Jin Yi "Follow the Old Horse": "At this time, he told me to pull the mask upwards to cover my nose so as not to get flying flowers into my nostrils."
China was the first to use masks in the world. In ancient times, in order to prevent dust and breath pollution, people in the court began to cover their mouth and nose with silk scarves. For example, the book "Li Shu" contained: "Cover your mouth for fear of touching people." "Mencius Li Lou": "Xi Zi Meng" If it is unclean, everyone will cover their noses.” Covering the nose with hands or sleeves is very unhygienic, and it is not convenient to do other things. Later, some people used a piece of silk cloth to cover their mouth and nose. In his book "Marco Polo's Travels", Marco Polo describes his experience of living in China for seventeen years. One of them: "In the palace of the Yuan Dynasty, the people who offered food all used silk cloth to cover their mouth and nose, as if they breathed, and did not touch the food." The silk cloth that covered the mouth and nose in this way was the original mask.