At present, table culture is indispensable in China. During the Chinese New Year holidays, social opportunities such as dinners or dinners are often encountered. Many people may be looking forward to this kind of dinner, because dinner is a large group of people driving the development of interpersonal relationships, and everyone brushes their faces for that friendship.

However, every dinner in China always has its specific purpose and significance, from which we think of the most famous 17th dinner in the history of China. Every dinner is actually a contest between people.

There is a saying that the dining table can change history, and chopsticks can also alter history books. What is the mystery hidden in these dinners? What kind of influence do these dinners have on future generations? Let's take a look.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… After Xiang Yu arrived with an army of 4, troops, he broke through Hangu Pass and stationed in Hongmen (now northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi), ready to attack Liu Bang.

knowing the disparity in power, Liu Bang adopted Zhang Liang's suggestion and made friends with Xiang Yu's uncle Xiang Bo, hoping to mediate from him as a last resort, and personally went to the Hongmen to meet Xiang Yu.

At the banquet, Fan Zeng, the counselor of Xiang Yu, asked Xiang Zhuang to dance the sword with the intention of killing Liu Bang. Xiang Bo has been bribed, so he quickly drew his sword and danced to cover Liu Bang with himself. And Liu Bang's Ministry, Fan Kuai, broke in with a sword and a shield, which enabled Liu Bang to escape.

2. Literature Banquet: Cao Cao gave a big banquet at Tongquetai

It has been two years since Battle of Red Cliffs, and the situation of three-thirds of the world is beginning to show signs. While taking care of half of the country under his control, Cao Cao is preparing to complete the great cause of unifying the whole country. But at this time, there was no major war in the world, and Cao Cao seemed to feel that he could have a little breath, so the Tongque Terrace was built. On the night of the inauguration ceremony, Cao Cao gave a big banquet on Tongquetai. In addition to the performance of singing and dancing instruments, the military commanders also had a wonderful archery competition.

under the leadership of Cao Zhi, Cao Cao's son, the world's most gifted scholar, the civil servants showed their talents by chanting poems and eulogizing Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also generously stated his determination to continue to help the world, and said through wine that he did not usurp the heart of the Han Dynasty. His greatest wish was to be satisfied with the inscription on the tombstone after his death. The ministers asked Cao Cao to write a poem to commemorate this grand occasion, and Cao Cao slowly wrote.

I feel that I am old, but my ambition is unfulfilled. However, the grand occasion of wine in front of me makes him intoxicated. "I am generous, and my worries are unforgettable. How can I solve my worries? Only Du Kang ..." Battle of Red Cliffs also made him feel that not all the best talents in the world are under his account. Not long ago, he asked Jiang Gan, a celebrity, to lobby Zhou Yu, who had defeated him in Chibi. Zhou Yu told Jiang Gan that his old classmates' friendship was courteous, but he didn't defect. "Qing Qing Zi Heng, who is in my heart, has been pondering for your reason ... Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to his heart." This short song, which became famous all over the world, was born.

At this banquet, Cao Cao suddenly remembered that his teacher Cai Yong's daughter was living in the Xiongnu tribe and redeemed her with a large sum of money. This is Cai Wenji. After Moon Hee returned to Han, he compiled and wrote a large number of scattered works, and he also composed 18 beats of Hu eggplant, which became a famous song handed down from generation to generation.

3, gathering of heroes: the most cheat people dinner

Cao Cao led his troops to the east. After receiving Cao Cao's challenge letter, Zhou Yu, the governor of Dongwu, destroyed books and beheaded envoys to express his determination to resist. This led to a battle between Cao Cao and Dongwu in Sanjiangkou. Zhou Yu won the battle, but he was still able to be cautious, conduct investigation and study, and spy on Cao Ying all night. Zhou Yu found that the commanders of Cao Cao's water army were Cai Mao and Zhang Yun who had surrendered to Cao Cao under Liu Biao. These two men were "wonderful in the water army" and were the main obstacles for Dongwu to break Cao Cao. Zhou Yu had the plan of "designing first to get rid of these two men".

while Cao Cao was worrying about what to do to break Dongwu, Jiang Gan, an aide of Cao Yingzhong, came out to recommend himself, saying that he was willing to go to Dongwu to persuade Zhou Yu to come and surrender, and promised to finish the task. When Zhou Yu heard that Jiang Gan, an old classmate, was visiting, he decided to use it to practice double agent. Zhou Yuxian set a rule of "friendship between friends but Syria" at the banquet of the great Britain at the conference, not mentioning the "military affairs", and sealed Jiang Gan's mouth. Furthermore, Zhou Yu showed Jiang Gan the strength of being "well-armed and well-fed", showing off his position as "the master of friends" and being trusted and reused. Cut off Jiang Gan's idea of health.

At night, Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan "touched their feet and slept", pretending to be drunk and sleeping soundly, inducing Jiang Gan to steal a forged letter from Cai Mao and Zhang Yun to surrender to Soochow, and also arranging the plot of "someone from Jiangbei came here" to secretly contact Jiang Gan, so that Jiang Gan was convinced of the letter. Jiang Gan had not finished the mission of saying that Zhou Yu had fallen, but thanks to this important "intelligence", he slipped back to Cao Cao overnight to report his achievements. Cao Cao was furious when he read this letter and ordered Cai and Zhang Erjiang to be killed. Zhou Yu's double agent was finally successful.

4. Banquet of the Scholars: Preface of Wang Xizhi and Lan Ting

The Jin Dynasty ended the Three Kingdoms era in which heroes came forth in large numbers, but there was no new atmosphere that a new dynasty should have. The ruling class was full of absurd extravagance and life. What is even more frightening is that generations of Sima's family are masters of power and military genius. However, Hui Di Sima Zhong, the second generation leader of the Jin Dynasty, turned out to be a born retard, which eventually led to the Eight Kings Rebellion. The Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities who had surrendered to the frontier for hundreds of years took the opportunity to rebel and set up their own political power in succession, and invaded the mainland, which was known as "five chaos" in history, and the regime of the Han people retreated to the south of the Yangtze River for the first time.

The traditional gentry classes, scholars and literati, also moved to the south in succession. The Jin Dynasty finally managed to survive with the help of the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and with the help of several great gentry, the most famous of which were Wang Jia and Xie Jia. The Wangs, in particular, once had a folk ballad of "Wang Ma * * * the world", and its influence was obvious. However, the Wangs also produced a great influence on China's calligraphy to this day-Wang Xizhi.

In the ninth year of Yonghe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (A.D. 353), this period was relatively calm, and there was almost no war. In the spring of this year, Wang Xizhi invited 41 relatives and friends, including calligraphers, poets and celebrities at that time. Lanting, where there is a clear stream and turbulent flow, held a wild event. They lined up on both sides of the stream, put the feather (a kind of portable wine glass) on the water, and went down the river, and each person took the drink and wrote poems in turn. Anyone who can't write a poem will be fined. On that day, 26 people wrote poems, and 35 poems were written.

Wang Xizhi, drunk, wrote a preface on the spur of the moment, namely "Preface to Lanting", with specially selected moustache and cocoon paper. It is said that he rewrote it nearly a hundred times in a few days, but it was not as good as the work he improvised that day. "Preface to the Lanting Pavilion" has 28 lines and 324 words. Its composition, structure and brushwork are perfect, and it was also his masterpiece when he was 33 years old.

5. Du Kang is drunk. Liu Ling: The most incompetent dinner.

It is said that Liu Ling, one of the seven sages of bamboo forest in Jin Dynasty, has a great capacity for drinking, which is unparalleled in the world. Dissatisfied with politics, he often travels and drinks. Once he came to Luoyang and walked to the door of Dukang Wine Shop. I saw the couplet on the door read: "The tiger is drunk in the mountains, and the dragon sleeps under the sea." Horizontal batch: "One drunk for three years".

When Liu Ling saw this pair, she thought: The owner of this wine shop is so ignorant that he doesn't know my name, and even dares to boast about such a big mouth. Since you have such a big tone in Du Kang, I, Liu Ling, will let you see what is magnanimity today, thinking about it and entering the wine shop. Liu Ling drank a cup, which tasted very good, and asked Du Kang to come again. Du Kang advised him not to drink any more, but Liu Ling wouldn't listen. After the second cup, I felt a little tipsy, thinking that this wine is really good and I want to serve it again. Du Kang said, if you drink any more, you will get drunk. Liu Ling refused, and after three rounds of wine, he couldn't help it. He muttered, "The first cup of wine is as sweet as honey, the second cup is sweeter than honey, and the third cup of wine makes me feel dizzy and blue." Liu Ling murmured and sang all the way, and when she got home, she was drunk as mud. He called his wife to the bed and said, "I'm going to die. Bury me in a wine pool, cover it with distiller's grains, and make a pot for me and put it beside me." With that, he died. Liu Ling was a good drinker all his life, so his wife buried him according to the law.

Three years later, Du Kang visited Liu Ling. Liu Ling's wife asked him what he wanted. Du Kang said that Liu Ling had drunk wine three years ago and had not given money. When Liu's wife heard this, the fire came from nowhere: "Liu Ling drank someone's wine three years ago and died when she got home. So I drank your wine! If you want money, I'll ask you for someone! " Du Kang said, "That's not dead, but drunk. Go for a walk, you are quick to show me where he is buried. " They came to the wine pool and opened the distiller's grains. Liu Ling really looked rosy. Du Kang patted him on the shoulder and shouted, "Liu Ling, wake up!" I saw Liu Ling yawning and mumbling: "Good wine, good wine!"

Since then, Du Kang's drunken Liu Ling has become a historical story (Editor's note: The story of "Du Kang's drunken Liu Ling" is a myth and legend). In the year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms began to sing in his immortal "Short Songs", in which "How to solve your worries, only Du Kang" has become a famous sentence in China culture.

6. Feast of the Brave: Zhuan Zhu stabbed Wang Liao

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Wang Liao of Wu usurped the throne of his nephew, Gongziguang, who decided to take back the throne. He followed Wu Zixu's advice and adopted a brave man, Zhuan Zhu, to learn from the practices of the West Lake Carp.

On this day, the son invited Wang Liao to your house for a dinner, saying that he had a cook who was good at cooking carp that King Wang liked. Although Wang Liao was suspicious, he could not resist the temptation of delicious food and decided to go to the dinner. He took strict security measures. All the way from the royal palace to Gongziguang's house was filled with guards, and the Gongziguang's house was also heavily guarded. In the banquet hall, there were all guards. Only Wang Liao and Gongziguang's uncle, uncle and minister attended the banquet, and every waiter or cook who served food near had to go through a strict search. Gongziguang left for a while on the pretext of going to the bathroom.

At this moment, Zhuan Zhu came with a big carp, and several guards searched him at the door and let him in. Zhuan Zhu knelt in front of Wang Liao and presented the carp. Wang Liao, who was drooling, was about to move chopsticks. Zhuan Zhu suddenly reached out and pulled out a sharp dagger from the carp's stomach, and stabbed Wang Liao mercilessly. The sword penetrated Wang Liao's close-fitting armor and pierced his chest, and the guards around him were suddenly stabbed by this. He soon took control of the situation, and soon he finally sat on the throne, known as He Lv, the king of Wu.

7, a glass of wine to relieve the soldiers' power: a meal of four or two thousand catties

This story tells that Zhao Kuangyin, the first emperor of the Song Dynasty, was worried that his subordinates would follow suit after the mutiny in Chen Qiao and wanted to relieve some of his generals of their military power.

So in 961, a banquet was arranged, and Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, the imperial generals, were called to drink, so that they could accumulate more money, spend more time in their fields and houses to bequeath their children, and sing and dance for the rest of their lives. Since then, their military power has been lifted. In 969, Wang Yanchao, our time envoy, was called for a banquet, and their military power was relieved.

Song Taizu's practice has been followed by his descendants since then, mainly to prevent mutiny. However, in this way, if the soldiers don't know what to do, they won't know what to do. Those who can mobilize the army can't directly lead the troops, and those who can directly lead the troops can't mobilize the troops. Although it successfully prevented the coup of the army, it weakened the combat capability of the troops. Even the Song Dynasty was defeated in the wars with Liao, Jin and Xixia.

8, getting drunk and beating golden branches: the most courageous meal

Let's talk about Princess Shengping's marriage to the Guo family, and she will not change her old style of golden branches and jade leaves, and she will always lose her temper with her husband and in-laws. Generally speaking, in the traditional society of China, it is necessary for a daughter-in-law to give a gift when she meets her in-laws, but the princess is the daughter of the emperor and the monarch. Although her in-laws are elders and ministers, Guo Ziyi and his wife in turn have to kneel down to the princess at that time.

Guo Ai was very dissatisfied with this, and her in-laws even bowed to the princess. Isn't she two generations shorter? He dared not expect anything in front of the bossy princess on weekdays. On this day, Guo was upset and drank a few more cups at the family dinner. Immediately asked Princess Shengping to abide by women's morality and kneel down to Guo Ziyi and his wife. As a result, Princess Shengping sternly refused and was reprimanded face to face.

At this time, this wine is a courageous medicine, and this wine is forgetful water. Guo Ai, who was drunk too much, dragged the princess back to her bedroom with an old fist and beat her face with peach blossoms, regardless of old times' mutual affection. This is terrible. The princess immediately went back to her mother's palace compound to find her father to cry for the emperor. Guo Ziyi hurriedly tied up his son and sent him to the palace to confess his sins. Finally, under the mediation of the emperor and Guo Ziyi, the two couples were reconciled.

9. The drunken imperial concubine: the most boring meal

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty made an appointment with Yang Yuhuan to hold a banquet at Baihua Pavilion. The next day, Yang Yuhuan arrived at Baihua Pavilion in advance and told the imperial secretary to get ready. However, the emperor didn't come for a long time, and Yang Yuhuan sent someone to invite him, but the person who returned told her that the emperor had gone to Jiang Fei's palace, and Yang Yuhuan was very upset when he heard the news. Originally, Yang Yuhuan was jealous and wronged in various ways.

The drunkenness of imperial concubine originated from a Peking Opera drama "Drunken Yang Fei" in Qianlong period, which was carefully carved by Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang and is one of the classic tracks of Mei School. This drama is about Yang Yuhuan's drunken attitude of enjoying his love and his tender feelings for the emperor.

1. Qianlong Thousand Banquets: The most luxurious meal

The Thousand Banquets started in Kangxi and flourished in Qianlong period, which was the grand royal banquet with the largest number of diners in the Qing Palace. In the fifty years of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong held a grand banquet in Ganqing Palace to show his imperial kindness.

The banquet was so grand that about 3, old people were invited. Among them, there were relatives of the royal family, old ministers of previous dynasties, and old people who came to Beijing by imperial edict from the people.

Not only is there a free Manchu-Han banquet carefully prepared by the chef, but all royal tributes and drinks are also free. The grand banquet was called by the literati at that time as "an unprecedented ceremony".

11. Mianchi Meeting: The most mission-honoring dinner

It tells that in 279 BC, in order to concentrate on attacking Chu, King Qin Zhaoxiang took the initiative to make friends with Zhao, and made an appointment for King Zhao Huiwen to meet in Mianchi (now Mianchi County, Henan Province).

the king of Qin sent an envoy to tell the king of Zhao that he would meet him in Mianchi. The prince of Zhao was afraid but didn't dare not go. Lin Xiangru accompanied the prince of Zhao to Mianchi. When the king of Zhao was forced to play the harp, he argued for the equal status of Zhao, which forced the king of Qin to strike.

Later, Qin asked Zhao for fifteen cities, but he refused to budge, saying that in exchange for the capital of Qin, the king of Qin got nothing. Lin Xiangru tactfully protected the safety of the prince of Zhao and was not humiliated, which was called "the meeting of Mianchi" in history.

12. New Pavilion Meeting in the Eastern Jin Dynasty: The most inspiring dinner

At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, after the Eight Kings Rebellion and Yongjia disaster in the Central Plains, a large area of land in the north fell into the hands of the Hu people. The northern gentry moved their families to the south one after another, and 67% of them crossed the river to the south, which was called "crossing the river with clothes on" in history.

the northern scholars after crossing the south settled down for a while, but they often.