There really is a Man-Han banquet, but the Man-Han banquet is not a banquet. Its origin cannot be regarded as a palace banquet at the beginning, but was used by wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan to entertain officials, and it did not originate from the Qing Dynasty.
Jiangnan is a land of plenty and has been relatively wealthy since ancient times. In ancient times, agriculture was emphasized and merchants were suppressed. However, merchants pursued profit. No matter which dynasty they were in, they were extremely rich, but their status was extremely low, so they had to They put effort into trying to please some officials, and to do so, naturally means spending money and giving rare items. In terms of entertainment, all kinds of rare and uneaten items have become the mainstream.
Later, during the Qing Dynasty, because the nomads did not have systematic regulations on hosting banquets, after the Qing troops entered the customs, some officials submitted documents to the royal family based on these Han documents. The emperor thought it was a good plan to hold a banquet, so he approved it with a stroke of his pen and named it "Full Banquet of Manchu and Han Dynasties". Its banquet types are roughly divided into six types, namely courtier banquet, longevity banquet, Mongolian vassal banquet, nine white banquet, thousand old man banquet and festival banquet.
Although there are 108 dishes in the Manchu-Han Banquet, they are different according to the types of banquets. Different banquets have different types of delicacies, but what remains the same is that each dish is a treasure. . But now that animal protection has reached a higher level, the dishes at the Manchu-Han Banquet are destined to be no longer available.
In China, food has been passed down since ancient times. As long as there are recorded dishes, they all have a real existence. Although there are some weird ways to eat them, in the orthodox recipes, what is currently recorded in the literature Every dish has its own recipe and origin. Compared with other cultures, food culture is only worse. Although it is good to question, it will get slapped in the face more often.