Why is urinal called toilet?

Why is the bucket that people sit in called a toilet? This can be traced back to the "Trojan Horse" in Ouyang Xiu's Return to the Field II in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the earliest written record of toilets. As for the history of toilets, we have to start from the Han Dynasty. According to Xijing Miscellanies, the court of the Han Dynasty was made of jade and was held by the emperor's attendants for the convenience of the emperor at any time. This kind of "tiger" is a special appliance called toilet and urinal by later generations, and it is also the predecessor of toilet. It is said that this kind of "nothing" was also invented by great-grandfather Liu Bang with the crown of Confucian scholars as a drowning device.

There is another saying about the invention of "nothing", which is also related to the emperor. According to legend, in the Western Han Dynasty, Li Guang, a flying general, shot and killed a crouching tiger, making people cast a copper drowning device in the shape of a tiger and put it in urine to show their contempt for the tiger. This is the origin of the name "tiger". However, when the emperors of the Tang Dynasty sat in Long Ting, because one of their ancestors was called Li Hu, their disrespectful address was changed to "beast" or "girl", and later they were commonly called "toilet" and "urinal". The future development, as we can see, no matter how it evolves, basically can't get rid of the appearance of pots and barrels. The toilet is like this. If these general remarks can't explain anything, I want to talk about my personal experience again.

Looking back, in my twenty years, the toilet has been playing an irreplaceable and unique role. How much comfort and carefree it has brought, how much happiness and hostility, how much soul-stirring, how much mountain water ... it is as bright as a mirror in my heart, and it has not been weakened by the change of time and place. It is often an old brand, and it takes a long way to know the horsepower.

Its relationship with me is not only as simple as collecting shit, but also too common and routine. It is unwise to lower my relationship with it to that of ordinary people. It brings me happy time and introspection, which is often difficult to omit and ignore. Seriously, growing up on the toilet is mixed, but it can achieve twice the result with half the effort. In other words, what you can figure out in an hour elsewhere may be enlightened in half an hour sitting on the toilet.

The function of the toilet and its strong impact on me often make me feel that the four great pleasures of life have great defects. When I was in to beno. 1, I met an old friend in a foreign country, and I could only call it extra money at most. Real inner happiness is the fifth kind of happiness-reading poems in the toilet at night. Who would have thought that the moment to really concentrate on understanding the essence of this book was actually on the toilet in the unpretentious hall? But life is full of accidents, nothing is impossible, only unexpected. Everything is incomplete, no matter how comprehensive it is, there are still a hundred secrets.

Growing up, I couldn't finish reading. The toilet helped me read many books on human wisdom. And the toilet also shoulders the heavy responsibility of helping me choose one from a hundred and choose a good book. I basically draw the following conclusion: the books that can't attract me to read in the bathroom are usually the smelly long foot-binding cloth or embarrassing PP paper of the old lady, which makes people feel constipated and miserable. And the books I am willing to take to the bathroom often carry my great trust and love for them, and they will help me enjoy myself. Facing all kinds of books on the market, take their essence and discard their dross. What people can't do with the naked eye, the toilet has succeeded. Shame!

Think about it, sit on the toilet, think about it, I am a humble room, but I am virtuous, talking and laughing with a scholar (in the book), and there is no Ding Bai (in reality, because I plugged in the door). At such a moment, I am silent and undisturbed, and I don't know its taste for a long time. I tend to immerse myself in books. I have never been a good student who can concentrate. The teacher's year-end comments in his student days are often accompanied by three points: one is to talk a lot, the other is to make small moves, and the third is to concentrate for less than five minutes. My mother is very upset about this, thinking that I have ADHD, and I heard that eating monosodium glutamate can easily lead to ADHD, so I won't put monosodium glutamate in my dishes from now on ... But if the teacher is lucky enough to see me sitting on the toilet, he or she will burst into tears. ...

My mother hates me for relying too much on the toilet. She and her father ran after me and wouldn't let me bring books into the bathroom. When I was a child, I was dragged out of the bathroom alive, and my book was destroyed and injured. I often fight with them, putting books on my stomach, putting them in my clothes and putting them in my belt. In order not to arouse their suspicion, I deliberately waved my arms in front of them several times, then walked around the bathroom aboveboard and looked hungrily ... but even so, my mother knocked on the bathroom door from time to time and kept repeating "Are you going to spend the New Year in it?" In the face of this boring interference, basically you can do nothing else, listen to nothing and be indifferent to the situation.

Whenever I recall this terrible history, I can't help crying. How difficult life is, how difficult it is to follow one's inclinations. I can understand: I want to study! Is the strongest cry in a child's heart. At that time, I had a dream to design an avant-garde bathroom with a comfortable toilet in the middle and bookshelves filled with all kinds of books around, so that I could get it easily and no longer have to sneak around like a mouse who couldn't escape the sun. ...

The toilet is not only an auxiliary tool for reading, but I was even surprised to find that it can also promote people's memory ability to some extent because of posture or ammonia. I tried to recite words and Tang poetry and Song poetry on the toilet, and the effect was wonderful, which was completely different from that of sitting in front of a desk. I really hope that a scientist can think about this principle when sitting in the toilet, and maybe he can win the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Of course, even if there are no new books to read, I still habitually sit on the toilet with a book that I have read countless times. I just held it and felt comfortable, and then I began to think about the problem outside the bathroom. There is no doubt that it is still very effective.

It can be seen that in the days when the toilet grew up with me, it played an important role in Nanbo No.1 Middle School ... However, now ... I have given up my obsession with it, and I have nothing to say when facing a public toilet. I think, some things are destined to be extremely personal, such as toothbrushes, toilets, daughter-in-law ... The result of sharing is disgusting, so I began to hate toilets. So I began to hate sitting toilets. As long as I think about it, it causes physical discomfort, throat and hair choking, and gastrointestinal peristalsis. Now I have tried to reduce the number of times I drink water. Look at my red lips with thirst. Who can imagine that they used to be soft? But even so, we can't get rid of it completely. We are destined to have a lifelong connection with many things. We can't get rid of it, and we still have to contact it several times a day.

Health knowledge of flushing toilet

If the toilet lid is opened when flushing, the instantaneous cyclone in the toilet can carry germs or microorganisms up to 6 meters in the air and suspend them in the air for several hours, and then land on the wall, toothbrush, mouthwash cup and towel.

People use toilets every day, but if they don't pay attention, they may also become the source of disease.

Dr Philip Terno of new york University pointed out that if the toilet lid is opened when flushing, the instantaneous cyclone in the toilet can take germs or microorganisms up to 6 meters in the air, suspend them in the air for several hours, and then land on walls and objects. At present, most families go to the toilet, wash and shower in the bathroom. Toothbrush, mouthwash cup, towel and toilet are in the same room, so they are naturally susceptible to bacterial contamination. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the habit of covering the toilet lid when flushing.

The bacteria in the toilet seat should be cleaned up.

Professor Yu Qingfu from the School of Public Health of Fudan University pointed out that 32% of toilets were found to have Shigella sonnei, one of which survived on the toilet seat for 17 days. Another experimental report also pointed out that 654.38 billion polio viruses were thrown into the toilet, and 3,000 viruses spilled on the toilet seat. At the same time, many people like to put a flannel pad on the toilet in winter, which makes it easier to absorb, retain and excrete pollutants and spread diseases more easily.

The place with such serious pollution is the place with the closest contact with human skin, which needs to be cleaned emphatically and wiped with diluted household disinfectant every one or two days. As for the cloth gasket, it is best not to use it. If you must use it, you should always clean and disinfect it. If you have the conditions, you might as well change to a toilet with antibacterial function and splash-proof design.

Clean up the dirt in the toilet in time.

Toilets are easily polluted by urine stains, feces and other dirt. If you find that there are still traces after flushing, you must clean it with a toilet brush in time, otherwise it will easily form macular spots and breed mold and bacteria. In addition to being close to the nozzle, the water outlet at the inner edge of the toilet and the outer side of the base are places where dirt is hidden. When cleaning, first lift the toilet seat and spray it with toilet cleaner. After a few minutes, brush it thoroughly with a toilet brush, preferably with a fine brush, so as to better clean the depth of the inner edge of the toilet and the nozzle. Then scrub the base and other gaps.

Try not to set a wastebasket next to the toilet.

At ordinary times, you can also put a gradually dissolving automatic toilet cleaner in the water tank or hang a wall-mounted disinfection plug, so as to achieve the effects of cleaning, descaling, disinfection and sterilization by flushing each time.

Most families will set a wastebasket next to the toilet to store used toilet paper, but this will cause bacteria to spread with the air, because few people can clean it at any time, at least for a day or two, and the longer it takes, the more bacteria there will be.

Toilet paper should be thrown into the toilet and washed away. As long as it is not too thick and tough, toilet paper can generally soften quickly in water, so don't worry about clogging. When necessary, just prepare a sanitary bag, there is no need to set up a waste paper basket. If you must use it, you should also choose a cover to prevent the spread of bacteria and dispose of used toilet paper in time.

Keep the toilet brush clean and dry.

Toilet brush is the hero to keep the toilet clean, however, if you don't pay attention to cleaning and drying, it will also become a source of pollution. Every time you brush something dirty, you will inevitably get dirty on the brush. It is best to rinse with clean water, drain, spray with disinfectant, or soak with disinfectant regularly and put it in a suitable place.

Experts suggest that toilet brushes should be hung up, not just in corners or closed containers.