In ancient times, there was no toilet paper, so what was it used for?

To put it simply: it is made of grass, so now toilet paper is also called straw paper. There are also bamboo chips.

In fact, every period is different -

Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties - the era of coarse paper.

The Qing Dynasty people used paper to wipe filth, and there are many documents that can be verified. Here is just one example, in the forty-first chapter of Dream of Red Mansions, there is a passage about Grandma Liu's diarrhea: Grandma Liu felt a chaotic sound in her abdomen, and she was busy pulling a little girl, asking for two pieces of paper and undressing.

The crowd laughed and drank him again, "I can't do it here!" "I was busy with a mother-in-law who took the northeast up. This description shows that during Cao Xueqin's life, both the Grand View Garden and the characters in the countryside had already used tissue paper to wipe off the filth.

The institution in charge of logistics in the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty is called the "Four Divisions", according to the "History of the Ming Dynasty" Chronicle of the 50th official 3 records: "The matter of the salary of the department is in charge of the use of charcoal; The bell and drum division is in charge of the bells and drums of the dynasty, as well as internal music, legends, brocade, and rice beating; The treasure banknote is in charge of making thick and thin straw paper; The mixed hall is in charge of bathing". Among them, the treasure banknote division is the department in charge of hand paper.

Tang and Song dynasties - the era of toilet chips and coarse paper.

Toilet chips, also known as toilet chips, are simply wooden or bamboo strips used to wipe dirt after defecation. This type of toilet was also used in parts of China and Japan over the last century.

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties - the era of toilet chips.

Toilet chips, also known as toilet chips, are simply wooden or bamboo strips used to wipe dirt after defecation.

That is to say, before the Tang Dynasty, bamboo or wooden strips were basically used, and rich and noble families such as the royal family used silk cloth. After Tang, he gradually began to use coarse paper.

It was the grass which was suitable for width and narrowness, and was soft and moderate for a long time.

In ancient times, there was no straw paper, and the nobles used toilet chips --- a kind of processed small wood chips in their homes.

With your hands, take the paper and wipe it clean after buttoning it. It still feels good in the hand

There's no ancient people here, why are you?

Use bricks, I used them when I was a kid.

When there was no paper, the ancients used hard objects such as tiles to clean the toilet, and the rich and noble people could also use cloth to clean them, and ordinary people could only use tiles and corn cobs and other things.

In ancient times, when people went to the toilet, ordinary people used some dry dry grass, while rich people could certainly use some cloth and other things.

Early people used bamboo chips, even emperors. Before the Tang and Song dynasties, people commonly used a piece of wood or bamboo called a "toilet chip", which was used to be scraped rather than rubbed.

<> this question is simply flavorful. In ancient times, there was no paper, but the toilet could not be left for a day, and the wise ancients used a kind of bamboo chip called "toilet chip" to clean the toilet.

We all know that paper was invented by Cai Lun during the Western Han Dynasty. But when it was first invented, the productivity was very low, the cost was high, and our country was "everything is inferior, only reading is high", paper is used to write and pass civilization, how can we do filthy things? Therefore, people cherish paper power very much, and they are not willing to use it to wipe their butts.

Ordinary people can use stones and rubble, just wipe them casually, and the friction is also very large. In fact, even in recent decades, people in poor areas have solved their problems in this way.

The princes and nobles paid attention to a little bit, using processed bamboo or wood chips, which are called "toilet chips". It is said that this custom was introduced from India to China during the Wei and Jin dynasties with the spread of Buddhist culture. During the Tang and Song dynasties, toilet chips were very popular, and from the unearthed cultural relics, the length of the toilet chips was about 15-20cm and the width was 1cm.

Toilet chips and bamboo slips are still very similar.

From the Yuan Dynasty onwards, people gradually began to use paper. Because the Mongolian people are more rough and developed, they are relatively less serious about reading and writing, so they do not pay so much attention to paper. Of course, at this time, it was the rich and noble who could afford to use paper.

Ancient silk in our country is very famous, from the time of the ancestors there is a silkworm reeling said. It is reasonable to suspect that the ancients also used silk to wipe their buttocks, which was soft and comfortable, but much better than a hard toilet. But it is recorded that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did this.

Whether it is bamboo or paper, it can be used for both writing and wiping the buttocks, and in this sense, they can be regarded as the same disease and the same path.

As we all know, China has attached great importance to the development of medical technology since ancient times, so it has also done a good job in this aspect of health. But in ancient times, there was no such thing as paper towels. So in ancient times, what did people use to go to the toilet?

In fact, some people speculate that ancient people used their hands directly after going to the toilet, and then washed them with water.

In fact, although this statement is true, it is actually unscientific. First of all, in ancient times, there was a very serious distinction between the elder and the young. For commoners and princes and nobles, the situation was certainly handled differently.

For the common people, ordinary people, this may be more reliable, but for those of noble status, they must refuse to use this less hygienic and less elegant practice. According to expert research, most of the ancient people used leaves and branches to get the toilet after going to the toilet, and some people were more elegant and used things like bamboo strips. Of course, there are also people who use things like tree bark and leaves, and this method has become more popular, and it is more convenient to use.

But as time went on, in the later Qing Dynasty, people thought of a better way. Since the Qing Dynasty, straw paper has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Although straw paper is not softer and of higher quality than today's modern paper towels, it was already a good solution for going to the toilet in that era.

At first, it was only used among the princes and nobles of the Qing Dynasty, and later the response was also good, and with the improvement of its papermaking technology, ordinary people can also use straw paper to go to the toilet.

This was also a qualitative leap forward in terms of ancient hygiene. Although straw paper is too rough compared to modern paper towels, it also reflects a significant improvement in people's quality of life.

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.

How did ancient people go to the toilet without paper? Today I know it.