Why do Chinese people all over the world like to drink hot water? Why don't foreign countries drink hot water
4hw.com.cn: whether it's a sick cold or a great aunt, the most concerned word is' drink more hot water '. Do Europeans and Americans drink hot water? Why do Chinese people like to drink hot water? Let's have a look.
At first, many friends thought that only European and American countries do not drink hot water. As a result, after traveling to some Asian countries, they found that countries such as South Korea and Japan do not drink hot water. Chinese people have a special preference for hot water. Compared with other countries that drink cold water, how did this maverick habit develop?
Chinese people have a long tradition of drinking hot water, but they didn't drink hot water at the beginning. Our ancestors drank both hot water and cold water at first.
There are such words in Mencius: 'drink soup in winter and drink water in summer'. The ancient 'soup' said hot water; The 'water' in 'summer drinking' is ordinary cold water. But this is only to advocate that before the Song Dynasty, those who could drink hot water were basically princes and nobles.
In the Song Dynasty, with the rapid development of market economy, tea culture began to prevail. Although rich people drink tea, it is not all hot tea. They usually get up early to cook a pot of tea and hang it there to drink slowly. Only when guests come to the door do they make hot tea to show politeness. But drinking boiled water, which is only done by individual health experts, most people are still very pragmatic.
In short, in ancient China, plague, parasites and gastroenteritis were still very common, especially in rural areas. Once infectious diseases such as dysentery and cholera break out, they immediately spread throughout the village. Fortunately, China's population base is large, urban sanitation is relatively good, and some inhumane isolation measures have been taken when necessary. Therefore, there are not many records of plague in Chinese history.
The Chinese custom of drinking hot water was gradually cultivated after liberation. At that time, the custom of healthy eating was popularized. After 1949, the government focused on strengthening the education and implementation of "drinking hot water" and "drinking boiled water", and repeatedly called for "repeatedly educating the people to drink boiled and disinfected water and not raw water", which is one of the reasons for the explosive growth of our population after liberation.
However, in both urban and rural areas, rich and poor, it was only 20 years ago that most Chinese people could easily drink hot water.
Why do foreigners not boil the water and drink the unclean raw water?
In fact, it's not that I don't want to, but that I can't.
Europeans: drinking cold water inherits the glorious tradition of our ancestors. Even cholera in the Middle Ages didn't make us change the habit of drinking cold water! Now we should drink not only cold water, but also ice water!
In fact, it is true that most Europeans drink cold water except the British, and Americans who immigrate to the new world are enthusiastic fans of ice water. Canadians in the North drink ice water all day, even if it is winter for nine months a year.
The reason is that from the Neolithic period to the agricultural society, China and the West used pottery in large quantities, but the two kinds of pottery are still different. Ancient Egyptian and Greek pottery exhibited in major museums around the world are used to hold objects. A water cooker similar to ancient China has not been excavated. In other words, the water cooker is a unique invention of Chinese ancestors.
This shows that since ancient times, foreigners have multiplied generation after generation by drinking cold water. After many tummies, they also slowly become honest. This' honesty 'refers to being forced to pay attention to water quality.
Today, the drinking water standards of European and American countries are the most rigorous in the world. If you are thirsty, even if you directly turn on the kitchen faucet, the tap water flowing out of it is safe and drinkable.
The lifestyle of the western world is very different from that of the Chinese. When the habit of drinking hot water belongs to a nation, it may be called culture. Therefore, when your boyfriend says' drink more hot water 'to you, this is the unique' Chinese care 'in the world!