People's Republic of China (PRC)'s first banquet was a state banquet hosted by founding ceremony at Beijing Hotel on the evening of 1949 65438+ 10/0. On the evening of founding ceremony, leaders of the Central Committee, senior generals of the People's Liberation Army of China, personages from democratic parties and independents, celebrities from all walks of life, generals of the Kuomintang army uprising, representatives of ethnic minorities, workers, peasants and representatives of the People's Liberation Army.

* * * More than 600 people attended the first State Banquet of New China held in Beijing Hotel, with more than 60 tables, which was later called "the First Banquet for the Founding of the People's Republic of China". Because the guests attending the banquet come from all corners of the country and have different tastes, in order to achieve "balance", the banquet decided to choose Huaiyang cuisine with moderate taste.

At that time, Beijing Hotel only had western food, so nine Huaiyang chefs, including Zhu Dianrong of Yuhuatai, a famous Huaiyang restaurant in Beijing at that time, were invited to cook the "First Banquet for the Founding of the People's Republic of China". Several Huaiyang cuisine chefs have made their own unique skills, and the Huaiyang cuisine they made has been well received by the guests.

There are eight hot dishes at the banquet: braised shark's fin, roasted four treasures, dry braised prawns, roast chicken, fresh mushrooms, braised autumn duck, braised carp and braised lion's head. There are four "red" characters in the names of eight dishes, which are richer than all state banquets since then, because Zhou Enlai later set the standard of four dishes and one soup for state banquets.

The Historical Evolution of Beijing Hotels

As the earliest western-style hotel in Beijing, it was founded in 1900, and was originally run by two French young people in Suzhou Hutong, Chongwenmennei Street in Beijing. 190 1 moved to the west side of Dongdan food market in and officially put up the signboard of Beijing Hotel.

1903, a five-story red brick building was built in the south gate of Wangfujing. 1907 It was resold to China-France Industrial Bank, and became a high-class guest house specially serving the US military. 19 17, Yonghe company of France designed a 7-storey French foreign building, which is now Block B of the Beijing Hotel Middle Building.

The building is divided into three stages and decorated with horizontal lines. The lobby space on the first floor consists of a large-span ticket and dome on the bottom floor, and a continuous arch-shaped outer window is opened on the top floor. At that time, the tallest building in Beijing was frequented by celebrities and nobles in turbulent times, and it was also the place where important state affairs and conferences were held, which became one of the symbols of Beijing's history and culture.