Eight dishes and eight bowls are the original Manchu eating habits. The "eight bowls" are eight kinds of dishes, four cool and four hot, two meat and two vegetables in four cool, and two meat and two vegetables in four hot.

Name of "Eight Bowls" dishes: stir-fried small bean curd with cabbage, stewed shrimp and bean curd eggs, grilled pork hands, roasted frog, chicken and mushroom powder, stewed pork stew, yufu Tofu fish and Amazun meat.

Eight dishes are also divided into four cold dishes and four hot dishes. Cold dishes are basically assorted dishes, such as vegetarian dishes and pork head, while hot dishes are mainly stir-fried dishes, such as moo Shu pork, shredded pork with spicy sauce, sweet and sour pork tenderloin and so on.

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"Eight bowls" are very popular among the people. According to the Examination of Manchu Banner Sacrifice Ceremony, five bowls and eight lamps are used for banquets, commonly known as eight bowls, which are used for years, festivals, celebrations, welcoming, sending and weddings. Rich people usually entertain with eight bowls, and the eight bowls at that time concentrated on all the dishes such as braised, sauced, roasted, stewed, fried, steamed and stir-fried.

The eight dishes and bowls on the dining table match the generosity of Manchu. The dish is a real big dish, and the bowl is a deep, big, high bowl. When it falls all over the table, I can't help but drink the bowl and enjoy it. Pork stewed vermicelli, sauerkraut, sticky corn, stupid chicken, and so on. Nowadays, restaurants with eight dishes and eight bowls have been found all over the country, which is a typical northeast dish. At present, in the north, only eight dishes and eight bowls are eaten at wedding banquets.

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