There were no quilts before the Song Dynasty, so how did the ancients keep out the cold in winter?

Wear as many clothes as you can, don't go out much in winter, and keep warm.

At that time, the ancients would make clothes from animal fur so that they could withstand the cold winter.

In winter, the ancients used animal fur or thatch to keep out the cold, and wealthy families could also use charcoal burning.

Although there were no quilts before the Song Dynasty, the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated, and they came up with various ways to keep warm. Most people used to have a stove at home, and after the stove was extinguishedThey would take the charcoal fire left over from the stove and put it in an iron basin to keep people warmThis heating method is the most basic and has been passed down for a long time.

Although in ancient China, there was no written record of the existence of quilts, but there must have been something used to keep out the cold. It's just that at that time they were not called quilts, but they had the same function as quilts. At that time, people called them "衾", "裯" or "bedclothes".

In 1982, a pair of cotton pants were unearthed in the No. 1 Chu tomb of Mashan in Jingzhou, Hubei. The leg is embroidered with a pattern, with a yellow lining and padded with silk cotton. During the Zhou Dynasty, the "cotton robe" appeared, due to its good cold resistanceTherefore, the "cotton robe" became the "winter standard" of soldiers at that time, that is, the clothes that are called "military coats" today.

In the Xia and Shang period, the land was vast and sparsely populated, and there were many huntersTherefore, most of them use animal skins as protection from the cold。Later came the cultivation periodSome people thought of stuffing catkins, reeds, straw and other fillers into the quilt, which can also be used to keep warm。Rich people would fill quilts with silk weaving, stuffed with duck down, cashmere, etc.

Therefore, the duck down quilt that we now think is the most valuable has existed since ancient times when there were no cotton quilts.

All in all, there were various ways to keep out the cold in ancient times. Our ancestors were so industrious, brave and full of wisdom, and it is precisely because of this that our nation can continue and create so many splendid and immortal civilizations.

Before the quilt, people would wear thick clothes or some fur or animal items to keep warm in winter, and some places would build a stove to keep warm.

Although quilts first appeared in the Song Dynasty, many people used fur and thick straw to survive the winter in winter, and they could also have charcoal pots and stove fires to keep warm.

The fur of the rich with the fur of wild beasts, the thick quilt of the poor, and the warmth are all the same, except that the weight may be heavier than the quilt.

In ancient times, people were most willing to hunt, and animal skins could be used as quilts. It is used to protect against the cold. Animal meat can be used to satisfy hunger.

It is supposed to be a fire for warmth, and a fluffy plant such as straw or reed flowers is used as a quilt.

Ancient people generally used animal skins to protect themselves from the cold, without quilts and silk.

The quilt only appeared in the Song Dynasty, but before that, the ancients used those animal skins and animal clothes to keep out the cold. The fur of those animals is also very warm.

The rich used animal skins such as fox skins, wolf skins, tiger skins, bear skins, and the like. The words of the poor, cloth, reeds, grass, hemp, and the like!

Wealthy people, wearing silk wool filled with "silk", the quilt covered is also filled with silk wool, just like today's silk quilt.

In ordinary people's homes, it is filled with screw scraps, which are not so soft, but also warm, called "缊". The same goes for quilts.

As for the poorer, it is estimated that as long as they can keep warm, they can use anything. Straw, straw, hemp, feathers, animal hair, etc., can be crushed, mortared, and used as filling.

It should be animal skin, the ancient people were good at hunting, animal meat was used to satisfy hunger, and animal skin was used to keep out the cold.