The skills of ancient brothel girls in dealing with men

When watching costume dramas, we all know that the favorite place for men in ancient times was brothels. So why did men in ancient times like to visit brothels so much? Is it because there were so many beautiful women there? In fact, this is not the case. Ancient prostitutes all had some unknown "skills". So what are they? Let’s take a look at them today.

The Eight Great Hutongs really took shape and became increasingly prosperous in the middle of the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty and were completed during the Guangxu period.

During this period, the scale and rules of brothels had already been formed. At that time, the government permitted the existence of four types of brothels, which were named accordingly:

One type is the first-class brothel, originally called "Tang", also called "Da Di Fang". The name "Tang" is an ancient name from the Ming Dynasty. "Qingyin Xiaoban" is a special name for the first-class brothels in the South that appeared later.

The second category is the second-class brothel, originally named "Zhongdifang" and later called "Tea House".

The third category is the third-class brothel, called "lower place".

The fourth category is the fourth-class brothel, called "small places".

This is basically the same as the classification of brothels in Shanghai at that time, just with different names.

The first-class brothels in Shanghai were called "Shu Yu" and "Shi Shi Shu Yu". In addition to being beautiful, the prostitutes there had to be knowledgeable about literature and writing, and be able to write poetry, calligraphy, and painting. They also had to be able to sing ditties such as "Lou Hui", "Si Fan", "Chang Ting" or "Hua Die".

Not all prostitutes need such skills, but they generally have to have the skills to seduce men.

Ancient prostitutes' kung fu

The secret of men's waist

In the Song Dynasty, there was a prostitute named Xianglan who had insight into this secret and was particularly good at playing tricks on men's waists. "Whenever Xianglan's fingers touched men's waists, all the customers would go crazy." Her business was booming for a while. According to "Wulin Jiushi", Xianglan was still the top prostitute in brothels at the age of forty, which might be related to her superb "waist" teasing skills.

Understanding Men's Breasts

Yu Ye, a Tang Dynasty poet, narrated such an event in his "Dreams of Yangzhou", saying that Yangzhou prostitutes liked to "fill their mouths with pearls and jade, indulge in romantic affairs, and indulge in the breasts of their friends". This is also true and not groundless. When a man gently nibbles, teases, and caresses a woman's full and firm breasts, an overwhelming wave of desire will be aroused in his heart. The woman will also do the same to the two small beans on the man's chest to get sensory pleasure.

To blow pillow wind

According to the book “Research on Ancient Chinese Bedrooms”, during the time of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty, a prostitute in Luoyang “was skilled in ear skills and had a silver tongue. She could blow or suck, and often made the guests’ blood boil.” I don’t know whether the idiom “a silver tongue” came from here, but this sentence seems to be closely related to sexual culture.

The neck is also a man's weak spot

It is said that Cui Ya, a Tang Dynasty poet famous for his chivalrous poems, would write his poems in brothels, and their renown would spread like wildfire. His praise or criticism can make a brothel either crowded or deserted. Once, he wrote a poem to mock Li Duanduan. Li was worried and asked him to pity him and write another good one. Cui Ya agreed, so the rich man rushed to Li's house. In order to thank Cui Ya, Li Duanduan tried his best and accompanied him for several months. Later, he wrote a poem to joke: "Cui Lang's writing is as sharp as a knife, but his neck is afraid of a feather." It seems that Cui Ya's sexual sensitive area is on his neck, and Li Duanduan knows it very well.