When was the toilet introduced to China?

The history of toilets can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. At that time, the toilet was called nothing, which was dedicated to the emperor. Legend has it that it is made of jade. It was held by eunuchs who served the emperor specially for the convenience of the emperor at any time. Later, in the Tang Dynasty, because there was a man named Li Hu in the royal family, he changed his name to Beast or Maiden in order to avoid taboo. Later, in the circulation, it evolved into the name of the toilet.

"Miscellanies of Xijing" said that the court in Han Dynasty used jade as "nothing", which 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.

The earliest written record of the toilet was the wooden horse in Return to the Field II by Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was interpreted as a wooden toilet in Ci Yuan. The toilet used by ancient people in China was a round wooden barrel with a lid, and the barrel was coated with tung oil or fine waterproof vermicelli.

1596, the British aristocrat John Harington invented the first practical toilet-a wooden toilet seat with a water tank and a flush valve.

1778, the British inventor Joseph Brame improved the design of the toilet, using a three-ball valve to control the water flow in the water tank and the U-bend.

/kloc-in the 20th century, the British government issued a law stipulating that every household must be equipped with an appropriate sewage treatment system, and toilets began to be greatly improved.

186 1 year, British plumber Thomas? Kleppa invented an advanced water-saving flushing system, and waste discharge began to enter a modern period.

1885, thomas tew Weaver obtained the first patent of all-ceramic toilet in Britain, and dozens of improvement patents have been awarded every year since then. 19 14, Qixin Ceramics Factory (the predecessor of Tangshan Ceramics Factory) opened by the British made the first ceramic toilet in China.

In Shanghai in the 1930s, at dawn, many people would rub their eyes, carry toilets and walk out of the house in turn. Then, there was a long line in front of the public faucet.

The 65438+ toilet became popular in Europe and America in 1960s, and later spread to Japan, South Korea and other Asian countries.

I only saw it in hotels in Beijing in the early 1980s, and now it is also used in toilets in Beijing.