In the Qing Dynasty, a * * * held 4,000 banquets, of which the Qianlong period was the most grand, with more than 8,000 people attending the banquet. At the time of this grand banquet, Emperor Qianlong was over eighty years old. He was very happy at the banquet. After the banquet, he gave all the old people different grades of pension cards. Now the Capital Museum keeps a silver pension card.

In this grand banquet hosted by Emperor Qianlong, there were nearly 6,000 people over 60 years old, and even more than a dozen people over 100 years old. This banquet is not only a gathering, but also a summary of the life of Emperor Qianlong. Later, Emperor Qianlong passed the throne to his fifteenth son, the later Emperor Jiaqing. Although Emperor Qianlong hosted a thousand wedding banquets, the country was dying at this time, especially after Emperor Jiaqing hosted a thousand wedding banquets.

In fact, the original meaning of the banquet was to show the strength of the country, so at the most powerful time of the Qing Dynasty, two banquets were held in the Kangxi period. In the thousand banquets hosted by Emperor Jiaqing, the prosperity of the country was no longer reflected, but the corruption of the country was reflected. At that time, corruption in the Qing court was very serious and the national economy was stagnant. The most important thing is that the money in the national treasury has been reduced from 10 million to 1 million. In addition to the backwardness of the imperial court, there have also been many local problems, such as land problems in various regions and peasant uprisings caused by tax increases among ordinary people in society.

Therefore, the banquets held in the Qing Dynasty were a manifestation of the country's strength and backwardness, especially during the Jiaqing period. In fact, there are many advantages of holding a thousand banquets, but because of the corruption of the court later, this advantage has become a disadvantage.