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A public toilet in Linxia City, Gansu, with a window in the middle to collect the "user fee" (50 fen, about 7¢). Toilet Revolution in China (simplified Chinese: 厕所革命; traditional Chinese: 廁所革命; pinyin: Cèsuǒ Gémìng; lit. 'lavatory-place transform-mandate') is a government campaign aimed at improving the sanitary conditions in Mainland China.
The Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation of WHO and UNICEF has defined improved sanitation as follows: flush toilet, [4] connection to a piped sewer system, connection to a septic system, flush/pour-flush to a pit latrine, ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet and/or some special ...
Throughout history, people have devised systems to make getting water into their communities and households and disposing of (and later also treating) wastewater more convenient. [1] The historical focus of sewage treatment was on the conveyance of raw sewage to a natural body of water, e.g. a river or ocean, where it would be diluted and ...
The toilet was considered a “luxury object” and only used by “very high-ranking members of (the) society,” Rui told China Daily. For every use, servants likely poured water into the toilet.
A pig toilet (Chinese: 猪圈茅坑 zhūjuànmáokēng, sometimes called a "pig sty latrine") is a simple type of dry toilet consisting of an outhouse mounted over a pigsty, with a chute or hole connecting the two. The pigs consume the feces of the users of the toilet, as well as other food.
The introduction of indoor flush toilets started to displace chamber pots in the 19th century, but they remained common until the mid-20th century. [8] The alternative to using the chamber pot was a trip to the outhouse. In China, the chamber pot (便壶 (biàn hú) was common.
Porcelain Palace is a large public toilet complex at the Foreigners' Street amusement park in the city of Chongqing, China. The facade of the complex was inspired by ancient Egyptian art . A toilet complex to the south is in the distinctive style of the Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi .
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