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kōngtiáo kòngwēn 、zìdòng shícáo 、fēngjī tōngfēng ……zhège xiàtiān ，ZhèjiāngShěng Líshuǐshì kāngdá shēngtài yǎngzhíchǎng lǐ ，sān qiān tóu xiǎozhū guòshàng le qīngjié ānjìng de “zhìnéng shēnghuó ”。

Temperature control AC, automatic trough, fan ventilation... This summer, in an ecological farm in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 3000 piglets in the farm experienced clean and quiet “smart living”.

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其实不然，他们度夏消暑的方式各有别致，那是相当有智慧的，用了很多现在看起来低碳、环保的妙招来安然度夏滴。

qíshí bùrán ，tāmen dùxià xiāoshǔ de fāngshì gè yǒu biézhì ，nà shì xiāngdāng yǒu zhìhuì de ，yòng le hěnduō xiànzài kànqǐlai dītàn 、huánbǎo de miàozhāo lái ānrán dùxià dī 。

On the contrary, they have unique and unusual ways to cool down in the summer, ways which are low carbon, environment friendly and safe.

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在我们的印象里，古人肯定在夏天比我们过得难受，因为他们既没有空调又没有风扇。

zài wǒmen de yìnxiàng lǐ ，gǔrén kěndìng zài xiàtiān bǐ wǒmen guòdé nánshòu ，yīnwèi tāmen jì méiyǒu kōngtiáo yòu méiyǒu fēngshàn 。

With neither air conditioners or fans, we imagine that ancient people must have a harder time in the unbearable summer heat.

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炎炎盛夏，人们在一个大瓷缸中放入冰块，再将瓷缸放入房中，用以降低房间温度。这种用冰块降温的方法其实早在先秦就已经有了。

yányán shèngxià ，rénmen zài yígè dà cígāng zhōng fàngrù bīngkuài ，zài jiāng cígāng fàngrù fáng zhōng ，yòngyǐ jiàngdī fángjiān wēndù 。zhèzhǒng yòng bīngkuài jiàngwēn de fāngfǎ qíshí zǎo zài xiānQín jiù yǐjīng yǒu le 。

In the scorching hot summer, people put ice cubes in large porcelain jars, which were then placed in rooms to help cool the temperature. This method of cooling with ice was already used in the pre Qin dynasty

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诗经》与《左传》中都有冬月藏冰的记载，朝廷中有专门的官吏负责每年寒冬时凿取冰块存放在“冰室”或“冰井”里，等到盛夏时节再取出。

Shījīng 》yǔ 《ZuǒZhuàn 》zhōng dōu yǒu Dōngyuè cáng bīng de jìzǎi ，cháotíng zhōng yǒu zhuānmén de guānlì fùzé měinián hándōng shí záoqǔ bīngkuài cúnfàng zài “bīngshì ”huò “bīngjǐng ”lǐ ，děngdào shèngxià shíjié zài qǔchū 。

There are records of winter ice in the Book of Songs and Zuo Zhuan. A special official in the court is responsible for picking up ice cubes during the winter and storing them in the "ice room" or "ice well” for use in the summer.

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在周代，人们就开始用冰窖储藏冬天的冰块以备夏用。

zài Zhōudài ，rénmen jiù kāishǐ yòng bīngjiào chǔcáng dōngtiān de bīngkuài yǐ bèi Xià yòng 。

In the Zhou Dynasty, people had begun to use icehouse to store winter ice for summer use.

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到了汉代，皇宫里夏季便有了“清凉殿”，内有多重降温装置，以石头为床，用玉晶盘装冰块，还有人站在一旁对着扇扇子，清凉无比。

dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。

In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.

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瓷枕的形状多种多样，夏夜里枕着瓷枕入睡，身心自然凉爽、畅快。

cízhěn de xíngzhuàng duōzhǒngduōyàng ，Xià yèli zhěn zhe cízhěn rùshuì ，shēnxīn zìrán liángshuǎng 、chàngkuài 。

Porcelain pillows come in different shapes and sizes. Sleeping on such pillows in the summer nights keep you feeling cool and comfortable.

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