The kings of the Ming Dynasty entertained civil and military officials during the Chinese New Year, and they could eat a lot of delicacies, such as fried five kinds of meat, five kinds of wine, rice with horse, beef and mutton gizzard meat, three kinds of soup and two large steamed buns on the middle table.

, wine for five minutes, the other tables served pepper and vinegar pork with head and hoof, horse, pig, beef and mutton gizzard meat rice, fine powder soup and so on.

Due to the different sizes of their official positions, the seats they sit in are also different, and naturally the dishes are also different, but generally speaking, these dishes are similar.

The New Year has a history of thousands of years. Whenever it comes, it should be the happiest thing for every Chinese child.

When the New Year comes, ordinary people may visit relatives and friends and attend various gatherings. In the New Year, officials in ancient times not only celebrated the New Year with their families, but also celebrated the New Year with the king. The king entertained all civil and military officials.

, in fact, it cannot be called a banquet. After all, being able to eat this meal with the king is an honor in the eyes of these civil and military officials, so it should be called "a banquet".

Of course, this kind of "banquet" is constantly developing and changing with the changes of dynasties.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were three different forms: large banquet, medium banquet and small banquet.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty would hold a grand court meeting on New Year's Day. In fact, it cannot be said to be a meeting, because there is no work on this day, that is, eating with the king and celebrating the wonderful New Year together.

The banquet mainly consisted of two parts. The first half of the meeting was about the gifts presented to the emperor by the officials, and the second half was the "banquet" given by the emperor.

"Giving a banquet" is a very important link, the etiquette is very complicated, and of course it is also a very important political activity.

Ancient emperors could use this form of "giving banquets" to close the distance between themselves and the civil and military officials, enhance the cohesion of the court, and allow the civil and military officials to better serve him and his country.