Today is New Year's Eve. I wish you all a happy New Year and all the best! As the saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people". As the most important festival of the Chinese nation, every household will prepare rich dishes to welcome the arrival of the New Year. Today is the Spring Festival, so let's talk about the Qing Emperor's New Year's Eve dinner. As the ruler of the world, the emperor is rich in every corner of the world. Every day, they live a gaudy life, so what kind of food will they eat during the Spring Festival?

The eating habits of Qing emperors were different from those of today. They only eat two meals a day, namely breakfast and dinner, but the latter is usually earlier. Among the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, one enjoyed life the most. During the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the Qing Dynasty was a powerful country with more than 80 million taels of silver in the national treasury. Let's look at Emperor Qianlong's New Year's Eve dinner according to the court archives left by the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, the imperial meals of the Qing emperors were far less abundant than they are now. Shrimp, abalone, sea cucumber and shark's fin are rarely eaten, and the meat is mainly chickens, ducks, sheep and pigs. During the Qianlong period, people paid great attention to the proportion of ducks, such as dried mushrooms in bird's nest, stewed cabbage in red and white ducks, hell ducks, green peppers, ducks and ducks. Hanging lotus seeds from bird's nest, yam duck soup, shredded duck with bird's nest and mushrooms, shredded duck with winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms, duck Dongpo pork, fried tofu with diced duck, and vinegar duck waist center.

Deer meat also appeared on Emperor Qianlong's New Year's Eve, such as boneless chicken with deer tendon, stewed mutton with deer tendon wine, and deer tail sticking meat. In addition, Emperor Qianlong will eat some game, such as pheasant feet and roasted roe deer meat. As for the staple food of New Year's Eve, there are mainly japonica rice, steamed bread and jiaozi with various fillings. In fact, Emperor Qianlong's New Year's Eve dinner is not much different from what he usually eats, but it is more ceremonial. After the dinner, Emperor Qianlong will distribute the surplus royal meals to ministers. 、、、、、