There were many studies on pillows in ancient China: in fact, pillows were quite particular as early as the Warring States period. 1957, a Zhang Baocun lacquer wood bed was unearthed from the Chu tomb in Changtaiguan, Xinyang, Henan. .
Pillow is a necessity in daily life. In ancient China, people made all kinds of pillows with different samples and various uses, which reflected the material life at that time. In addition to the most commonly used cloth pillows, stone pillows, jade pillows, crystal pillows, rattan pillows and medicinal pillows with special effects were also made in ancient times.
3. Wooden pillow: a valuable product in pillows, boxwood pillows were used in ancient times. Boxwood has a long growth period and is not easy to obtain materials. It has always been considered as high-grade wood. Volume 18 of Youyang Miscellaneous Notes mentions: "Boxwood is difficult to grow, and world-class boxwood does not crack, because there is no fire ...". Zhang Hu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, specially wrote a poem "Appreciating Lingxiucai as a pillow" to pay tribute to boxwood pillows. The poem says: "Boxwood is eight inches long, and the tiger's head is bright. I want this fate to be a dream, and I will go the night before I draw my sword. " In the Tang Dynasty, boxwood pillows were also excellent gifts for relatives and friends.
4. rattan pillow: made of rattan reed, with extremely simple workmanship. It was used by ancient people in summer. Lu Ge's poem "Rattan Pillow" says: "The rattan pillow is idle, and the wind is cold all night."
5. Porcelain pillow: Porcelain is made into pillow shape, which is varied, strange and artistic.
6, stone pillow: pillows made of stone, mostly used in summer, compatible with bamboo mats, for cooling things. Wang Anshi, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "The Second Rhyme Ouyang Yongshu Duan Xi Stone Pillows with Bamboo", which was full of praise for stone pillows and bamboo mats. There is a cloud in the poem: "Duan Xi carved a blue pillow, and the water weaves a golden inscription." Hanlin treasures these two things, smiling proudly like a cloud. "
7. Jade pillow: The ancients regarded jade pillow as a treasure, and naturally used it to show its wealth.
The pillow used by the emperor is called "jade pillow", which is made of gold and inlaid with fine nephrite.
8. Crystal pillow: It is a rare product, and the users are by no means ordinary people. Some crystal pillows are decorated with flowers and branches, which are particularly radiant.
9. Medicinal pillow: organically combine medicine with daily life, and achieve the purpose of health care and treatment through mutual guidance of medicine and sleep. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, a famous medical scientist, began to use health care medicine pillows to prevent and treat diseases, and achieved good results in treating head and neck pain. During the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, many people studied the use of health medicine pillows to prevent and treat diseases. Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty loved medicinal pillows very much. Every year, some people made medicinal pillows for their perennial use to clear the heart, improve eyesight, nourish the heart and improve intelligence.
10, Sima Guang, a famous historian in the Northern Song Dynasty, used a small log as a pillow. When he slept, he just moved his head a little and slipped off the pillow. After waking up, he soon woke up and continued to study hard. He named this pillow a police pillow.
1 1. In ancient times, rich people used susi as the fabric, and the selected cotton was built into a square, which was called "silk pillow" or "square pillow";
Ladies and gentlemen, you can't go out. They learn embroidery and practice poetry and painting in the boudoir. When they are free, they naturally don't forget to make an article on the pillow. It is said that ladies and gentlemen are good, they rust on pillows when they are young, and then rust Yuanyang after marriage. They call it "South Pillow", with nanmu as the frame, so there is a poem of "knotting pillows", which shows that pillows have been used in people's lives since ancient times.