Do the ancient Chinese brush teeth?

Ancient Chinese pay attention to oral cavity hygiene very much too. The China ancient people have invented “The poplar twig toothbrush”, have another name “the wooden tooth”. The usage is very simple: bite one end of poplar twig and soften it, dip in Chinese herb and then brush teeth, thus can clean teeth. There is a simpler method “chew the leaf of poplar”, then gargle with the fresh water, just as the giraffe chews leaves, this can get the result of cleaning teeth. When we modern “The wilderness survivorship”, if forget taking toothbrush, Perhaps can try such old method.

Do the ancient people in China install the false teeth?

Zhang ZhongJing (The famous Chinese medicine doctor in China ancient times) had invented the method of alloy filling caries as far back as the Han Dynasty. The professional doctor who inlays the false teeth appeared in Sung Dynasty. The ancient false teeth material in China is numerous, besides ivory, ox’s bone, there is hard white sandalwood. The false teeth have the function of ornamental and show-off besides actual function. Such as “Tooth Bridge”, tie teeth with the soft gold line, does not the function of chew, purely ornamental function.

Does the ancient man in China wear the long hair?

No matter men and women all wear long hair in China ancient times and the longer the better. They hardly cut the hair. Boy reach the age of study, boy reach age that study, will tie chignon, is named “Tie up hair reading”. A kind of criminal law is named “Bald punishment” in China ancient times, that is to say that shaves prisoner’s hair, this is the maximum insult to people in China ancient times.