This time we will talk about the cold knowledge consumed by ordinary people in Tang Dynasty.
1 The Tang Dynasty was the most open to business among the feudal dynasties. Many other dynasties focused on agriculture and suppressed commerce.
2 There was no paper money in the Tang Dynasty. The currency in circulation is copper coins rather than silver. Gold and Juan (cloth) are also hard currencies, so Bai Juyi 's "The Charcoal Seller" said: A cart of charcoal weighs more than a thousand catties, and the palace envoy will not regret it. Half a piece of red gauze and one foot of silk are tied to the cow's head and filled with charcoal. The use of silver to buy things in films and TV shows of the Tang Dynasty is not true.
3In the Tang Dynasty, pepper was more expensive than gold, so some dignitaries also liked to collect pepper. When the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty Yuan Zai had his house confiscated, he had a hoard of Babaishi at home. It's equivalent to the feeling that the cash in a corrupt official's house recently burned out four money counting machines.
4One tael of gold can be exchanged for eight coins, and one coin can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins. But the reality is that the money is often less than a thousand cash.
During the Tang Dynasty, ten copper coins ( Kaiyuan Tongbao ) began to be stipulated to weigh one tael (the weight of an egg). Later dynasties began to imitate the currency of the Tang Dynasty.
5 calculated and found that money weighs ten pounds, which is the weight of one hundred eggs. So in movies and TV shows, people who walk around with a few pounds of money will be exhausted by the money.
6 Nowadays, people show off their wealth through houses, cars and money. But the rich in the Tang Dynasty showed off their wealth through Kunlun slaves , Silla maids, and Bodhisattvas. Kunlun slave is a black slave. The Silla maid is a Korean female slave, a bodhisattva, and an exotic beauty who is good at dancing.
7 One copper coin can buy a Hu cake (ancient sesame seed cake), and an ordinary piece of clothing costs 60-70 copper coins.
A maidservant costs 40,000 coins. An ordinary horse costs 10,000 coins.
Li Bai Amber wine. A bucket of wine costs 10,000 coins. A real rich person. In comparison, and Du Fu's are tragic. A bucket of wine only costs 300 coins. Du Fu is a fan of Li Bai.
8In the Tang Dynasty, people selling things were mainly concentrated in the East Market and the West Market, so shopping was also called shopping. Western Market is a daily necessities for ordinary people. East Market is mainly for luxury goods. So if you arrive in the Tang Dynasty, just go to the West Market and have a look.
9Business was stable in the Tang Dynasty, so banquet services appeared in the east and west cities. Just book a banquet and have food delivered to your door. can be understood as the ancient takeaway service .
10 Milk tea already existed in the Tang Dynasty. Salted milk tea consists of tea ghee and salt. Later it spread to India and then England.
11 The Tang Dynasty mastered the technology of making ice with saltpeter. When saltpeter dissolves in water, it absorbs a lot of heat and turns the water into ice. The people of the Tang Dynasty gave full play to their imagination and invented an ice cream called "Sushan ". "Sushan" is an extremely luxurious ice cream. The bottom layer is a layer of ice, with thick cream and honey on top. It is made into shapes such as mountains and rivers, and decorated with flowers.
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