The history of the development of ancient faucets

The history of the development of ancient faucets

Summary

In the long years, most of the people rely on the shoulders to carry water to survive, mostly inconvenient, and later there were waterwheels, windmills for irrigation, and domestic water is stored in containers, until the popularization of modern public water supply systems and faucets, it has essentially changed people's water habits.

The history of the development of ancient faucets
To say that the world's earliest faucet, the current historical materials have not been clearly recorded, but in ancient China, the people would open up the bamboo, and then connect it one by one, and attract water from rivers or mountain springs for people to use, which is regarded as the origin of the ancient faucet
The origin of the ancient faucet and bamboo are inseparable, the prototype of the first generation of faucets was originally used as a fire extinguishing tool, called "pump", also known as "water dragon", generally made of long bamboo, it can both draw water and drainage, the earliest can be traced back to the Northern Song Dynasty, Zeng Gongliang in his "Wujing General" in an illustration painted with a pump. But before the Northern Song Dynasty, children living in bamboo-producing areas had been using it as a toy for a long time. There are historical records in the Ming Dynasty: "The pump is made of long bamboo, and the lower hole is opened, such as the water is wrapped in water, and the water is pumped from the hole." In ancient times, the pump was not only used to extinguish fires, but also used for irrigation.
At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was an improved version of the "water dragon" fire extinguishing equipment, it is said that it was imported from Japan, a poet Wu Dongfa of the Qing Dynasty wrote a poem after watching the "water dragon" performance, which has the description of "several people and the cardinal of the force, breathing longitudinally sent left and right", it can be seen that this is a kind of manpower water pump, this water pump is much larger than the water bag, the water spray of the pump, and can spray water uninterruptedly, it is a little similar to the dragon that will spray water in the sky, so it is called "water dragon", the belt that receives the water is called "water dragon belt", and the water spray head is called " faucet", the province is called "faucet".
However, in ancient China, the faucet was always a fire extinguishing tool, and before modern times, most of the people still relied on river water and well water for water, which was very inconvenient. It was not until modern times that the people's water habits changed, and drinking water gradually changed from river water and well water to tap water. In 1883, Shanghai established China's first surface water source water plant, completely changed people's water habits, modern faucets gradually entered people's lives, modern faucets were introduced in the West, so how did the faucets develop in the West, let's find out!
In the 16th century, Istanbul began to make extensive use of taps, known as "water springs", where water flowed from the mouths of animal heads embedded in the walls. In order to solve the waste of water resources and the serious shortage of water resources, people began to develop faucets, which were also widely used faucets in the early modern period.
However, the early faucets were still relatively simple and could only be used in the basics. The application of faucets has revolutionized in the United States. A college student named ALMoen, who was scalded while unscrewing water, inspired him to build a faucet with a handle that manages both hot and cold water. He has designed and manufactured a wide variety of faucets, double-valve faucets, single-handle faucets, etc. In 1945 he sold his first design, a single-lever hot and cold water faucet. Until 1959, the faucets he designed were used by millions of American households.
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