The Manchu-Han banquet has exquisite dishes and exquisite manners, forming a distinctive and unique style. Before sitting, present two pairs of incense, tea and hand dishes; There are four fresh fruits, four dried fruits, four ornamental fruits and four candied fruits on the table. After sitting down, cold dishes are served first, followed by hot stir-fry, Chinese cabbage and beets. The Manchu-Han banquet was divided into six seats, all named after the famous banquet of the Qing palace. Collect many famous Manchu and Chinese dishes, choose fresh seafood and search for rare animals. The banquet includes 196 cold dishes and hot dishes, 124 snacks and tea, and 320 dishes. Use a full set of pastel tableware with silverware, rich and gorgeous, and the dining environment is quaint and solemn. During the dinner, famous teachers were specially invited to play ancient music. Following the elegant legacy, the etiquette is rigorous and solemn, and it inherits the traditional virtues. Entertain guests for a week and make them linger. After a hearty meal, you can appreciate the essence of China cooking, the origin of food culture and enjoy the supreme spirit of everything.
The Manchu-Han banquet is mainly composed of Beijing cuisine, Shandong cuisine and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. Most of the treasures in the so-called "Manchu-Han banquet" in the secular world are specialties (or products) of Heilongjiang, such as nose, fishbone, herring roe, Hericium erinaceus, bear's paw, frog, deer tail (tendons, chest, whip, etc. ), leopard tires and other exotic raw materials. Later, dishes from Fujian, Guangdong and other places also appeared in the grand banquet in turn. Southern cuisine: Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine 30, Fujian cuisine 12, Guangdong cuisine 12. Northern cuisine: 12 Manchu cuisine, 12 Beijing cuisine and 30 Shandong cuisine.
Six kinds of banquets (1)
Mongolian pro-pan banquet
This banquet is a royal banquet hosted by the Qing emperor for Mongolian relatives who married into the royal family. Generally, a banquet is held in an aboveboard hall, accompanied by the first and second ministers of the Qing Dynasty. Emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to this feast and held it every year according to the rules. Mongolian relatives who accepted the banquet regarded the banquet as a great blessing and cherished the food given by the emperor at the banquet. The article "Qing Yuan banknotes * Mongolian banquet brings blessings" said: "When Prince Meng and others enter Beijing to give food, they will definitely go, saying that they bring blessings to their families. If you don't have tableware, you should wear it outside. Ping Jin embroidered pythons, which are often stained with soup, are dripping with nothing.
Man-Han banquet (2)
Listen to Chen Yan
The courtier banquet was held on the 16th day of the first month at the end of Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the emperor personally ordered the university students, and those who made meritorious deeds in the Nine big noble attended, and those who gave a banquet were honored. The banquet is held in Fengsan Selfless Hall, and the banquet follows the imperial banquet ceremony. They all use high chairs, write poems and drink alcohol every year. Mongolian princes and others also participated. The emperor used this kindness to gather the princes, and it was also a symbolic form for the courtiers to make contributions.
Man-Han banquet (3)
Wanshouyan
The longevity banquet is the birthday banquet of the Qing emperor and one of the grand banquets of the imperial court. Empresses and princes, civil and military officials, are proud of providing birthday gifts. In the meantime, there are countless delicious foods. In case of a major birthday, the celebration will be more grand and grand, and the department will send someone to take charge of it. Clothing and jewelry, decoration and furnishings, music and dance banquets are all available. On the 10th day of October in the 20th year of Guangxu, Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday. In the eighteenth year of Guangxu, the imperial edict was issued, and a banquet was held about two months before her birthday. There are more than 29 170 pieces of glazed bowls, plates and saucers painted with longevity words and auspicious and festive patterns in Jiangxi. The whole celebration cost nearly12 million taels of silver, which is unprecedented in the history of China.
Man-Han banquet (4)
Dinner party
Thousands of banquets began in Kangxi and flourished in Qianlong. It is the largest royal banquet with the largest number of diners in the Qing Palace. In the fifty-second year of Kangxi, a banquet for thousands of people was held in Yangchun Garden for the first time. Michelle Ye wrote a poem "Thousand Banquets" and won the banquet title. In the fifty years of Qianlong, a banquet was held in Gan Qing Palace for 3,000 people, and hundreds of white couplets were improvised. In the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, a banquet was held in Ningshou Palace, attended by 3,566 people, and more than 3,000 impromptu poems were composed. Later generations called the Thousand Banquets "an unprecedented act of grace".
Man-Han banquet (5)
Jiubaiyan
The Nine Hundred Banquets began in the reign of Kangxi. In the early years of Kangxi, Mongolian Wesak and other four tribes paid tribute to nine white horses every year, namely, a white camel and eight white horses. Think of this as a letter. After the Mongolian tribe presented a tribute, the emperor held a grand royal banquet to entertain the envoys, which was called the Nine White Banquet. Obey the rules every year. Later, Daoguang once wrote a poem about it: Four Lotus Flowers and One Jade Camel, Xiqiang Lao and Xian Di Luo Jing.
Man-Han banquet (6)
festival feast
Festival banquet refers to the banquet held by the Qing court according to the fixed holiday season every year. Such as: Yuan Day Banquet, Banquet, Spring Farming Banquet, End Lunch Banquet, Beggar Banquet, Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, Double Ninth Festival Banquet, Winter Banquet, New Year's Eve Banquet, etc. Everything is in accordance with the rules and regulations of the festival. Although Manchu has its own dietary customs, after entering the Central Plains, it accepted the dietary customs of the Han nationality in large quantities under the needs of the integration and rule of Manchu and Han cultures. Due to the special position of the imperial court, the rules of food customs are all detailed one by one. Its diet style is closely related to folk customs and regions, so there are all kinds of utensils such as Laba porridge, Yuanxiao, Zongzi, ice bowl, realgar wine, Chongyang cake, Qiao Qi cake and moon cakes in the Qing Palace.
The practice of playing pearls in typical dishes: soybean sprouts, honey and minced fresh meat.
Production process: production is complicated, so be patient.
First remove the beans from the bean sprouts, then punch holes in each bean sprout with a thick needle, put the tender minced meat (the tender part of pork) in, stir-fry the bean sprouts and put them in the pot to form the shape of two dragons. Dragon's eyes are the most important, make the finishing point, put red round honey on your head and add chicken essence. Nutrition: Bean sprouts can treat oral erosion, oral inflammation and other diseases.