Many people in Dream of Red Mansions do not mention their age, so it is impossible to estimate whether they are adults or children. If you count them as adults at the age of 18.

If eunuchs are considered men, there are 171 men mentioned in one ***. The woman mentioned 178 in one ***. A Dream of Red Mansions mentioned many specific opera titles, but did not mention the type of opera. According to the description in the book, I personally felt that they were listening to Kun Opera.

Dream of Red Mansions contains many names of delicacies, which have always been praised by people. They are mainly concentrated in the first 60 chapters, with more than 60 kinds in total. Some are just named, some are slightly annotated, and some are introduced in detail. Divided by variety:

[1] Meat and vegetable dishes: ham stewed elbow\steamed lamb with milk\barbecued deer breast\fried bones\steamed crabs\wine-steamed duck\chicken stir-fried with wormwood stems\stewed eggs\ Pickled rouge goose breast, marinated goose feet, roasted pheasant, pheasant melon seeds, roasted quail, marinated quail, pigeon eggs, pepper oil and water shield sauce, spinal bamboo shoots, pickled radish, fried gluten, gluten tofu, spiced kohlrabi, eggplant and so on.

[2]Soups: Sour Bamboo Shoots and Chicken Skin Soup\Shrimp Balls and Chicken Skin Soup\Pheasant Chicken Soup\Ham Fresh Bamboo Shoot Soup\Ham and Cabbage Soup\Albizia Soup\Bird's Nest Soup\Jianlian Red Date Soup\Sour Plum Soup\ Lotus leaf soup, etc.

Staple food snacks: Bijing porridge\Laba porridge\Jujube japonica rice porridge\Red rice porridge\duck meat porridge\bird's nest porridge\auspicious fruit\moon cakes\tea noodles\watermelon\steamed taro\candied lychee\poria cream \Silver noodles\Japonica rice\Lantern Festival\Plum Blossom Pancakes\Chicken Oil Rolls\Fried Dumplings\Yam Cake\Sugar Steamed Crispy Cheese, etc.

Beverages: rose scented dew, osmanthus scented dew, Albizia julibrissin infused wine, Tusu wine, Huiquan wine, Shaoxing wine, maple leaf tea, Pu'er tea, Lu'an tea, Laojun Mei, etc.

According to old records from the Qing palace, Qianlong visited the south of the Yangtze River several times. Every morning before the imperial meal, he would eat rock sugar bird's nest porridge on an empty stomach. Until the imperial meal of the Guangxu Dynasty, bird's nest vegetables were indispensable every day. Take the Zixi breakfast on October 7, the 10th year of Guangxu's reign as an example. Among the more than 30 dishes on the table, 7 were made with bird's nest.

Bird's nest has become a common delicacy in the imperial diet. Bird's nest is often used with chicken and duck. The most popular pairing is duck: bird's nest, autumn pear and duck hot pot, bird's nest, apple and duck hot pot, bird's nest, winter bamboo shoots and duck hot pot, Bird's nest duck with onion and pepper noodles, bird's nest duck with Huizhou meat on a ladle, bird's nest steamed duck with pine nuts, red and white duck bird's nest Bajixiang, bird's nest duck stewed with gluten, bird's nest vinegar smoked duck, bird's nest silk duck. In addition, there are many wild ducks, chickens, deer tails and bird's nest vegetables.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions", there are numerous chapters about Jia's family eating bird's nests. In the 14th chapter, it is written about Qin Keqing eating bird's nests at a loss. In the 45th chapter, Baochai took her own bird's nests to persuade Daiyu because of Daiyu's frequent cough. Eating rock sugar bird's nest porridge, Chapter 87 Baoyu did not eat dinner and stayed up all night because of mourning Qingwen. Xiren asked the kitchen to make bird's nest soup for Baoyu to eat. Yurui of the Qing Dynasty criticized "Dream of Red Mansions" for "writing food without leaving bird's nest everywhere, it is unavoidable" Tacky." In fact, some people think it is an unrealistic exaggeration. In fact, they did not understand the real situation. The information was unknown to people who were not relatives of the emperor or favored by the palace at that time. It’s no wonder that some contemporary old Hong Kong scholars who came from gentry families in other provinces don’t understand why many delicacies in “Dream of Red Mansions” contain bird’s nests.

It is difficult to give the correct answer without watching the old archives of the Forbidden City. It was only because Xue Qin used her life accumulation to understand the imperial cuisine of the past that she could write about this precious treasure again and again. The choice of bird's nest reflects Jia's old dream of Jinling, and his life is as rich as the emperor's home. It cleverly lays out the luxurious pomp and circumstance of "white jade is the hall's gold and horses", and effectively exaggerates the luxurious life of "pearls are like earth, gold is like iron", and makes Jia's family famous. The momentum of the moment is expressed artistically, thereby enhancing the touching charm of the work, which is beyond the reach of ordinary writers.

Jia Family

Shui Generation

Name Character Profile First Appearance Review Remarks

Jia Yan Ning Guogong, Jia Yuan’s brother Chapter 2

Jia Yuan Rong Guogong, Jia Baoyu’s great-grandfather Chapter 2 Also known as "Jia Fa"

Generation

Name Character introduction First appearance Chapter Remarks

Jia Daihua, Jingying Jiedu Envoy, hereditary first-class Shenwei General Chapter 2

Jia Yan’s eldest son.

Jia Daishan, the eldest son of Jia Yuan, Chapter 2

Jia Dairu, Jia Family School, Zhongsi School, Chapter 8

Jia Daixiu, distant relative of the Jia Mansion's "Dai" generation, Chapter 13 Return

The next generation

Name Character introduction First appearance review Remarks

Jia Fu is the eldest son of Jia Daihua and the brother of Jia Jing.

Died young Chapter 2

Jia Jing, the second son of Jia Daihua, a Jinshi of Bingchenke, always good at teaching Chapter 2

Jia She, courtesy name Enhou, the eldest son of Jia Daishan and Jia Mu , Inheriting the secular position of Rongguo Gong, Chapter 2

Jia Zheng, courtesy name Cunzhou, a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry, the second son of Jia Daishan and Jia Mu Chapter 2

Jia Min Jia Daishan and Jia Min The daughter of his mother, married Lin Ruhai, Lin Daiyu's biological mother Chapter 2

Jia Chi, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Xiao, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13 < /p>

Jia Dun, a distant clan of the Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Yupang, Chun generation

Name Character introduction First appearance review Remarks

Jia Zhen, the son of Jia Jing, a hereditary third-grade mighty general. Chapter 2

Jia Lian, the son of Jia She, holds the official position of Tongzhi. Chapter 2 Jia Lian should be the second son of Jia She (note).

Jia Zhu Jia Zheng’s eldest son, died young Chapter 2

Jia Baoyu Jia Zheng’s second son Chapter 2

Jia Huan Jia Zheng’s third A son, a concubine, Chapter 18

Jia Rui, courtesy name Tianxiang, grandson of Jia Dairu, whose biological parents are unknown Chapter 11

Jia Huang, husband of the Jin family, Chapter 10

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Jia Cong, the son of Jia She, Chapter 13

Jia Heng, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia? The distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

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Jia Ju, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Chen, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Qiong, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13 < /p>

Jia Lin, a distant clan of the Jia family, Chapter 13

Jia Yuanchun, a virtuous concubine in the palace, the daughter of Jia Zheng, Chapter 2

Jia Yingchun, the daughter of Jia She Chapter 2

Jia Tanchun, daughter of Jia Zheng Chapter 3

Jia Xichun, daughter of Jia Jing Chapter 3

Note: Liu Xinwu believes that Jia Lian has a brother named Jia Mei[1]. However, the word "Mei" has the same word next to the word "洩" as in the father's generation, so it should be avoided and cannot be used. Therefore, although it can be inferred that Jia Lian has a brother according to the title of "Second Master Lian" in "A Dream of Red Mansions", we don't know what his name is.

The first generation

Name Character introduction First appearance review Remarks

Jia Rong, the son of Jia Zhen, was originally a supervisor, and later served as the sixth rank of the fifth-grade dragon forbidden officer. Chapter 4

Jia Lan, the son of Jia Zhu and Li Wan, Chapter 4

Jia Qiang, the decent great-great-grandson of Ning Mansion, Chapter 4

Jia Jun, son of Lou, Chapter 9 Return

Jia Yun, the son of the fifth sister-in-law, recognized as his godson by Jia Baoyu Chapter 13

Jia Qin, the son of the Zhou family, the chief steward of the monks and Taoists of Tiekuan Temple Chapter 13

Jia Ping, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Chang, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Ling, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13 Return

Jia Zhen, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Zao, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Heng, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 10 Chapter 3

Jia Fen, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Fang, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13

Jia Zhi, the distant clan of Jia Mansion, Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Jia Yun, a distant family member of the Jia family, Chapter 53

Jia Zhi, a distant family member of the Jia family, Chapter 53

Jia Ge, fifth chapter Chapter 13: Mengjue, Jiachen and Liezang wrote "Jia Chang" in three volumes. In popular writing, "曷" is often written as "Chang".