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After the sauna, I know why Finns are so low-key.

Those of us who have always been secretive about physical privacy always resist showing such things naked. A friend studying in Finland was invited to take a sauna for the first time, and when she came back, she exclaimed, which had a great visual impact on her.

The first sauna experience in her life is still vivid: as soon as she entered the room, she was confronted with the tall and plump bodies of Nordic people, steaming in rows under your eyelids, not blocking each other, and the water vapor made her vision hazy, so you couldn't help but feel awe.

Sauna is a Finnish tradition with a history of more than two thousand years. Finland is located near the Arctic Circle. People here don't sweat all the year round. In order to "detoxify" sweating, Finns invented a sauna to make people sweat. The principle of sauna is to stimulate the whole body repeatedly by steaming and washing, so that blood vessels can expand and contract repeatedly, which can enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis.

In the early years, Finns gave birth to children in saunas. Because high temperature can relieve pain, Finns also do cleaning ceremonies in saunas after death. There is a saying "Born in a sauna, died in a sauna"-sauna was once the center of Finnish life. At that time, smoking fish, bacon, washing clothes, drying clothes and other daily life were all done in the sauna room.

There is a Finnish proverb that a person's behavior in a sauna should be the same as that in a church. This shows that Finns must abide by certain rules when steaming sauna. Even today, some Finns still believe that there are gods under the wooden sofa in the sauna.

Enjoying the sauna with others is a way for Finns to connect their feelings. We met in the sauna, without greeting, and talked about real topics. When you are sitting naked in a hot sauna, drinking refreshing beer and talking about your family, you unconsciously bring us closer.

There used to be a talk show in Finland, where two hosts invited celebrities to chat while taking a sauna. This program has been popular for several years. Halonen, a former Dutch female president, once talked and laughed with the host in a sauna wrapped in a bath towel. Finns are too brave. Forget it. Let the prime minister let you flirt like this! I don't know how Halonen feels. The Prime Minister can only do as the Romans do.

Almost every family in Finland has a sauna room, and every Finn also has his own sauna style. Choosing your own sauna style is just like choosing to eat spicy food or sour food: you can take a quick bath, then steam it on the shelf and take a bath, or you can enjoy the Finnish sauna slowly, with a barbecue and swimming in the middle, which is very comfortable.

Nowadays, sauna has gone global, but there are several Finnish features you may not know.

Roll in the snow

I think, even if you dress like a steamed stuffed bun, you won't roll around in the snow, will you? Running naked from the steaming sauna room and rolling freely in the snow is a sauna method that Finns are keen on. This strong impact of cleaning internal organs, whoever tries, knows that people covered with snow suddenly began to breathe in cold weather.

Beat birch branches

Finland has vast forests. This impression originally came from the movie "Seagull Canteen"-"Because the city has forests, people here look particularly calm". Near the water tower, some birch branches are also dry before the sauna, and they are folded and tied into a bundle. When steaming in the sauna, pat the branches dipped in cold water all over. It is said that this can speed up blood circulation, expand pores and make sweat flow out of the body more smoothly.

Jump over the ice hole

Avanto means an ice hole in the frozen lake in Finnish. How to jump? Streaking from the sauna to the ice and snow, jumping in the pre-cut ice hole: refreshing, like rebirth! Don't say Nordic people are cold-tolerant. There are people around me who have experienced Avanto. I am a girl who grew up in the south and is not cold-tolerant: "I have neither disease nor dysmenorrhea, which is awesome!" Since people around you have demonstrated it, you must risk your life to experience this ice and fire when you go to Finland next time.

Sauna meal

After steaming the sauna, the body will lose a lot of salt and people will feel tired and relaxed. That's not all. There is also a "sauna meal" to enjoy. The main course is pickled herring with hot potatoes, which is common in Finland, and some malt beer called Sahti. A group of people are drunk and lazy, enjoying the perfect time after sauna.

There are so many procedures and ceremonies in sauna, which is really tiring. Now I finally know why Finns are so low-key, because they put all their enthusiasm into the sauna.