A Manchu banquet usually has 108 dishes, including 54 southern dishes and 54 northern dishes.
Southern cuisine includes 30 Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, 12 Fujian dishes, and 12 Cantonese dishes.
There are 12 Manchu cuisines, 12 Beijing cuisines, and 30 Shandong cuisines in North China.
The Manchu-Han banquet was a palace feast in the Qing Dynasty. It had the characteristics of palace cuisine and the essence of local flavor.
Barbecue, hotpot and shabu-shabu are almost must-have dishes.
Manchu banquet dishes are salty and sweet, meat and vegetarian, with a wide range of materials, fine ingredients, and all-inclusive delicacies.
The Manchu-Han Banquet, which emerged in the Qing Dynasty, is the most famous Chinese banquet in history, integrating the essence of the Manchu-Han Banquet.
During the Qianlong and Shenjia years, Li Dou's "Yangzhou Painted Boat Record" recorded a Manchu-Han banquet, which is the earliest record of a Manchu-Han banquet.