On the busy streets, women's flowing skirts caress the lotus stone steps; The nine-fold palace towers into the sky, standing in the middle of the capital, showing the unique majesty of China.
In the long history, the regime has changed impermanently, but the small people in the market and the various social conditions have never changed.
The wonders of ancient societies always fill our imaginations. In history and **, there is a unique place that people will never forget, that is, Qinglou.
In the Qinglou, a woman with a graceful posture and soft hands, accompanied by the entry and exit of literati and politicians, has become a common background in film and television works. Although the livelihood of the Qinglou women is well known, few have heard of their pregnancy.
You know, the conditions in ancient times were not as convenient as they are now, how did they avoid unwanted pregnancies? Let's explore this mysterious realm together.
From ancient times to the present, Yi is an unavoidable phenomenon in human society. However, with the progress of human civilization, this behavior has gradually been condemned and ostracized by society.
However, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong, a famous minister in history, put this behavior that was regarded as despicable on the stage of history, making it an official means of getting rich.
Although this method is somewhat unacceptable in modern times, we have to sigh at the wisdom of the ancients and the evolution of history.
Faced with the large number of displaced people in the city and the empty treasury, Guan Zhong proposed an innovative solution. He raised money by concentrating homeless women and slaves in specific places and allowing them to engage in sexual services there.
Chinese Qi records that "there are 700 female Lu in the Qi State, and through the night services they provide, they raise funds to solve the country's financial difficulties." "Nulu" refers to the places where women who engage in sexual services live, and were initially established only in the imperial palace and gradually expanded to the people.
These women living in the Nülu district are not only protected by the government, but also need to pay taxes regularly, thus forming the official Qinglou and the private Qinglou. The state of Qi earned a lot of wealth by virtue of its prosperous customs industry, which added an important amount to its path to enriching the country and strengthening the army.
Regarding the development of prostitution, many people may simply think that Qinglou women are just women engaged in **yi, but in fact, there were many types of prostitutes in ancient times, and each type reflects a different historical background behind it.
In Chinese history, there were five main types of prostitutes, namely palace prostitutes, domestic prostitutes, camp prostitutes, official prostitutes, and folk prostitutes. Moreover, not all prostitutes need to live physically dependent.
1.Court musicians: Originating from the priesthood, court musicians once provided performances and singing and dancing performances for royal ceremonies and banquets, but with the rise of imperial power, their status gradually declined, and they were even reduced to music girls who could be bought and sold and rewarded at will.
2.Family geisha: The ancients advocated **, and there were often musicians in the banquet. It became customary to keep prostitutes in the home, and they had a low status, not only to perform songs and dances, but also to sometimes accompany their masters.
The appearance of camp prostitutes was relatively late, and there were only some traces of them until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Most of them came from families of criminals or captives, and their fate was very tragic. Not only did they have to march with the army, but they also had to endure all kinds of tortures and even risk being captured by the enemy.
At the time of Jingkang's disgrace, all the royal family of the Song Dynasty was taken captive, and some of the emperors and princesses became the playthings of the Jin ** team.
Song Huizong's three beloved daughters, "Emperor Renfu", "Emperor Xianfu" and "Emperor Baofu", their young lives were ruthlessly destroyed by the Jin people, and finally passed away in Liujia Temple, which makes people feel extremely sad.
This also makes us have a sense of Yue Fei's sentence in "Man Jianghong", "Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing." When will the courtiers perish? "There is a deeper understanding. Official prostitutes: Originating from homeless people and captives, official prostitutes were not initially forced to do so, but to work in official green houses.
Most of the official prostitutes are descendants of criminal ministers, and they cannot be separated from their identities and bear the sins of their fathers and brothers for the rest of their lives. Folk prostitutes have a long history and are the most numerous. According to the historical background of Qinglou, the early "tricks" were mainly engaged in singing and dancing skills, rather than simply selling their bodies.
Over time, however, their roles have changed, requiring both mastery of singing and dancing and hue to attract customers.
In ancient times, not only women, but also many good-looking male entertainers would sell their bodies for a living. At that time, the literati and doctors were very keen on men, so some men even chose to sell themselves to become "** and even their limelight once overshadowed women."
During the Song and Ming dynasties, the male style prevailed, which led to the business of fireworks women being robbed of **, and they even had to untie their clothes on the street to attract customers. From "clergy" to "singers and dancers" to "fireworks women", the changes in the content of their work actually reflect the declining status of women in ancient times.
They were once respected, but they were deprived of their status and had to survive only by their bodies. After their youth was gone, they were abandoned and ended their lives miserably. This is exactly the portrayal of Bai Juyi's poem "Life is not a woman's body, and a hundred years of bitterness and happiness are left to others".
In contrast, the beauty of the new China has become more and more apparent, which has eliminated inequality between people and made every effort to realize the purpose of equality between men and women.
Ancient Female Contraceptive Methods: How Did Qinglou Women Prevent Pregnancy in the Past? The ancient contraceptive method is actually similar to the modern one, without rubber, the ancients used animal and fish casings and fish bubbles to make condoms, but the quality is not particularly good, and it needs to be washed and dried before use.
At the same time, there are contraceptives and sterilization drugs, such as musk, safflower, etc. But these drugs are expensive.
Women are often left in the dust, often because they live in poverty and cannot afford expensive contraceptives, so sterilization becomes a helpless option. In "The Hate of the Green Building", a prostitute who was sold into Chunxi Courtyard recalled that she was tricked into drinking a bowl by the old bustard as soon as she entered the Qinglou"Insect fighting", the abdominal pain was unbearable after drinking, and finally I learned that it was a sterilization drug, so that I could better pick up customers in the future.
Although the work of the fireworks women has been criticized by the world, they are actually victims of the feudal inequality system. Some were forced into poverty, while others were sold by their parents because they were young and ignorant.
In the dark ages, they had no right to control their own destiny, and could only struggle to survive in endless oppression. They lost their dignity and health, but in the end, what they got was the spurning of the world and an understatement that "businesswomen don't know the hatred of the country, and they still sing the flowers of the backyard across the river".
When we marvel at the invention of contraceptives by the ancients as much as modern people, we grieve for the fate of those fireworks women who can't help themselves. At the same time, however, we are fortunate that we live in an era of equality.
Many people have become aware of the oppression and backwardness brought about by the inferiority of men, and new ideas are creating a new atmosphere. While we can't change what thousands of women have suffered in the past, we can use our power to contribute to more equality and progress.