During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the eight or ten pavilions, the eighth floor, the eight houses and the first twenty-four famous shops in Beijing were all Shandong cuisine.

Restaurant catering in Beijing rose in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Children of the Eight Banners secretly invest, while Shandong people manage. After Cixi, the cooperative restaurant between Manchu and Han reached its peak. They are all located in downtown areas, with auspicious and elegant names, clean and quiet courtyards, antique tables and chairs and magnificent schools.

Known as "Eight Lobby", "Eight Floor" and "Eight Mansions", they were all top restaurants in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, two bags of eight silk were paved with the word "auspicious", which was called "eight auspicious". The eight auspicious symbols are Rui Fuxiang, Sheng Ruixiang, Zeng Ruixiang, Lin Ruixiang, Yi Hexiang, Guang, Xiang No.1 and Qian Xiangyi. Founded in Tongzhi years, they are all run by the Meng family in Zhangqiu County, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province. Descendants of Mencius!