What does Yangzhou's water foreskin mean?

"Water foreskin" means taking a bath in the bathroom. This is a vivid description of bathing in old Yangzhou. Wu Zeng's "Notes on Changing Zhai" in Song Dynasty contains the article "Hanging a pot in the bath". Hanging a pot in the bath is, of course, a public bathroom. It can be seen that Yangzhou had a public bathroom more than 0/000 years ago. Lanterns are also hung in front of the bathroom in old Yangzhou. There is a two-part allegorical saying called "lanterns in the bathhouse-hung every day", which shows that hanging lanterns and hanging pots have the same function. According to "Zhi Zhu Ci of Hanjiang River", there were hundreds of bathhouses inside and outside Yangzhou at that time, and there were compartments, seats, cool pools, greenhouses, tea shops and pedicures outside the bathhouses. The pool in the hall is clean, the alunite boundary is one or four, and the temperature of the pool water is different. "According to Qiu Chi Notes, Su Dongpo not only went to the bathroom to take a bath, but also found someone to wipe his back, and said hello to the one who wiped his back. Please be gentle. My body is not dirty, and there is not much dirt. The bathroom scene in the past was so vivid.

In the bathroom, "water jacket" is a kind of life enjoyment of Yangzhou people. Walking into the bathroom is not only a bath, but also a pedicure, foot pinching, foot scraping, back pounding, tea tasting, snacks, chatting, haircut, shaving and sustenance. Anyway, I'm busy. From top to bottom, from inside to outside, from spirit to body, there are busy contents. After that, you will fall asleep, and the waiter will gently cover you with a big towel. When I wake up, I immediately hand over a hot towel handle, full of service and endless fun.

Toilets are generally divided into head pool, big pool and doll pool. The forepool is covered with railings made of thick wooden strips. When the swimmer lies down, the hot air in the swimming pool surges up, which means a small sauna. The water in the big pool is very hot but not very hot, so you can soak your whole body in the water. At this time, the "water foreskin" is a "point". The doll pool is small in size and high in water temperature. Children soak in it and play with water, just like a group of "water monkeys".

Over the past 1000 years, busy modern people have long lost their leisure in old Yangzhou. If the "water jacket" of old Yangzhou is to some extent a reflection of abnormal consumption in the declining era, then today's bathing and leisure has a completely different meaning. Become a quiet harbor and anchorage for modern people with tense rhythm to adjust their body and mind. Busy fatigue and exhaustion in the workplace are washed away in the blue waves and crystal clear sea water, and business partners are more harmonious in "frank meeting".