The bathhouse in overhead shower fittings is a place where people gather to take a bath. In the previous houses, there was generally no bathroom, and toilets were rare. It is a big deal to be able to take a bath in a hot place, especially in the cold winter. Due to the temperature and living habits in the South,
most homes have convenient bathing facilities, and it is even harder to imagine what it is like to take a bath in a bathhouse. The history of the bathhouse in Beijing can be traced back to the "perfume shop" opened by monks in the Yuan Dynasty. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a formal bathing industry began to appear in Beijing. By the Qing Dynasty, the territory of the bathhouse had expanded to the Xizhimen and Chaoyangmen areas. .
After the Revolution of 1911, with the progress of the times, this kind of industry gradually flourished and developed. In the 1930s, the bathhouse industry gradually expanded. There were bathhouses of varying sizes in all major downtown streets in the city. In 1916, women's bathhouses appeared in Beijing. In 1928, the operators of the bathhouse established the Bathhouse Chamber of Commerce, which was later renamed the Bathhouse Chamber of Commerce, and the bathhouse management industry thus formed a major service industry.
Old Beijingers love bathhouses, not because they love to take a bath, but to enjoy the atmosphere of bathing. In a fashionable word, it means to wash the mood. In the past, there were two main entertainment venues in old Beijing. One was to listen to cross talk and watch juggling on the flyover, and the other was to take a bath in the bathhouse. The movie "Bath" talked about the things in the old Beijing bathhouse.
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