In "Da Ming under the Microscope", the audience is amused by a toothbrush. Is it a crossing or a goof?It goes back a long way. The earliest toothbrushes unearthed in China date back to the Qin Dynasty, when they were made of bronze and shaped like a smoking pot. Plug a small floral cloth into the round hole and brush your teeth. By the Tang Dynasty, the shape of the toothbrush was somewhat similar to that of modern times. The Tang people made bristles from pig bristles and fastened them to handles made of bamboo or bone, so a toothbrush was made. In the late Tang Dynasty, people were creative, and the form of toothbrushes was more original and low-cost. They use willow branches, soak them in water, and when they need to brush their teeth, they take out the willow branches, bite them open with their teeth, and use the exposed willow fibers to clean the dirt from their teeth. As the old saying goes, it's called "morning chewing", which is the way to brush your teeth.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, toothbrushes already had an official name, called "toothbrushing". Zhou Shouzhong of the Song Dynasty detailed the production of "toothbrushes" in the "Health Class", which was usually made from a horsetail. At this time, there were even shops that specialized in making and selling toothbrushes. Wu Zimu of the Southern Song Dynasty mentioned in the "Menglianglu" that Lin'an's "miscellaneous goods" included wooden combs, grates, brushes, brushes and other items. Not only grocery stores have toothbrushes, but there are even specialized toothbrush shops.
Toothbrushes appeared, and toothpastes naturally came into being. The earliest method of making toothpaste is recorded in the Taiping Shenghui Fang, which is boiled in decoction water with willow branches, acacia branches, and mulberry branches, and added ginger juice, fine spices and other ingredients to rub teeth. It can be said that this is the earliest "Chinese herbal toothpaste".
This novelty, how can we not mention our great writer Su Shi?Su Shi once made tooth cleaning powder by himself, dried pine resin and poria cocos, and crushed them into powder for preservation. To brush your teeth, put a spoonful in your mouth, rinse your mouth with water, and then brush your teeth. In the Yuan Dynasty, the toothbrush process was more mature, and the word "toothbrush" officially entered the historical stage.
Interestingly, the ancients even gave toothbrushes as gifts. Guo Yu of the Yuan Dynasty once received a toothbrush from a friend, he was very excited, and wrote a poem of "Nanzhou toothbrush sent to the first day, to remove dirt and cleanse the annoyance of a gold value".
In the Ming Dynasty, the shape of the toothbrush became "rolled", and the handle design was more unique. During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Youjiao, who married only one daughter-in-law, made a special "toothbrush" for his beloved Empress Zhang. This toothbrush is not much different from today's toothbrushes. It's really well said, the Chinese do have two "brushes"!
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