Kangxi was the first to hold a thousand banquets. Kangxi was also a long-lived emperor. Moreover, he has been in office for many years, and has always advocated the Manchu family, and the people have fun together, so he held a thousand wedding banquets in his later years. As long as he is old enough, he can attend a thousand banquets, so he is not a powerful person. This is just a way to show the majesty of the emperor.
So Qianlong made up his mind to hold such a grand banquet if he became emperor in the future. Sure enough, Qianlong later became emperor. He never forgot the grand banquet of Emperor Kangxi until he was finally able to hold one in his later years. Ganlong ordered all the elderly over 60 to participate. At that time, more than 3,000 people entered the palace with more than 800 seats. The scene is also quite shocking.
The banquet held by Qianlong is not arranged according to status, but according to age. The older you get, the more advanced you become. Ganlong himself is a luxury man. This banquet, in order to show the majesty of the emperor, he prepared a lot of delicious food for the palace. Originally, these old people were very happy to see the emperor. I didn't expect there to be so many delicious foods.
These delicious foods can't be eaten by ordinary people once in their lifetime, so everyone is happy to eat them. As everyone knows, these delicacies are death reminders for many old people, because they are usually eaten too lightly, and suddenly their stomachs can't stand them, so many old people died after eating a thousand banquets, so this thousand banquet has also been criticized by many people, and many people are opposed to hearing that Qianlong will hold a second one.