
The Tang Dynasty (Radio Edit)
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The Tang Dynasty and Hygiene
Yang Guifay, who we've mentioned already, she's really, really keen on the fruit like she's. Her lover, the emperor, had them shipped in for her directly from 800 miles away. The postal network is amazing, always making sure that fresh horses are available to communicate very quickly across the entire empire. Let's talk hygiene in the Tang dynasty. Evelyn, do you want to guess what one custom was for New Year's Day in terms of washing? Is it that we don't wash? No. But this were actually pretty good about washing and bathing. It seems that Taoists were a little bit less into bathing because they felt that it was something that might encourage
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