State banquets are usually held in the Great Hall of the People and Diaoyutai, but the Great Hall of the People undertakes more, and the banquet hall here can accommodate 5000 people at the same time. The recipes for state banquets are generally light and muddy. Basically, it is fixed at four dishes and one soup, which was the standard set by Premier Zhou in that year and has continued to this day.

The dishes of the state banquet are collected from local cuisines all over the country, which have been carefully sorted, improved and refined by several generations of chefs. The main consideration is that the heads of state and foreign guests can eat them, such as Sichuan cuisine of the state banquet, which lacks hemp, spicy and greasy food, while Suzhou, Wuxi and other places have less sugar, and all of them have been improved on the basis of the original local dishes.

Nowadays, the cuisine of state banquets has been called "Tang cuisine", which is light, soft, rotten, tender, crisp and mellow; It is mainly salty, and the mild stimulating taste is complementary. It is said that this cooking style has strong adaptability and can basically meet the taste requirements of most guests at home and abroad. For example, chicken nuggets in sea cucumber chicken nuggets can be burned or steamed.

However, the names of the dishes are very primitive. Except for a few "imported" local dishes, which retain their original names (such as Buddha jumping wall, rich crab claws, proud as a peacock, magpie climbing plum, etc.), the names of most dishes are: taste plus raw materials, cooking methods or raw materials, ingredients plus main ingredients. Such as spicy chicken and onion.

Roasted sea cucumber, asparagus abalone, etc. This pragmatic naming, simple dishes, is a feature. First, consumers can know what dishes they are when they look at the menu. Second, it can avoid being too flashy, so that the name and the dish are attached to each other, and the name does not match the reality. At the same time, in foreign activities, it can also help the translation of dish names to be accurate.

At present, state banquets usually arrange different recipes according to the different tastes of Chinese and foreign guests and the records of banquets in recent days.

Manhanxi

Manchu-Han banquet is a grand banquet for both Manchu and Han ethnic groups. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when the Manchu people entered the Central Plains, the Manchu and Han ethnic groups began to merge, and the situation of using both Manchu and Han appeared in the palace market. Manchu-Han banquet is a banquet hosted by the royal family and the government in Qing Dynasty, which is rare among the general public. Grand and noble in scale, complicated in program, full of delicacies in Han Dynasty, served before the North-South flavor, with more than 300 kinds of dishes, which has the best reputation as an ancient banquet in China. Beijing Fangshan restaurant is now making a full feast of Manchu and Han.

Confucius banquet

Confucius House is the place where Confucius was born and his descendants lived. The typical residence of China extended family and the birthplace of ancient culture in China have been enduring for more than 2,000 years, and have both family and government functions. Confucius has hosted various folk family banquets, and also hosted banquets for emperors and imperial envoys. All kinds of banquets are all-inclusive, which is the culmination of China banquets. Confucius believes that "ceremony" is the highest norm of society, and feasting is one of the basic manifestations of "ceremony". The Confucius Banquet is a model of ancient banquets in China.

Whole duck mat

Originated in Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant. It is characterized in that the banquet consists of all kinds of duck dishes cooked with Beijing stuffed duck as the main ingredient, and there are more than 100 kinds of hot and cold duck dishes to choose from. It is one of the characteristics of China banquet to cook all kinds of dishes with the same main raw material. The famous national banquets include: whole lamb banquet in Tianjin, whole chicken banquet in Shanghai, whole eel banquet in Wuxi, whole snake banquet in Guangzhou, whole fish banquet in Suzhou and Hangzhou, tofu banquet in Sichuan, dumpling banquet in Xi 'an, vegetarian banquet in Buddhism and so on.

Shaowei banquet

Ancient famous banquet. Banquets specially held for scholars to get into a department or be promoted to an official position were popular in the Tang Dynasty and were typical representatives of China's celebration banquets. The word "burning tail" originated in the Tang Dynasty, and there are three kinds of sayings: one is that the beast can change people, but the tail can't disappear, only burn it; Second, it is said that new sheep are new to the flock, and only by burning their tails can they be accepted; Third, it is said that the carp jumps on the dragon gate, and it must be a skyfire to burn its tail before it can become a dragon. These three statements all have the meaning of promotion and renewal, so the banquet was named "Shaowei Banquet".

China State Banquet

State banquets are usually held in the Great Hall of the People and Diaoyutai, but the Great Hall of the People undertakes more, and the banquet hall here can accommodate 5000 people at the same time. The recipes for state banquets are generally light and muddy. Basically, it is fixed at four dishes and one soup, which was the standard set by Premier Zhou in that year and has continued to this day.

The dishes of the state banquet are collected from local cuisines all over the country, which have been carefully sorted, improved and refined by several generations of chefs. The main consideration is that the heads of state and foreign guests can eat them, such as Sichuan cuisine of the state banquet, which lacks hemp, spicy and greasy food, while Suzhou, Wuxi and other places have less sugar, and all of them have been improved on the basis of the original local dishes.

Nowadays, the cuisine of state banquets has been called "Tang cuisine", which is light, soft, rotten, tender, crisp and mellow; It is mainly salty, and the mild stimulating taste is complementary. It is said that this cooking style has strong adaptability and can basically meet the taste requirements of most guests at home and abroad. For example, chicken nuggets in sea cucumber chicken nuggets can be burned or steamed.

However, the names of the dishes are very primitive. Except for a few "imported" local dishes, which retain their original names (such as Buddha jumping wall, rich crab claws, proud as a peacock, magpie climbing plum, etc.), the names of most dishes are: taste plus raw materials, cooking methods or raw materials, ingredients plus main ingredients. Such as spicy chicken and onion.

Roasted sea cucumber, asparagus abalone, etc. This pragmatic naming, simple dishes, is a feature. First, consumers can know what dishes they are when they look at the menu. Second, it can avoid being too flashy, so that the name and the dish are attached to each other, and the name does not match the reality. At the same time, in foreign activities, it can also help the translation of dish names to be accurate.

At present, state banquets usually arrange different recipes according to the different tastes of Chinese and foreign guests and the records of banquets in recent days.

Manhanxi

Manchu-Han banquet is a grand banquet for both Manchu and Han ethnic groups. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when the Manchu people entered the Central Plains, the Manchu and Han ethnic groups began to merge, and the situation of using both Manchu and Han appeared in the palace market. Manchu-Han banquet is a banquet hosted by the royal family and the government in Qing Dynasty, which is rare among the general public. Grand and noble in scale, complicated in program, full of delicacies in Han Dynasty, served before the North-South flavor, with more than 300 kinds of dishes, which has the best reputation as an ancient banquet in China. Beijing Fangshan restaurant is now making a full feast of Manchu and Han.

Confucius banquet

Confucius House is the place where Confucius was born and his descendants lived. The typical residence of China extended family and the birthplace of ancient culture in China have been enduring for more than 2,000 years, and have both family and government functions. Confucius has hosted various folk family banquets, and also hosted banquets for emperors and imperial envoys. All kinds of banquets are all-inclusive, which is the culmination of China banquets. Confucius believes that "ceremony" is the highest norm of society, and feasting is one of the basic manifestations of "ceremony". The Confucius Banquet is a model of ancient banquets in China.

Whole duck mat

Originated in Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant. It is characterized in that the banquet consists of all kinds of duck dishes cooked with Beijing stuffed duck as the main ingredient, and there are more than 100 kinds of hot and cold duck dishes to choose from. It is one of the characteristics of China banquet to cook all kinds of dishes with the same main raw material. The famous national banquets include: whole lamb banquet in Tianjin, whole chicken banquet in Shanghai, whole eel banquet in Wuxi, whole snake banquet in Guangzhou, whole fish banquet in Suzhou and Hangzhou, tofu banquet in Sichuan, dumpling banquet in Xi 'an, vegetarian banquet in Buddhism and so on.

Shaowei banquet

Ancient famous banquet. Banquets specially held for scholars to get into a department or be promoted to an official position were popular in the Tang Dynasty and were typical representatives of China's celebration banquets. The word "burning tail" originated in the Tang Dynasty, and there are three kinds of sayings: one is that the beast can change people, but the tail can't disappear, only burn it; Second, it is said that new sheep are new to the flock, and only by burning their tails can they be accepted; Third, it is said that the carp jumps on the dragon gate, and it must be a skyfire to burn its tail before it can become a dragon. These three statements all have the meaning of promotion and renewal, so the banquet was named "Shaowei Banquet".