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bathing ≠ "cleaning"
Never think that bathing is a simple washing and scrubbing, especially around the world, bathing culture is actually very knowledgeable and can often reflect the folk customs of a country. How to take a bath as happily as the locals during the trip is directly linked to the depth of the trip. If you don’t believe it, let’s see how they “bathe” ~
The most important · Hokkaido Hot Spring
Japanese bath, which is Japanese hot spring, is ranked one of the "four major bath types in the world". Frequent crust movements have created hot springs scattered in Japan. According to relevant reports, there are about 2,600 hot springs in Japan from north to south, and 75,000 hot spring hotels.
Japanese hot spring hotels
In Japan, hot spring culture has a long history. Its origin is that injured animals are healed by washing hot springs, and locals became popular when they see this. The snow monkey in Hokkaido is the most wise animal in the world who knows how to enjoy the fun of hot springs.
Hokkaido Snow Monkey
Hokkaido is known as the "hot spring paradise" throughout Japan. Its hot springs are the most concentrated and famous, including famous hot springs such as Dingshan River and Toya Lake. Among them, the most famous one is Nobubetsu Hot Spring. With the advantage of 11 spring quality, it ranks sixth among the top ten hot springs in Japan!
Although Japanese bathing is infinitely close to my country's bathhouse culture in form, it can be given many considerations in essence. Sucking in hot springs in Japan:
requires "cleaning" first (knocking the blackboard, which means rinsing the body) before entering the pool;
towels are not allowed to be brought into the hot spring pool. You can place the towel by the bath pool or fold it on the top of your head;
and yukata has the correct way to wear it, the left collar is on top, if you wear it, it will be mistaken for a funeral at home;
After soaking, you need to take a shower again, and drink another glass of ice water, ice tea, or ice milk, which is refreshing.
Towels cannot be brought into the pool
In the eyes of Japanese people, it is not only towels, but even wearing swimsuits and swimming trunks to bathe is unhealthy and unhygienic (the picture seems to be a wrong example). They are more keen to fully integrate into the natural state, especially in winter, in the wind and snow, soaking naked in hot soup, looking at the woods in front of them and the snow on the hillside, I am afraid nothing can be more comfortable than this.
Snow weather and outdoor hot springs are more suitable for
The most noisy · Finnish bath
Finnish bath, which is what we usually call a sauna, like Japanese bath, is one of the "four major bath types in the world". Sauna originated in Finland and is the national treasure of Finland. There is a long-standing proverb in Finland - "Where is not cured by spirits, tar and sauna, it must be terminally ill or terminally ill." It deeply describes the important effects of sauna strengthening the body, as well as the love and dependence of Finns on saunas.
Finland sauna
Finland's current population is about 5 million, while Finland already has 2 million saunas. Sauna is mainly divided into dry steaming and wet steaming . In Finland, the most traditional and authentic one is the smoked sauna (Savusauna, which belongs to dry steaming), also known as "black sauna".
Smoked sauna
Whether it is dry steaming or wet steaming, Finns like to "get honest with each other" and basically don't wear clothes. However, saunas are often smoked until they are black and have no light source. Even if everyone is naked, it is probably not too embarrassing. Of course, Finns don't mind. They also understand that foreign friends wear swimsuits to sauna. However, the rumors about the popular men and women in Finland are wrong. In traditional Finnish saunas, men and women are separated.
is similar to Japanese bath. Before taking a Finnish bath, you must also "pretreat" first - before entering the sauna, you must wet your whole body under the rain, and then bring a towel (mainly used to cushion the butt to prevent scalding). While enjoying the sauna, Finns also like to use the "Vihta" made of birch branches and leaves to slap the body to completely relax the pores of the body to achieve the effect of cleaning and sweating.
"I hold a small whip in my hand, I feel so proud."
The most exciting and unstoppable part of Finnish bathing is not steaming sweat, but jumping into the ice lake in the gaps of the sauna, commonly known as "the two heavens of ice and fire" - while enjoying the impact of the heat wave, I immediately opened the door of the sauna, brought a dry bath towel, and rushed to the lake quickly, thump! After entering the water, come out again and enter the sauna. Repeat three times, and you will feel reborn, as if you are happy to open the Ren and Du meridians!
Finnish bath is a sport for Finns’ “liberating nature”
This practice sounds very extreme, but many Finns, especially the elderly, believe that it has health benefits because it can relieve various pains and improve the body’s ability to withstand stress. In the program " Let's Love ", Chen Bolin and Song Ji-hyo went to Finland to experience the "Ice and Fire".
most open · Nepal day bath
If you have been to Nepal, you will find that the people there are peaceful expressions, gentle manners, simple and conservative people, and there are almost no men and women who are holding hands in public. But even in this conservative and reserved country, the scenery of bathing on the streets can be seen everywhere.
Nepal under the snow peak, there is another scenic line
Nepal. Since there are few indoor baths in Nepal, the original open-air bathing has become a special scenic line in Nepal. In Pokhara , Qitewan , Nagakut and even Kathmandu , you can see the stunning graceful body in the shower half-covered sari under the half-covered sari. However, these pictures that make tourists amazing are common in the pure hearts of the simple Nepali people.
There is a kind of open-mindedness of "the world is big, and taking off your clothes is a bathhouse". However, Nepalese rarely take baths alone, and often work with relatives and friends, especially between mother and son and daughter. They scrub each other's bodies, bathe one person, several people pour water, massage each other, or make soap each other, a happy and warm picture.
Perhaps in Nepal, taking a bath is no longer just cleaning the body and moistening the body, but it is more like a grand cultural etiquette, a lifestyle of living in love with your loved ones.
Moreover, Nepalese bathing in open water sources has a religious meaning. Because they believe that these pools and fountains are connected with the holy lakes in their minds. Bathing in these pools is equivalent to bathing and worshiping in the holy lakes, which can eliminate disasters and sins. It not only cleanses the body, but also cleanses the soul.
The most unforgettable · Morocco Harman
As a Muslim country, Morocco folk customs are more conservative than those of the above countries. There is almost no saying of hot springs or saunas, let alone street bathing. However, in Morocco, there is a public bathroom called "Harman", which is very popular, especially for local women.
Morocco's public bath "Harman"
Hamman
Hamman "The Story of the Sahara" and probably have a certain understanding of the bathing method in Morocco (Sahara Desert ). Sanmao is a metaphor for the internal environment of "Harman" like a Turkish bath. "There are rows of women sitting on the ground in a very small room. On the other side of the wall, bubbles hot water is rolling in a large sink, and the heat is rising." What is even more surprising is that they do not have soap when taking a bath, but use stones instead of soap to scrape away the dirt on their bodies.
Unfortunately, only men's bath photos were found, but you can probably see the characteristics of Haman, Morocco. Locals like to chat in the bathhouse and even spend a few hours in Haman. Perhaps Haman is no longer just a bathroom, but also a social occasion for relatives and friends to communicate.
Although the current Moroccan Harman is no longer as simple and explicit as Sanmao described, the specific form is probably the same - people from different places bathe around the pool. Then the stone has now been replaced with sandpaper, and a dedicated service staff will work hard to wipe it for you to ensure that the dead skin on your body is removed. The difference is the tool, the same unforgettable.
Morocco is a luxury bathhouse like a palace
Moreover, the bath and shampoo in Haman in Morocco are carried out separately. Generally, after scrubbing, you will enter the shampoo room. Here, someone will help you gently massage your scalp, and finally pour a bucket of water to rinse off the shampoo (yes, the water unit for bathing in Morocco is: buckets/times), which is very comfortable.
Moroccan black soap massage
In fact, there are many high-end Haman in Morocco, which will provide customers with first-class spas and black soap massage services, which can soothe and relax your body and mind. If you have the opportunity to travel to Morocco, you should not miss it.
In addition to the above mentioned, there are actually Thai spas, Vietnam Nha Trang mud baths, Swiss hot springs, Turkish baths and other fascinating bathing holy places.
Which bath method do you prefer?
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