There are often scenes of visiting the kiln in some costume dramas taken now. Many people are curious about how much it costs to visit a kiln in ancient times.
In fact, this answer can be explored from some ancient books. Take the Ming Dynasty as an example. At that time, there were many privately operated kilns outside Beijing. They will let prostitutes take the initiative to attract guests. Generally, these prostitutes lean against the door of the brothel and pose charming gestures to attract passing men. As long as men are attracted, they need to pay 7p. After paying money, they can choose any woman to play with him.
Men who are generally attracted to prostitutes are mostly impetuous and generally idle. But talented prostitutes don't stand at the door and attract others with enchanting gestures. Instead, they will use their talents to attract guests who really appreciate themselves. For example, they will like blowing sheng in the house or attract each other with their voices. These people can also take women back to the house to be alone after paying the money.
But this is just the phone bill for ordinary people to visit the kiln. Generally speaking, the standard for visiting Gao Fushuai kilns is still higher for rich and powerful constantly chauffeured people. According to Jin Ping Mei, when Ximen Qing went to the Spring Garden for the 65438th time, he took out five taels of silver, which was only the meeting fee between him and the brothel woman. After that, Ximen Qing spent almost every month in the brothel, so he paid 20 taels of money every month directly.
One tael of silver in ancient times was equivalent to 500 RMB now, so Ximen Qing's gift to a brothel woman at that time was equivalent to 2,500 RMB, and his monthly fee in a brothel was equivalent to 1000 RMB now. This shows that the consumption of visiting the kiln is not low.