c1900 Chinese Brass Opium Water Pipe Yen Tsiang
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Opium has been used as a medicinal and recreational substance in China for centuries, its shifting meanings tied to class and national identity.
Starting as early as the Tang period (618–907 CE), opium arrived in China by sea and caravan. Over centuries, it became a common medical treatment. But, the authors write, recreational smoking of opium only became a thing after Europeans introduced tobacco from the Americas to China in the late sixteenth century. Tobacco smoking and cultivation spread rapidly. Some doctors credited it with medicinal properties, including fighting malaria. Officials smoked and drank tea during meetings to stimulate their minds.
Like brewing and drinking tea, preparing and smoking opium involved a complex ritual.
Smoking opium, a far more expensive pastime that built on the smoking culture, was introduced to China by Dutch merchants in the seventeenth century. It became a luxury for the wealthy, usually smoked together with tobacco. But, by the nineteenth century, Chinese doctors were becoming concerned about the health risks of tobacco smoking, so people became more likely to smoke pure opium. Over these centuries, many people valued opium for its exotic association with Europe and as a status symbol perfect for social climbers.
n the early nineteenth century, the drug became more accessible to ordinary people, who enjoyed it as part of social occasions either at home or at opium houses.
By the time the first Opium War began in 1839, the government had connected opium with deviant behavior and foreign threats.
Nonetheless, people of all classes kept using opium.
The changes Europe forced on China’s economy also pushed many people to leave the declining rural areas for coastal cities. This led to the growth of opium houses that offered migrants cheap places to stay. Here, smoking provided relief from stress, boredom, and hunger.
Things changed again in the early twentieth century. The government stepped up efforts to suppress opium smoking, driving the drug’s price too high for many people. But opium smokers soon found alternatives in the form of new drugs from Europe: morphine and heroin.
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Starting as early as the Tang period (618–907 CE), opium arrived in China by sea and caravan. Over centuries, it became a common medical treatment. But, the authors write, recreational smoking of opium only became a thing after Europeans introduced tobacco from the Americas to China in the late sixteenth century. Tobacco smoking and cultivation spread rapidly. Some doctors credited it with medicinal properties, including fighting malaria. Officials smoked and drank tea during meetings to stimulate their minds.
Like brewing and drinking tea, preparing and smoking opium involved a complex ritual.
Smoking opium, a far more expensive pastime that built on the smoking culture, was introduced to China by Dutch merchants in the seventeenth century. It became a luxury for the wealthy, usually smoked together with tobacco. But, by the nineteenth century, Chinese doctors were becoming concerned about the health risks of tobacco smoking, so people became more likely to smoke pure opium. Over these centuries, many people valued opium for its exotic association with Europe and as a status symbol perfect for social climbers.
n the early nineteenth century, the drug became more accessible to ordinary people, who enjoyed it as part of social occasions either at home or at opium houses.
By the time the first Opium War began in 1839, the government had connected opium with deviant behavior and foreign threats.
Nonetheless, people of all classes kept using opium.
The changes Europe forced on China’s economy also pushed many people to leave the declining rural areas for coastal cities. This led to the growth of opium houses that offered migrants cheap places to stay. Here, smoking provided relief from stress, boredom, and hunger.
Things changed again in the early twentieth century. The government stepped up efforts to suppress opium smoking, driving the drug’s price too high for many people. But opium smokers soon found alternatives in the form of new drugs from Europe: morphine and heroin.
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A dohányzási kultúrára épülő, jóval drágább időtöltést holland kereskedők
vezették be Kínába a XVII. A gazdagok luxusa lett, általában dohánnyal
együtt szívták. A tizenkilencedik századra azonban a kínai orvosok egyre
aggódtak a dohányzás egészségügyi kockázatai miatt, így az emberek többet
szívtak tiszta ópiumot. Ezekben az évszázadokban sokan
értékelték az ópiumot Európával való egzotikus kapcsolata miatt,
és a szociális hegymászók számára tökéletes státuszszimbólumként. A tizenkilencedik század elején a kábítószer hozzáférhetőbbé vált
a hétköznapi emberek számára, akik a társasági alkalmak részeként
élvezték otthon vagy ópiumházakban.
Mire 1839-ben elkezdődött az első ópiumháború,
a kormány az ópiumot a deviáns viselkedéssel és a külföldi fenyegetésekkel
kapcsolta össze.
Mindazonáltal minden osztályból származó emberek továbbra is ópiumot fogyasztottak.
Az Európa által a kínai gazdaságra kényszerített változások
sok embert arra késztettek, hogy elhagyják a hanyatló vidéki
területeket a tengerparti városokba.
Ez az ópiumházak növekedéséhez vezetett, amelyek olcsó szállást kínáltak
a migránsoknak. Itt a dohányzás enyhítette a stresszt, az unalmat
és az éhséget. A helyzet a huszadik század elején ismét megváltozott.
A kormány fokozta erőfeszítéseit az ópiumdohányzás visszaszorítására,
ami sok ember számára túl magasra tette a kábítószer árát.
Az ópiumdohányosok azonban hamarosan alternatívákat találtak új Európából
származó drogok formájában: a morfiumot és a heroint. Product Code:i5N1pPQ
weight:175.0g
Product Condition: Used
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