Analyzing the Millennium Traditional Culture of Finnish Sauna

　　Sauna has a tradition in Finland for thousands of years. Due to frequent steam baths, Finns are energetic and have a resilient personality, and rarely suffer from degenerative diseases such as cancer and arthritis. In order to stimulate sweating and increase body temperature, Finnish people use birch branches to pat their entire bodies while bathing. After a steam bath, you usually take a bath with warm water and soap, and then rest quietly on a bench in the changing room, causing pores to gradually shrink, metabolism to slow down, and the body to gradually return to normal body temperature.

　　Researchers believe that steam stimulation has the following functions: accelerating metabolic processes and inhibiting the growth of pathogenic bacteria; Enhance the vitality of human organs and glands (including endocrine and gonads); Enable the body to self heal from many acute and chronic diseases, such as colds, rheumatic diseases, and even cancer; Causing excessive sweating, many metabolic waste and toxins are excreted from the body through sweat.

　　Sauna can be called the quintessence of Finland. Many Finnish myths and customs originate from sauna. In Finnish folklore and literary classics, sauna is a commonly used term, and almost every well-known Finnish writer has described the situation of being immersed in sauna. Various classics and philosophies extended from sauna are also often cited. In the Finnish national epic "Kalevala", sauna is also mentioned dozens of times, and the protagonist who loves sauna the most is the warrior in the minds of the Finnish people. In this regard, sauna is the theme of music and visual art.

　　The ancient Finns regarded saunas as sacred places. Even today, some Finns still believe that there are gods under the wooden bed in the sauna. During sauna, everyone must understand the rules, not make noise or laugh, and not speak vulgar language. That is to say, Finnish saunas have serious etiquette. A person's behavior in a sauna should be like that of a church, "said a Finnish proverb.

　　It can be said that sauna appears in every corner of Finnish culture, with its shadow in science and art. Currently, there are hundreds of doctoral and academic papers discussing the physiological and medical benefits of sauna.

　　The Finns have a simpler relationship or more tangible function with sauna: to resist and drive away the cold during prolonged winters; Keep fit and reduce cardiovascular disease; Finns have introverted, steady, and depressed personalities, which lead to venting; Helping to revive and sober up alcohol.

　　After a sauna, Finns are accustomed to having a big meal, called a "sauna meal", mainly to supplement the salt lost through sweating. The first course of the "sauna meal" is mostly pickled herring with hot potatoes, but anchovy, sardine, smoked fish or salty mushroom salad are also popular choices. The second dish can be pancakes, lasagna, or rice. Most soups are French onion soup or Russian borscht soup, while the preferred type of alcohol is Finnish malt beer known as Sahti. To add some excitement to the sauna, the heating furnace in the steam room can barbecue sausages, relax and enjoy both pleasures simultaneously

　　Sauna is the quintessence of Finland, with almost every household having a sauna room. Finns believe that their health is inseparable from steaming sauna. They believe that sauna can eliminate toxins from the body, drive away cold, and reduce the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases

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