Wanrong smoked a lot of cigarettes' and opium throughout her life so that couldn't have been good for her body. I wonder if Wanrong would have used a hookah if she couldn't get access to cigarettes'? Not only that, but I also wonder if the use of tobacco from the late Ming Dynasty through the Qing Dynasty contributed to any of the health problems the nobles, imperial consorts, and emperors experienced?
@satyasyasatyasya5746
Жыл бұрын
she was an addict and got very sick. but she became an addict likely because of the abuse she suffered.
@MandaLynn8
Жыл бұрын
That was especially interesting. I'm part Cherokee and it's appropriate that they used it as a medicine first. Tobacco is a sacred gift from Creator. A small amount of tobacco would be put in the mouth of the healer followed by some water. Then they would blow a mist of the mixture onto the afflicted person. Or get some and chew it a bit and put on bee stings. The pipe ceremony was used to welcome guests and to send up prayers. And finally, as an offering. When we harvest sage we leave an offering of sacred tobacco behind. Those who worked with it must be of a pure and happy spirit. And a big difference, they didn't inhale it or smoke all day. It was sacred. The misuse by society made a vice out of a gift. I loved the snuff jar shaped like corn😂
@vishnukanagalingam1991
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your culture's use of tobacco.
@mgold7503
Жыл бұрын
I feel much the same about cannabis, another gift from the Creator.
@ivettesantana4319
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for such unique videos!
@buddhidev7877
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the last empress was opium addicted.
@wetherbizzle
Жыл бұрын
4:33 I LOVE the corn snuff bottle! All the other ones are so elegant and beautiful....then we have corn on the cob 😆
@TheNylter
Жыл бұрын
I thought the Empress Dowager was smoking pot to help control pain. Oops.
@sierrajohnson717
Жыл бұрын
I think if it was pot the harem would be way more chill
@MandaLynn8
Жыл бұрын
@@sierrajohnson717💯
@ashscheesecakes2064
Жыл бұрын
That's what I thought as well! I had to pause the episode and have a chuckle because I was so taken aback 🤣
@vishnukanagalingam1991
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. Thank you for making this video. May I ask what the second thing is that Southerners found weird about the Manchurians. Thank you again for this video. Was smoking recorded in the Ming court before the last emperor?
@YannNovas
Жыл бұрын
Interesting video as always! Honestly, when I saw the empress dowager smoking, I thought this was something that only she was allowed to do, since no one else is shown smoking in the series. Maybe the producers thought it would be nice to add something extra to her character. I did notice that the empress dowager in Ruyi seems inspired by Cixi, at least on her looks.
@Nalon1984
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for This Video. It´s interesting that the Imperial Womon was smoking befor it comes up in the West Nobel World. To smoke Tabacco is besser as smoke a Cigarette. If this Hookah from Cixi is curse, if it were nice to Know, it were use sometimes by her Ghost. Nice Person or not, i think smestimes it´s better to bring all her Stuff back to her Tomb. Thank you Bing for his interesting Video.
@doreensika837
Жыл бұрын
Thanks as always Bing. I wanrong smoked opium, but what about other imperial women?
@sierrajohnson717
Жыл бұрын
I love the little bonus fact at the end
@mgold7503
Жыл бұрын
What is the current attitude of modern Chinese regarding tobacco?
@ancientchinesehistorychannel
Жыл бұрын
People know it is bad for the health. But they just can not get ride of it. When I was in China, in social events, men still gave each other cigarettes.
@rosewedia
Жыл бұрын
What's the first weird thing in the north east area?
@chris9879
Жыл бұрын
The chinese used to stick hemp paper on their windows to protect them from the weather. In the South, they pasted the paper from inside of the house, whereas in the North, they pasted the paper from the outside. This is because of the colder weather in the North. 1) If the paper is pasted from the inside, the wind will blow from the creeks of the window pane into the house. 2) Northern Chinese homes used bed-stoves (heaters) to warm themselves. Oftentime, one heater is placed near the window. This temperature difference will cause the snow on the window ledge to melt faster. If the paper is pasted from the inside, the paper and window pane will damaged more quickly as they are soaked with water.
@mgold7503
Жыл бұрын
I am surprised that tobacco (native to North and South America) was in China during the Ming dynasty. I thought it arrived sometime during 1700s.
@gojiberry7201
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your video! I just found your channel and subscribed right away 😊
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