Most emperors in the Qing dynasty liked cold and were afraid of heat. They spend most of the year in Changchun Garden, Yuanmingyuan and other gardens, and only drive back to the palace for the New Year on New Year's Day. Emperors usually "seal the pen" and "seal" on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, stop working and "open the pen" and "seal" again at the ceremony on the first day of the first month.
According to the draft of Qing history? According to the Book of Rites, at dawn on the first day of the first month, hundreds of officials will gather in the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square to pay a New Year call to the emperor. On that day, the square was full of ceremonial ceremonies, and the eaves of the main hall were decorated with royal bands and musical instruments such as Admiralty and Jade Qing. At dawn (7 o'clock), officials of the State of Qin announced that the time had come. Bells and drums chimed at the meridian gate, the band played music, the emperor boarded the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Wei officials shook their static whip, and tribute officials shouted "Move". Hundreds of officials lined up and knelt down according to the grade position marked by the copper "grade mountain" placed in the square. At this time, two college students knelt down and held a congratulatory table, which was read by the desk clerk. After reading it, the officials will kneel down three times and knock on the ceremony. After the ceremony, the emperor gave him a seat and tea, and the officials kowtowed to thank him. After tea, the static whip rang again, the band played again, the emperor went down to the temple, and the officials left the court, and the ceremony to celebrate the New Year was completed. At this time, the emperor gave the children of the Eight Banners, ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs who had already prepared a purse with "Ruyi". "Ruyi" in wallet usually includes Jin Ruyi, Yinruyi, Yuruyi and Yin Qian. Emperor Qianlong usually drinks a glass of Tu Su wine in his bedroom, hall of mental cultivation, before going to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to receive the New Year greetings from officials. His special wine glass weighs 1 kg, and is made of gold inlaid with precious stones. It is called "Jin 'ou Gu Yong Cup". Jin Ou means Jiangshan, and "Jin Ou Yong Gu" means "Jiangshan Yong Gu".
In the Qing dynasty, it continued the history of imperial palaces in previous dynasties. According to records, Emperor Qianlong went to Zhu Fu Temple in Beihai on the morning of the first day of the first month of the first month every year, boarded the Great Buddha Pagoda to burn incense and collect blessings, and then returned to the Chinese Palace where he lived before becoming an emperor, and wrote the first blessing words he wrote every year with a black lacquer brush engraved with "Life Blessing Report" and known as "Evergreen Tube". It should be solemnly sealed and never opened to show his blessing. Next, I wrote a message of blessing to the princes and ministers. The Confucian classic Shangshu explains the meaning of the word "happiness": first, longevity, second, wealth, third, corning, fourth, virtue, fifth, happy old age. According to this statement, the premise of enjoying happiness is longevity. Emperor Qianlong lived to be 89 years old, and his children and grandchildren lived under the same roof for five generations, ranking first among all emperors. Therefore, in his later years, he thought he had all kinds of Five Blessingg, calling himself "a rare emperor in ancient Five Blessingg".
In addition, during the Spring Festival, the emperor will also set off firecrackers and put up couplets. However, the couplets used by the royal family during the Spring Festival are hung, not pasted by the people. This is not only clean to use, but also can be used many times if it is properly preserved.
Ordinary people pay the most attention to New Year's Eve, and the Qing emperor is no exception. On weekdays, it is rare for the Emperor's family to eat together. Only on New Year's Day are concubines allowed to accompany the banquet. On the morning of New Year's Eve, the emperor, his queen and his concubines had breakfast at the Chinese Palace. Breakfast usually includes Lala (yellow rice), cakes, rice cakes, etc. There are as many as 10 to 20 kinds, but this is not a formal New Year's Eve feast. The New Year's Eve reunion dinner will be held in Shen Zheng (4 pm). In fact, at noon 12, cold dishes and snacks were placed on the table. The dinner was held in Baohe Hall or Gan Qing Palace, and a table was prepared for the emperor. The table was a "Golden Dragon Banquet Table" surrounded by a golden embroidered table fence. Between the banquet and the emperor's "throne", there is a "long table". All the dishes are put on the banquet, and the emperor will take them to the long table when eating.
The cooking materials of the New Year's Eve dinner are mainly Manchu traditional food. For example, the food file of the Qing Palace records the amount of materials used for the New Year's Eve banquet held in Qianlong forty-nine years, including 65 kilograms of pork, 3 fat ducks 1 head, 3 vegetable ducks, 3 fat chickens, 7 vegetable chickens, 3 pig elbows, 2 pig bellies, 8 lower bellies and 0/5 zongzi/kloc-0. In addition, 5 Jin of 4 Liang white flour and 6 Liang white sugar are used to make snacks. Most of these materials are produced in "Kanto", which reflects the inherent dietary customs of Manchu.