Knowledge of Sanitary Ware Industry 1. Invention and Development of Toilet The earliest record of toilet in China can be found in "Trojan Horse" in Ouyang Xiu's Return to the Field II in the Northern Song Dynasty. The etymology interprets this as a "wooden toilet". The toilet used by ancient people in China was a round wooden barrel with a lid, and the barrel was coated with tung oil or good waterproof paint. In Europe, Queen Elizabeth I complained that the toilets in her palace were not empty and smelled bad. Sir John Harington invented a wooden toilet with a water tank and a flush valve in 1596. It has become the basic form of toilets now. 1775, British watchmaker Cummings improved Sir Harrington's water reservoir, so that the water in the water reservoir can automatically close the valve after each use, and the water can automatically fill the water tank. 1778, London craftsman Brammer rebuilt the water reservoir above the urinal and put a cover on it. /kloc-at the end of 0/8 century, British inventor Joseph? Brammer improved the design of the toilet. He used some components, such as a ball valve to control the water flow in the water tank and a U-shaped pipe to prevent the sewage pipe from escaping odor. /kloc-In the late 20th century, European towns used tap water, so toilets began to enter families. Since humans have a toilet, it has become a highly functional product. Its original intention and people's inherent consciousness today, in the final analysis, are only private and extremely personal, and will be collected in every corner, and it is also extremely monotonous, boring and boring. However, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the toilet has become an indispensable and most important part of the bathroom. Because of its existence, its ever-changing appearance, its constant humanization, its constant personalization and its constant intelligence have added many elements of life to the bathroom. Due to the perfect combination with bath products, washing products and hardware products, bathroom is no longer a single functional product, but is improving in direct proportion to the improvement of people's living standards. The bathroom products of big brands follow the weather vane of life, becoming increasingly luxurious, aristocratic and intelligent. As the saying goes: the living room is your face, and the bathroom is your taste. Maybe some people don't understand, it's because they don't really appreciate the way to enjoy the bathroom and haven't tried the taste of enjoying it in the bathroom. Second, bathroom culture.

1, Formation of bathroom characters:

With the continuous improvement of toilet function, appearance and supporting facilities, the toilet has changed from a single functional product to the pursuit of beauty, durability, atmosphere, comfort, practicality, intelligence, personalization and high-grade fashion on the premise of perfect function. In bathroom consumption, more and more attention is paid to the function, style, brand, quality, price and artistic enjoyment of products, and at the same time, more and more attention is paid to after-sales service. Excellent designers, in particular, have turned the bathroom into a small world for modern people to relax, enjoy life and add interest. Some use glass and polygon mirrors to increase the sense of space; Some simply open the bedroom and bathroom to create a large space effect; Some will design the bathroom into a dressing room, a small study and a music room, so that people can enjoy it in advance in a bathroom of several square meters or oversized. People can lie comfortably in the bathtub and take a bath. In addition to washbasins and toilets, the functions of toilets are becoming more and more perfect. You can steam sauna, read books, listen to music, make up and change clothes. A piece of exquisite and elegant sanitary ware is like a work of art, which makes soft and wonderful water dance on people's skin. Bathroom has become a kind of enjoyment, a kind of elegance, a kind of taste, a kind of culture and a model of high-quality life. The bathroom has changed from a "come and go" space to a place where people can't forget to return, thus forming a bathroom culture. 2. Development of bathroom culture: Due to the formation of bathroom culture, there are ten unique bathrooms in the world: the most transparent bathroom, the best rest stop on M- 1 Expressway in Switzerland, the best ladies' bathroom in Pasha, Chicago, the best men's bathroom in the Virgin Mary on the Pacific Coast Expressway in California, the best smart bathroom in TOTO, the lightest bathroom used by the British royal family (Cambridge style and Oxford style) and the thinnest bathroom in the West Coast Sweetheart Club. The bathroom most like a work of art, the bathroom most suitable for men and women, the jewelry bathroom in Lin Shirong (golden bathroom, cost $4 million), and the best scenic suite in France (lying in the bathtub, panoramic view of the Washington Monument). Due to the formation of bathroom culture, there are ten top bathing methods in the world: ① World Bath Collection of Maui Palace Hotel: semi-closed SOMA bath, seawater bath, salt bath and coconut happy bath. Coconut happy bath is to sprinkle coconut and sugar all over your body and soak in the bathtub with fresh coconut milk and pineapple juice. ② Sand bath in Japan: Beach sauna, covered with sand and buried in the beach for 15-20 minutes, can treat rheumatism and other diseases. (3) Turkish bath: There is a local fish called Kanquanle, and there are several kinds of crooked fish to help people treat skin diseases. 4 Love Bath: Voodoo in New Orleans has a flower bath. 5 Iceland's blue lagoon has the hottest bath in the world: Iceland has geothermal hot springs, and minerals such as silica and seawater bath brought by geothermal heat are as hot even in winter. ⑥ Mud Hot Springs in the Italian town of Abano: Lying on a mud bed covered with mud can treat arthritis, myalgia and other diseases. ⑦ Floating bath in goesta, Switzerland: After the cheese is taken out of the milk, it floats and then poured into the bathtub. This is the floating ice bath. 8 wine bath: pour the wine into the bathtub and soak it in the wine. Pet-name ruby margarita bath and Texas barbecue sauce bath, pet-name ruby chocolate bath.