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2400-year-old flush toilet unearthed in China
陕西遗址惊现2400年前“冲水式”厕所
A pottery toilet ancient Chinese people used during the Qin Dynasty has been discovered at the Yueyang City Ruins in Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The discovery is the only "toilet" to have been discovered at an ancient Chinese palace archaeological site and the first "flush toilet" discovered by archaeology.
考古工作者在陕西栎阳城遗址发现一处距今约2400年的高等级厕所遗迹，这是中国历代宫城考古中发现的唯一一例厕类遗存，也是我国考古发现的第一个“冲水式”厕所。
The Yueyang City Ruins are located in the Yanliang district of Yueyang.
秦汉栎阳城遗址位于陕西省西安市阎良区。
The discovery was made by experts excavating the No.3 Ancient Building at the Yueyang City Ruins. The ancient relic consists of two parts, an indoor toilet on a platform and a pipe system below that directed sewage outside.
考古人员在三号建筑西侧清理出的这处厕所遗迹，由台基上的室内厕位和房外排污坑两部分组成。
The upper half of the flush toilet was not found during the excavation and hence, experts cannot confirm whether its users sat on it or squatted over it.
由于受到晚期遗存破坏，厕位上部结构已不存在，因此无法确定这是坐便还是蹲便。
The toilet is believed to have been used by Qin Xiaogong (381-338BC) or his father Qin Xian'gong (424-362BC) of the Qin Kingdom during the Warring States Period (475-221BC), or by Liu Bang, the first emperor of the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220).
据信，战国时期秦国的秦孝公或其父亲秦献公，或者汉朝第一位皇帝刘邦有可能用过这个厕所。
"The flush toilet is concrete proof of the important attachment ancient Chinese people have to sanitation," said Liu Rui from the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
中国社会科学院考古研究所的刘瑞表示，“这个‘冲水式’厕所从侧面可以看出中国古代对于卫生的重视”。
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