Why did the ancients call going to the toilet urinating? How did it spread?

? To relieve myself? This word is said to be related to the immigration activities in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. In ancient times, people also called toilets? Head of the world? .

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, due to serious natural disasters and frequent wars, many people died in Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other regions. The land is vast and sparsely populated, and the fields are barren. The court thought of immigrating from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province to fill the local labor force. But what ancient people value most is their native place and roots. How can they respond to the call of the imperial court and go to a completely strange place? People don't want to go, so the court has to enforce it. Afraid that someone would run away along the road, they tied the hands of all the immigrants with ropes and hurried on. The road is long, and people always have to rest along the way. What's more, people have three urgent things. If anyone wants to go to the bathroom, tell the director and ask him to help you go to the bathroom. Over time, this has become synonymous with people going to the toilet, and even later, it has spread all over the country. Since then, to relieve myself? It means going to the bathroom.

But some people think? To relieve myself? Because you have to untie your belt when you go to the bathroom. You need to unbutton your belt and take off your pants when you go to the toilet. In ancient times, people used to wear what kind of belt, also called? Pants? When you go to the toilet, you have to untie your pants, that is, you have to untie your hands. Therefore, according to the step of going to the toilet, it is reasonable for the ancients to regard going to the toilet as relieving your hands.

And there are many interesting words handed down from history. Some dynasties called going to the toilet to relieve oneself, while others called it convenient. Until now, we call it going to the toilet, which shows that the evolutionary history of Chinese characters in China is so interesting. Of course, these are just sayings handed down from history. It doesn't matter if you disagree with them. After all, history is past tense and open, leaving us much more room for imagination than reality, and we can never have only one correct answer when we pursue historical authenticity, don't you think?