How did the ancients spend the summer without air conditioning?

It's really hot this year, so I want to stay in the air-conditioned room all the time. I don't want to go anywhere and I can't go. Sometimes I can't help but wonder how I lived without air conditioning in ancient times. For this reason, I also went to check some information specially, and I will summarize it today.

1, Pufan

Step 2: Ice cubes

3. Cold storage

4. Go to the countryside for summer vacation

5. clothes

Will the temperature be lower in ancient summer than it is now? The temperature in ancient times may be a few degrees lower than it is now, but there is absolutely no big difference. Summer is still the rhythm of hot explosion.

1, Pufan

The ancients used fans, bamboo mats and other items to cool down. Fans are mostly made of bamboo whips, which the ancients called kiln wind and "cool friends". People with good economic conditions will buy fans made of silk, which is easier to shake, and you can enjoy the comfort brought by artificial fans in the cool place. This method is so popular that almost everyone can use it. From dignitaries to vendors, they all grab the airflow with fans. Fans can bring cool air, and bamboo mats can transfer the coolness on the ground to the human body.

Step 2: Ice cubes

This is the most common technique in costume dramas. The ancients put some ice cubes in the cellar in winter and took them out as cold sources in summer. At least in the ancient Zhou dynasty, this method didn't consume energy at first, and it didn't pollute the environment, so it killed two birds with one stone. "Zhou Li" has a cloud: "Take ice in winter and hide it in the shade to cool off." People in the Zhou Dynasty already knew that in winter, they would collect ice cubes from rivers or lakes and store them in a well-insulated freezer for use in hot summer. But this kind of facility is basically impossible for ordinary people, and it is prepared for the Zhou royal family.

Ice was really popularized and popular in summer after the late Tang Dynasty. During this period, there were even ice vendors in the market. In midsummer, it can be used as a good summer product. In the Song Dynasty, with the development of commercial economy and the improvement of people's requirements for quality of life, people's demand for ice was very great, and even an industry was formed, with all kinds of cold drinks and foods in the streets.

3. Cold storage

In the Tang Dynasty, there appeared a kind of "cool room" for people to enjoy the cool. A "cool house" is usually built by the water. Drive the fan wheel to rotate in a way similar to a waterwheel, and slowly send cool air into the house, or send water to the roof by machinery, and then make an "artificial water curtain". The indoor temperature naturally drops. The refrigeration equipment adopts natural water cooling, and the refrigeration capacity is large. . Of course, this luxurious facility can only be built by dignitaries. The more developed the back, the more luxurious the cool house. There were plants in the pavilion in the Song Dynasty, enjoying spiritual pleasure.

4. Go to the countryside for summer vacation

For example, the famous Chengde Mountain Villa, also known as the Summer Resort, is the victory place for the emperor's summer vacation. This place has lush trees and a cool climate. After Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, all previous dynasties left the Forbidden City every summer to spend the summer in the Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan and chengde mountain resort. These palaces are usually surrounded by mountains and waters and naturally cool. Of course, ordinary people don't have to think much. It can be said that people with money and leisure can play like this.

5. clothes

In people's impression, ancient times were generally conservative and feudal, and dressing was also "three layers inside and three layers outside" In fact, in the face of hot weather, the ancients also had their own tricks in dressing up. In summer, the ancients would wear thin clothes, such as linen, cotton and other breathable materials, and at the same time they would choose light-colored clothes to absorb a small amount of sunlight. Let's read a poem here:

Summer job-Don Bai Juyi

Geyi is simple and simple, and the gauze cap is light and wide.

A coat and a hat can keep you warm.

Translation: Ge clothes are simple and simple, and gauze hats are light and wide. A coat and a hat can last longer than a hot day.

The clothes sewn by Ge Ma are sparse and thin, and the hat woven by spun yarn is light and suitable. Such clothes and hats are enough to accompany him through the hot summer. Bai Juyi believes that as long as it suits you, you don't have to pay attention to using exquisite clothes; As long as it suits your taste, it doesn't have to be big fish and big meat. Eat some light bamboo shoots and vegetables, stroll leisurely after dinner, sleep peacefully under the window, and be calm, so that you can spend the summer heat and prolong your life.