What does it say here? A barbecue? . As for the barbecue, it must be said from a long time ago. The barbecue banquet was quite popular in the Tang Dynasty, and it was a banquet set up when bureaucrats were promoted or scholars were admitted to the department. It looks similar to our modern thank-you banquet, but it is much more luxurious and grand than thank-you banquet. In fact, the barbecue was the most popular in Tang Zhongzong period, and it was cancelled in Xuanzong period of Tang Dynasty, but it only prevailed for more than twenty years. There is an old Tang book that records the barbecue banquet like this:? In the Tang Dynasty, when the minister first worshipped the official, he offered food to the son of heaven, which was called burning tail. ?

In Tang Zhongzong's time, whenever a courtier was given an official position, it was necessary to entertain the king, right? Burn the tail? . Because there was a rumor in ancient times that animals wanted to become human, and they had to give up their tails. Only by burning them can they be real? Fish jumps over the dragon gate? , from fish to real dragon. Therefore, some people use burning tail to refer to diving into the dragon gate. When it comes to this barbecue, the most famous one should be the one hosted by Wei Juyuan.

At that time, Wei Juyuan was just a servant of Shangshu, but there were 58 dishes and cakes held by him, and the list was long, all of them were delicacies, exquisite and complicated. Because foreign trade was quite frequent in the Tang Dynasty, the food in the Tang Dynasty also integrated the characteristics of many western regions or ethnic minorities. Therefore, this banquet hosted by Wei Juyuan not only has the dishes of Han people, but also the delicacies of Hu people. From cold cuts to small fry, from barbecue to soup, from dessert to pasta, it is not prosperous.

There are some people who hold a barbecue lavishly, but there are others who don't want extravagance and waste, so they don't hold a barbecue. It is also recorded in the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty that Su Gui, who was an official with Wei Juyuan in the same dynasty, was such an official who did not hold a barbecue. Roses worship servants and shoot nothing. Later, due to the banquet, Zong Jinqing, a great craftsman, said: Wouldn't it be nice to worship the servant and shoot without burning his tail? ? Emperor is silent. The rose plays:? I heard the prime minister, the main tone of Yin and Yang, on behalf of heaven and earth. Today, grain food is expensive, and the people are insufficient. I see that the guards will not eat for three days. I am stupid and incompetent, so I dare not burn my tail. ?