I have always been curious, what is the specific part of the eunuch who was castrated?

Castrate the testicles first, and then go down and castrate them completely.

Eunuch (tài jiàn) originally refers to a senior official among eunuchs, and now refers to an official who lost his sexual ability after being castrated in ancient China and was dedicated to serving men by the royal family in ancient capitals. It is also called eunuch, eunuch, temple official, official, middle official, internal official, internal servant and internal prison. In the Ming dynasty, it was also called the company of older eunuchs.

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Body-cleaning institutions: In the past, there were two kinds of institutions for men to body-clean. One is the official camp. In the Qing Dynasty, the clean-up institution was the "Punishment Department" under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which managed the harem affairs. Then there is the folk "professional clean room", and of course there are family workshops.

The risk of virginity is high and the mortality rate is high. Only about 40% will survive. It is not despair, ordinary people will not do such a "childlessness" thing.

In the Qing Dynasty, the private "professional clean room" was quite professional, and the pain and mortality during the operation were low, so there was a lot of business. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there were two famous eunuchs in Beijing, one was called "Wu Bi" and the other was called "filial piety Liu". Many eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were "born" here.

Because the eunuchs sent were of good quality and the channels were stable, the two "swordsmen" were also sealed with seven high hats and became county-level "cleansing teachers". Parents send their children to clean themselves, and they also have to pay a "cleansing fee" of five or six taels of silver to the "swordsman".

Don't eat or drink before castration, and excrete feces and urine. When castrating, clean people will be tied to an "operating table" (sometimes made of door panels). At that time, there would be no anesthetic. Some people said that something would be put on the genitals to numb the nerves.

Before moving the knife, sometimes the clothes cleaner will drink some high-alcohol liquor like Beijing Erguotou to paralyze his nerves; Then there is distraction, such as hanging a knife in front of his eyes and talking to him to attract attention. When he felt pain, his genitals were cut off.

Sanitary conditions are very poor when cleaning the body. If one knife goes down, people will bleed profusely, and people will faint with pain. The knife used by the "Knife" is baked on the fire, even if it is disinfected.

The way to stop bleeding is to bake the knife red, burn it at the edge to make it scab, or coat it with powder (sometimes incense ash) to stop bleeding, and then carry it to a sealed hut, and lay a layer of grass ash under it to absorb blood and incontinence. It takes a month for the wound to heal.

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