Manchu banquets generally have 108 dishes, including 54 in the south and 54 in the north. Southern cuisines include 30 Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines, 12 Fujian cuisines and 12 Guangdong cuisines. There are 12 Manchu cuisines, 12 Beijing cuisines and 30 Shandong cuisines in North China.

Manchu-Han banquet is a court banquet in Qing dynasty, which has both the characteristics of court dishes and the essence of local flavor. Barbecue, hot pot and shabu-shabu are almost indispensable dishes.

Manchu-Han banquet dishes are salty and sweet, with exquisite meat, extensive materials, fine ingredients and all-inclusive food. The Manchu-Han Banquet, which rose in the Qing Dynasty, is the most famous banquet in the history of China, combining the essence of Manchu-Han Banquet. During the reign of Qianlong and Shen Jia, Li Dou recorded a Manchu-Chinese banquet in the Book of Painting a Boat in Yangzhou, which is the earliest record of Manchu-Chinese banquet.