After 2 1 century, people's living standards have improved, and various entertainment facilities have emerged one after another. Internet cafes, ktv, bars, parks and cinemas are all places of entertainment where we can relax in our daily life. At worst, you can lie at home and play games with your mobile phone. In a word, there are many kinds of recreational facilities for people to relax after busy hours.
Then the problem is coming. In ancient times, how did the ancients spend their spare time? After a busy day's farm work, where can I relax my nervous spirit? Friends who often watch costume dramas must have an answer-"brothel", yes, it is brothel. It can be said that every dynasty in ancient China had brothels.
People who have seen costume dramas must know that brothels are incomparable when it comes to entertainment places. As the largest entertainment venue, brothels provide a variety of services for people to choose from. The ancient brothel was not just a place for fireworks, nor what we saw on TV, but a place for men and women to have sex.
Most women in real brothels are talented women. Of course, it's definitely not as good as a rich family. Most women in brothels are poor when they are young, and then they can't afford it at home and sell it to brothels. And these women, under the education of the proprietress, have been learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or singing and dancing since childhood. When these women grow up, they have to repay the brothel owner, so they stay in the brothel, perform what they have learned and make money for the brothel owner. That is, as the saying goes, "sell art without selling yourself."
Moreover, most people who often go to see brothels are powerful people, as well as literati and the like. It can be said that the brothel is also the place where they oppose wine, wine and poetry. Even Li Bai, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, frequented brothels, and many quatrains came from drunken literati in brothels.
As we all know, in modern times, when we go to entertainment places, we have to spend money, and we will spend a lot of money. So, how much did it cost to go to a brothel in ancient times? First of all, we know that the biggest entertainment places are not accessible to people, at least people living at the bottom can't afford them.
As we all know, when you go to an entertainment place, you always have to eat or drink something. In ancient brothels, this fee was called "flower tea fee", which means that when you go in, this is the money you have to spend. Although it costs money, it is not too big, and it is priced according to the tea you drink. Let's take the Song Dynasty as an example. At that time, if you wanted to have a meal and drink in a brothel, you had to spend at least the same amount of money, about 1000 copper coins, that is, one or two silvers. Don't think that a silver or two is cheap. One or two taels of silver in modern times was about 1500 yuan.
This means that after you go to a brothel, you will spend more on a meal without watching geisha performances 1500 yuan. And if you want to see a geisha performance, there is no upper limit on the cost. What's more, among the geisha in the brothel, there are also flowers. The value of basic flowers is hard to find. Note that the expensive flowers here refer to ancient silver, which is equivalent to several million RMB.
Therefore, brothels are just places where rich people entertain themselves. If you have no money, you are afraid of being kicked out.
Reference historical materials
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