This Sunday six of us went out to Xiao Wulai. Xiao Wulai is another well-known bit of Taiwan's natural beauty; in the vicinity of Daxi and Fuxing, it's a waterfall and forest park that gets a fair number of day-tripping hikers.
Rural Taiwan, near the falls.
The valleys near Fuxing village.
And this is the waterfall proper. You can't get to that pavilion on the right; the way's been blocked by park authorities. Same for a multi-story pavilion out of the camera frame that's presumably been deemed unsafe. But it's quite a nice view, don't you think?
My pictures are few in number and unprocessed. Jenna took many more pictures and did some processing to make them look nice, her pics and commentary can be found here.
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Ancient Man's Contribution
What was the first piece of mattress furniture devised by man? Of course, the bed. The crude bed, with a mattress was invented in the Neolithic period, which was around the time between 8000- 6000 B.C. people decided that sleeping on the ground was way too uncomfortable and hence the bed was born and a crude mattress, fashioned from animal skin and leaves was used.
This concept was developed in Persia and later on, the Persians slept in beds, which had mattresses made of goatskins, filled with water to provide additional comfort. At about the same time, the ancient Egyptians started sleeping on palm boughs which they heaped in the corner areas of their houses.
A long time later, in about 200 B.C., aristocrats in ancient Rome started sleeping on mattresses which were made from bags of cloth and were stuffed with wool, reeds, hay etc. So finally, something resembling the mattress used in modern mattress furniture was born.
During the Renaissance age, mattresses were made from feathers and pea shucks and were covered with rich fabric like brocade, velvet or even silk. Modern beds were born later, with mattresses being piled onto a bed skeleton made from timber, with additional support from latticework made of ropes or even leather. In the 18th century, the wealthy had a variety of mattress furniture - couches, divans, beds, little pedestals.
Recent Developments
The large mattresses which were made for the bed were then made into a variety of different sizes and shapes for different kinds of furniture. In the late 19th century, in order to make mattresses less lumpy, the box spring was invented. This provided additional comfort and support to people. In the 20th century, the mattress and corresponding mattress furniture went from strength to strength.
Inner spring mattresses and upholstered furniture were all the rage in the early 1930s. Encased coil spring mattresses were also used. Then came the foam rubber mattresses, which were widely purchased to make pillows and other mattress furniture. Thereafter came our version of the Persian beds - the waterbed. It started being used widely and was developed so that the bed was adjustable.
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