Called Kai dang Ku, in the culture of the country, it has a benefit for children.
To give them freedom of movement, much little Chinese wear the traditional “kai dang Ku”, open pants on the back that are designed to help children learn the habit of going to the bathroom faster. And it is that in some places of that country it is not strange to see little ones wearing those pants squatting down and relieve themselves in broad daylight, which is shocking for any foreigner.
But although it is inappropriate for us, Chinese educators recognize that babies who wear this type of clothing can learn more quickly the habit of going to the bathroom, with all its rituals and movements to evacuate the intestines, and that is that in China, children they are trained to go to the bathroom from three or four months of age, while in the West, it happens after they are one year old.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), “kai dang ku” has benefits in that they allow children to release it to keep balance with Ying, which is good for their health and to reduce the incidence of disease.
Other theories comment that open pants are beneficial for boys, because their sexual organs develop in the open air, without pressure or heat, and this increases the fertility of men, by leaving the testicles at a temperature less hot than that of the rest. of the body.
And although some children can still be seen wearing kai dang ku, with the arrival of disposable diapers in that country for a long time, they have been decreasing.