What is the daily necessities for ancient people to travel?

Before the ancients went out to travel, they had to divine and choose the right time. Pre-trip divination can be traced back to the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Mainly after divination, good luck and avoiding evil spirits. After all, for ancient people, it is still risky to go that far. Especially today, it seems that I can meet the mountains and rivers of my bosom friends. In the past, this was difficult and dangerous. Li Bai once said: "Hey, hey, the danger is high! It is difficult to go to the sky because the road is difficult. "

Besides traveling carefully, the ancients also needed to prepare many things, including clothes, mud shoes, raincoats, hats, quilts, pillows, towels, foot towels, washing utensils, scissors, combs, candles and so on. There are also cake bait, tea leaves, chess pieces, folding chessboards and traditional Chinese medicines, such as cooked mugwort leaves, rhubarb, mirabilite, licorice, dried ginger, Sichuan pepper and so on. According to many medical books, such as Qian Jin Fang Yao and Yao Shuo, these are "essential medicines for home travel", and most of them have the effects of aromatic resuscitation, eliminating filth and killing insects.

The luggage of Shen Kuo, a senior donkey friend, also includes pen and ink, inkstone, wine vessel, teacup, axe, hoe, knife and oil pot, but nothing (namely urinal). Yes, urinal, you're right. Because many ancient inns didn't have special toilets, chamber pot was a must for travel.

How did the ancients travel? I can't help laughing. Therefore, in many TV dramas, people who go out must be with a bookboy or a page who carries a load, because it is very troublesome for you to carry a bunch of things alone.