There are many kinds of court banquets and rich dishes. When hosting a banquet, beef, roe deer meat and bear's paw are the main courses. Banquet tables are divided into first class and second class. The first-class table has hot pot, pork, mutton, venison, meat dishes, two ebony, shredded pork soup and rice.

There are many kinds of court banquets with various names, which can generally be divided into two categories: family banquets in the palace and big banquets outside the palace.

Family banquets in the palace are usually held by the emperor's family on festivals, birthdays and weddings. For example, traditional festivals such as Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and winter solstice, birthdays of emperors, queens and concubines, weddings of princes and princesses, etc.

In fact, the foreign banquet is also an important part of the banquet in the Qing Dynasty, but most of the participants are foreign ministers and officials, and the venues are mostly in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Yuanmingyuan and other places. In case of major festivals, the imperial examinations will be completed, the army will triumph, and the books will be revised (for example, the revision of the records and the Ku book, etc.). ), is often held.