Pinyin [zhěn tou]

Basic definition

A sleeping utensil that is placed under the head to make the head slightly higher when lying down

Detailed definition

The sleeping utensil that elevates the head when sleeping.

Lin Chuchiao's "Bodhisattva Barbarian" of the Southern Tang Dynasty: "The woven mat is slippery and the pillow is shifted, and the sideburns of the cicadas want to fly wildly." Water Margin, 13th time: "The man made a pillow of some rags and pillowed it under his head, and fell asleep on the offering table." Yang Shuo, "The Very Top of Mount Tai": "Suddenly, a big cloud, thick and wet, rose up from the mountain, quietly squeezed into the doorway, and landed on the side of the pillow."

Wikipedia Interpretation

Pillow, a sleeping instrument. It is generally recognized that the pillow is a filler that people use for sleeping comfort. Recognized from modern medical research, the human spine, from the front is a straight line, but the side is a curve with three physiological bends. In order to protect the normal physiological curvature of the neck, to maintain the normal physiological activities when people sleep, sleep must be used pillow.

Pillow generally consists of pillow core, pillowcase two parts.

The pillow is generally composed of two parts: the core and the pillowcase.