In ancient times when there was no electricity, how did people spend the long night?

Our life is very rich now, including mobile phones, computers and various entertainment places. Anyway, as long as there is electricity, the whole life is bright and beautiful. But in ancient times, ancient people had neither mobile phones nor computers, and there was no entertainment such as KTV cinemas. Moreover, the ancients had a curfew system. How do they spend their boring nights? Won't they be bored?

In fact, our idea is wrong. Every era has its own way of life. Don't think that there was no electricity in ancient times, as if nothing could be done. In fact, the ancients knew a lot about life, and their nightlife was richer than ours now.

The first thing is to sleep. No matter which dynasty, people have to sleep, but the ancients went to bed early and basically washed and slept as soon as it got dark. If there were no special circumstances, the ancients wouldn't light candles and chat with you for a long time, because candles were expensive at that time, and ordinary people couldn't afford candles at all. Only in an emergency would they light candles.

For those rich dude, in the evening, they will choose to go to brothels, which is not only a bad side, but also because they think they can relax and enjoy music and dance here. It is precisely because of the existence of theaters and brothels in ancient times that the whole street will be brightly lit until dawn. In some ways, is this a bit like a bar? It is also a way for modern people to decompress.

Then this is the nightlife of dude, and there are many ancient literati. For scholars, what is their nightlife like? Scholars are mostly children of poor families. Their only way out is to study hard at the cold window for more than ten years, and then become famous all over the world, just like these children who are about to take the college entrance examination. They like to watch the moon and drink. In the evening, they will meet a few close friends and talk to each other, which is also a way of entertainment for the ancients.

And the night will also give some people some opportunities, that is, thieves, who steal things at night while it is dark. The ancients also liked hunting at night. Ancient hunters liked to go out at night, because those animals also came out to feed at night, which was also a pastime of the ancients. So you think the ancients had no fun without electricity? Their nightlife is also very rich, just saying that each era has its own way of life.

So when the internet was not so developed more than ten years ago, wasn't your mobile phone just a tool for making calls? In my grandparents' generation, electricity was also a luxury. Do you still use kerosene lamps at home? Now that life is good, I feel that there are many ways of entertainment in life. what do you think?