curfew is a prohibition of nocturnal activities, which is a regulation that prohibits people from moving around at night in ancient times. For those who violate the curfew, there is also a special crime called "breaking the night".

Before the Song Dynasty, when it was dark, someone would bang the door drum upstairs to remind people not to go out at this time, and the time period was different in different dynasties.

With the exception of the Tang Dynasty, the curfew system during the Ming and Qing dynasties was stricter, so in this case, the ancients had nowhere to go after dark and could only stay at home to rest. So it was not easy for the ancients to go out at night, could they really go to bed early? In fact, the ancients did go to bed early, because ordinary people couldn't afford to stay up all night.

Because there was no electricity, the nights in ancient times were boring and not as lively as they are now, so ordinary people would take a break after eating. I don't have much nightlife on weekdays, so I'm just busy making people.

But most people still like to come out and watch the excitement. For a man from a rich family, whether unmarried or married, the happiest project at night is to listen to ** find a girl. But the ** of the brothel is very high, and the average person can't afford it.

So those who can spend money in brothels are generally the children of rich families. Listening to songs and dancing, and drinking with beautiful women, was a very common phenomenon at that time. And when you're tired and hungry, you can order some wine and food, and that's where an all-weather service industry comes in.

The difference between "forbidden" and "unbearable" nightlife for the poor is not too big. Because the poor do not have enough food and clothing, and they do not have spare money to play. In the Song Dynasty, a visit to a high-end brothel cost the average person almost a year's income.

The poor also have a unique and comfortable lifestyle. They get up early every day to do physical work, and naturally don't have much time and energy to play in the evening. In addition, in order to survive, the poor are busy working even at night.

For example, men weave mats, baskets, and hemp ropes, while women sew clothes, weave fabrics, spin cotton, and so on. Among them, "a bright moon hangs high in the capital, and ten thousand hammers hit the ground" vividly depicts this scene.

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2.On the court side, this aspect is very simple, it is nothing more than a sudden coup d'état while people are sleeping. For example, in the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu was the stepmother of the stepmothers, and she scourged Liu Bang's sons all over again.

Empress Lu is a nightmare for Liu Bang's sons, but for Liu Bang's grandson, especially Liu Fei's son, Empress Lu is a bad old lady who never dies.

When it gets dark, the ancients generally go to drink tea or fight wine, and some children will also play hide and seek, and some people will also weave.

They generally like to sleep, so they go to bed relatively early, usually at 8 o'clock in the evening, which also allows them to get better.

Pretty much. In ancient times, people went to bed very early, so they got up early. Now my grandmother lives like this.

No, candles have existed since ancient times, and they are also very widely used, and they can be used for lighting. Basically, the night doesn't have much impact on people's lives.

Yes, they go to bed as soon as it gets dark, and in the morning they get up as soon as the rooster crows and start the day.

Of course not, they can be illuminated in other ways, and they don't sleep after dark.

The ancients would go to dinner as soon as it was dark, and they would go to bed very early after dinner, and they had no other entertainment facilities, so they must have slept more than people now.

Of course not. The ancients also had many leisure and entertainment activities, such as playing chess and juju, which were very good entertainment and leisure activities.

No, there were oil lamps in ancient times, and you haven't seen them on TV? In ancient times, they used to sit in the courtyard or at the door to admire the moon, and the lighting was also very good.

In ancient times, people did not have electric lights, but they did have candles, which were a daily lighting tool that burned to emit light. It does the same thing as an electric light, except that it is not as bright as a lamp.

The night life of the city citizens seems to be more exciting, before the Tang Dynasty (including the Tang Dynasty), almost all the city streets are subject to night bans, during the night ban, the main road of Chang'an can hardly see the lights, but the various squares are very lively, the mansions, the wine shops are full of people, but it will probably not exceed the unitary hour (seven o'clock in the evening), and the richer people's homes, the homes are usually brightly lit, the scholars pick up the lights to read at night, and the red sleeves on the side add incense, this kind of thing is countless.

After the Tang Dynasty, the night ban system was gradually liberalized, and people's night life was richer and more diversified.

When it comes to the three-day holiday of the Shangyuan Festival (Lantern Festival), regardless of the various dynasties, it is more prosperous and lively, all kinds of shops in the city are brightly lit, and things like lantern riddles can be seen everywhere on the streets, which is very prosperous.

But throughout ancient China, there is an elegant thing, no matter which dynasty is very popular, each dynasty has a different name, this is the Qinglou brothel, the more famous must be the Tang Dynasty's Pingkangfang. Almost all the dignitaries and nobles who go to Beijing to catch the exam or are in Beijing themselves will rush to go there to enjoy the lyrics and songs sung by famous prostitutes, or invite each other to talk until late at night. Among them, the best are Li Bai, Liu Yong, Tang Bohu and others, these people are famous and frequent visitors to the land of fireworks, and there are countless words in these places.

Qinglou culture has become a more distinctive culture in ancient China, many famous sayings and famous sentences are from here, and it is these famous singers who will sing famous sentences through the ages, and almost everyone knows these things.

Of course, no matter which dynasty, we will always find a nightlife that belongs to the characteristics of the times, or red sleeves to add incense or night reading, chessboard games or wine and talk.

Ordinary people can't afford headlights, they use candles, which are relatively cheap, and there is also a kind of tile lamp, that is, put some oil on the tiles, and insert a lamp in the oil.

Ordinary people live under the lights at night:

1. Read books and learn. Reading in ancient times was also very hard, and it was cold for ten years. Enrich your knowledge.

And reading is not divided into day and night. At night, it is quieter and you can read better. Therefore, many readers choose to read books at night with candles or oil lamps.

2. Drink alcohol. Most of the people have nothing to do at night, and their favorite thing is to drink, and although there were no electric lights in ancient times, there were lanterns and candles. At night, I lit candles, drank wine, invited a few singers to sing songs, and invited three or five friends to drink together, which was really a unique taste.

3. The woman sews and mends under the lamp. Many ancient women were also very busy during the day, because sometimes they would choose to sew their clothes at night when they were torn. Light a small lamp and use the dim light to mend the family's clothes.

4. Men tidy up or repair farm tools under the lamp, and set up a good position for the next day to go out to work and use.

5. Most people turn off the lights early to go to bed, which not only saves money but also nourishes the spirit.

In ancient times, there were no electric lights, and life under the lights at night was generally like this.

The ancients had no electricity at night, but the ancients had candles at night. So there are a lot of places at night where there will be some lantern displays. There will be some places to spend like a night market.

The life of the ancients was not boring. For ordinary housewives, it is usually sewing clothes and shoes, and for scholars, it is common to read at night. The ladies of the same family usually chat together and admire the moon.

Some dynasties did not have a curfew, so many people opted for night tours.

Girls may spin in candlelight, be female red, and boys may farm in the fields. The rich kid may study and practice martial arts or something, and he should go to bed early at night, after all, he has nothing to do.

Interestingly, there are a lot of poets who like to write poems in the evening, find a quiet environment at night, light a candle, have a glass of wine, they start writing, there are a lot of famous poems written at night. In addition to this, there was a group of people who read at night, and strictly speaking, most people in ancient times chose to read at night. When we say "men plough and women weave", we actually mean a rough expression.

The real situation is that men have to plow and weave, while women have to plow and weave. During the day they worked in the fields, and at night women weaved cloth and men knitted sandals and baskets. When you're doing these things, it doesn't matter if you have lights or not.

Dimming the lights at night and working with a faint light was also an important nocturnal activity of the ancients.

In particular, the vast majority of women, spinning, weaving, making clothes, etc., most of the work is done at night, because during the day they have to watch the children, cook, watch the children, cook. There is no free time at all, it is difficult to sleep at night, the child is asleep, the world is quiet, do some needlework, help with household chores.

In ancient times, people had no electricity, so they could only have candles for lighting, and rich families could use candles to read, write, and play, while poor people could not afford candles, so they could only sleep and rest.

Study. In ancient times, there was no electricity, and people generally slept after dark, and only those who read would light up the lamp to read at night.

The ancients didn't have electricity at night, so what did they do. Of course, it's what to do. Although in ancient times there was no electricity, there were fires, candles, and kerosene lamps. I want to do whatever I want, I want to sleep and sleep.

It is estimated that they are all enjoying the moon and writing poems, after all, ancient times is the high-yield period of Chinese poetry, those who love to learn will dig the wall to borrow light to read, and those who don't like to study will go out to drink some wine, and then go to eat some supper or something.

Although there was no electricity at night in ancient times, there were still many entertainment activities at night in the ancients, and there were many ways to drink, watch plays, and go shopping.

In ancient times, there was indeed no electricity, and at that time, rich people would burn kerosene, and those who did not have money would look for a bright place to go. Of course, it's more about going to bed at night, and there's nothing very rich in nightlife.

Sleeping, there are no entertainment facilities when it's dark, ordinary people basically go to bed as soon as it's dark, and readers will read at night.