Man Han Quan Xi began under Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

Reason:

In the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers retained many Manchu traditions outside of Guanwai in order to protect their own culture, and the palace banquets that entertained civil and military officials were served with purely Manchurian dishes. By the Shunzhi and Kangxi years, in order to take care of the living customs of the Han ministers, but also for the need to enlist the Han ministers, the palace in the banquet, began to have a distinction between Manchu cuisine and Han cuisine.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the rulers, in order to protect their own culture, retained many of the Manchu traditions of the Guanwai, and entertained civil and military officials at the palace banquets with purely Manchurian dishes. By the Shunzhi and Kangxi years, in order to take care of the living customs of the Han ministers, but also for the need to enlist the Han ministers, the palace in the banquet, began to have a distinction between Manchu cuisine and Han cuisine.

Expanded Information

Manchurian-Hanchu Banquet, both the characteristics of the court dishes, but also the essence of the local flavor; highlighting the special flavors of Manchu and Han dishes, barbecue, hot pot, shabu-shabu almost indispensable dishes, but also demonstrates the characteristics of the Han Chinese cooking, grilling, deep-frying, frying, stir-frying, barbecuing and so on, it is the jewel of the Chinese cuisine culture and the highest level of the culture. and the highest state.

Manchurian-Han Chinese banquet was originally held in the Qing Dynasty Palace Banquet when the Manchu and Han people to do a kind of banquet. Manchu Han Banquet dishes generally at least one hundred and eight kinds (including 54 southern dishes: 30 Zhejiang dishes, 12 Fujian dishes, 12 Guangdong dishes; northern dishes 54: 12 Manchu dishes, 12 Beijing dishes, 30 Shandong dishes), eaten in three days. The Manchu banquet dishes are salty and sweet, meat and vegetarian, taking a wide range of materials, fine materials, mountain treasures and sea food everything.

In the court, the emperor ate every day are similar to the full Manchu banquet, the early Qing standard imperial meal each meal has 120 dishes, need three large table to be placed, in addition, there are fruits, snacks, and staple food.

The Kangxi Emperor felt that this is too much to spread, it was reduced to 64, and then gradually reduced to 32, 24, but by the time Cixi curtain reign, like to spread the recipe for her to restore the imperial meal to 120.

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