According to legend, Nurhachi worked as a policeman under Li, commander-in-chief of Liaodong in Ming Dynasty. Company commanders mansion's rule is: there must be eight dishes and one soup on the table every day. One day, the cook was ill. After each of the seven maids cooked a dish, they couldn't think of the eighth dish. Nurhachi told me the eighth course, and he cooked meat dishes with good color and flavor. Later, Nurhachi became the old man king, and golden meat became a famous dish of the Qing Dynasty symbolizing the industrial achievements of the empire.

Gan long dou fu bo Cai

When Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River, he got lost in the country one day. It's already noon and my stomach is growling with hunger. At this time, I saw an old woman cooking, and the red, green, yellow and white peas were beautiful. So, I sent for a plate, and Qianlong ate it all at once. He even said that the food in the world is the best. So people ask, what is this? The old woman said with a smile, this is "Brother Red-billed Jade Seal Gold". So, a farm dish went into the imperial kitchen.

Tasi honey (mutton in honey sauce)

This is a common dish of the Qing court. Just because one day Cixi was enjoying herself, she asked the name of this dish. In order to please, the chef said that it was newly created by a slave and had not yet been named. She asked Lafayette to give it a name. Cixi was very happy. She said smoothly that this dish is as sweet as honey, so let's call it "as sweet as honey".

The first dish in the world (radish soup)

When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was on a southern tour, he happened to come to a blue brick house and saw a horizontal plaque on the door saying "No.1 in the world". Gan Long thought, what a big tone, want to ask. As soon as I entered the first door, I met an old man 150 years old; Entering the second door, I met an old man 120 years old; Entering the third door, I saw a 90-year-old man; Enter the fourth door and see a 75-year-old man. Strangely, these people are not in charge, but a teenager of 10 years old. Gan Long asked: What is the first one in the world? The child replied: My family has five generations under one roof, and each generation has a long life, ranking first in the world. Qianlong nodded and said yes.

After Qianlong returned to the palace, on a whim, he wrote an imperial edict and gave a radish to the first family in the world for everyone to eat. This difficult problem made the whole family tongue-tied, only to see the young master running over and saying, this is easy to handle. Some people put radishes in vats, mash them and stir them with warm water. Everyone will drink them. When the emissary in yellow clothes returned to Beijing to deliver the message, Gan Long admired him very much: "No.1 in the world" is a good master who cooks the first dish in the world. Since then, carrot soup has been served.