The food culture of the Han Dynasty can be regarded as a huge watershed in Chinese food culture. The cooking methods of various dishes have tended to be perfected, and the three major cuisines of Shandong, Sichuan and Guangdong have also begun to take shape in the Han Dynasty, and Regarding the emperor's royal meals, the palace had clear regulations that every meal must have the "eight delicacies", and the "eight delicacies" are further divided into the "eight delicacies of land and water" and the "eight delicacies of animals".

The most classic "burning tail banquet" in the Tang Dynasty

The "burning tail banquet" in the Tang Dynasty has some incomplete historical data. From these only remaining historical records, We can still feel the luxury of the royal meals of the Tang Dynasty emperors. You must know that the "Shaowei Banquet" actually includes 58 dishes and 20 pastries.

But the precious ingredients include bears, deer, and donkeys from the north, raccoons, shrimps, crabs, frogs, and turtles from the north. In addition, there are also high-quality fish, chickens, ducks, and quails. , pig, beef, sheep, rabbit and other meat ingredients. You know, no matter from the appearance to the taste and the decoration of the dishes, the more than 70 dishes in this "Shaowei Banquet" have reached the ultimate level of world cuisine.

The dining table of the Ming Dynasty emperors? The world is prosperous and salty is here?

Just take Zhu Yuanzhang's simple lunch and its luxury, we can imagine how luxurious the imperial meals of the Ming Dynasty emperors were Luxury: Pepper and Vinegar Shrimp, Roast Goose, Fire-flavored Sheep Head and Hoof, Goose Meat Bazi, Salted Black Bean and Mustard Lamb Tripe Plate, Garlic Vinegar White Blood Soup, Five-flavor Steamed Chicken, Yuan Juice Lamb Bones, Spicy Vinegar Kidneys, Steamed Fresh Fish , five-flavor steamed gluten, mutton crystal dumplings, silk goose noodle soup, three delicacies soup, mung bean chess noodles, minced pepper mutton, fragrant rice, garlic cheese, bean soup, and tea. You must know that this is just a simple lunch for the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a special festival, the luxury of the imperial meal will be even more unimaginable.

The most classic of the Qing Dynasty? The Manchu-Han banquet?

So, through the research of historical facts, we can feel from the most authentic perspective how extravagant the imperial meals on the ancient emperor's dining table became. To the extent that only people in the feudal period had such a high degree of worship for the supremacy of royal power that such extravagant royal meals would appear. In modern society, it is estimated that modern people will never be able to restore the past luxury of the imperial dining table.