In the eyes of foodies, there are not only beautiful empresses, but also all kinds of perfect dishes and snacks. When it comes to eating, there is a strange part that cannot be ignored, that is, the small kitchen in the harem.
In fact, many plots have echoed that there was a small kitchen in the harem in the Qing Dynasty. In the TV series "Zhen _ Zhuan", delicious foods such as lotus root starch sweet cake, milk powder fragrant cake, Dong 'e Ejiao longan soup all come from the skillful hands of small kitchen cooks. The so-called small kitchen, looking at literature and giving birth to righteousness, is specially designed to provide food for the concubines in this palace. So what kind of existence does the small kitchen of the empresses have for all the Forbidden City?
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At the beginning, the small kitchen did not belong to the institution formally established in the Forbidden City. Compared with the imperial dining room, it not only has a much smaller scope, but also basically belongs to the body exception.
as everyone knows, the imperial dining room is specially designed as a royal catering service, which belongs to the right track organization and is supported and operated by the Emperor. The small kitchen is independent in each palace, and it is set up by the concubines who take out their own private houses. To put it bluntly, I am tired of eating the diet in the imperial kitchen, and I pay for my own small stove. Therefore, the dim sum dishes made by the small kitchen are generally suitable for the mouth and stomach of this palace concubine.
In addition, the small kitchen has another main instinctive function, that is, it acts as an arsenal in the palace, specially assisting the empress who goes through fire and water in the line of fire. As the saying goes, "If you want to catch a man's heart, you must catch a man's stomach first." There are several delicious dishes in my palace that I can get rid of, so the emperor would rather go and sit there! For example, in "Zhen _ Zhuan", Hua Fei, dressed in gorgeous clothes, said charmingly, "Dong 'e Ejiao longan soup has just been cooked in the courtiers' palace?" Food and beauty, let alone the son of heaven, is it difficult for any man to obey?
Of course, although the small kitchen has so many benefits, it can't be privately set up by any empresses. As long as the favored concubines or concubines with higher rank can set up a small kitchen, those concubines with lower rank, or those who have only been favored by the son of heaven once or twice, and have not even left an impression, basically can't enjoy this reward.
When it comes to concubines who were allowed to have small kitchens by the Emperor of Qing Dynasty, the most famous one is Rong Fei (the prototype of Xiang Fei) of Emperor Qianlong.
Rong Fei and Zhuo Shi are the only Uighur concubines in Qianlong's harem. Qianlong met her at a palace banquet in honor of Ali and Zhuo, so she was named Zhu Zi and entered the harem. From now on, and Zhuo's saint as soon as possible, from Zhu Zijin promoted to wives, and then sealed the princess.
In order to alleviate Hezhuo's homesickness, Qianlong not only allowed her to wear Uygur clothes in the palace, but also allowed her to set up a small kitchen to specially make southern Xinjiang dishes for her. This shows the significance of the existence of a small kitchen, which not only helps the concubines to welcome the son of heaven, but also means that the son of heaven favors the concubines.
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Who takes who seriously?
The fox was foraging in the forest and saw a crow standing on a tree with a piece of meat in its mouth. He wanted to eat the meat and said to the crow, "Dear crow, I think you must sing very well!" The crow sang happily when he heard this, and the meat in his mouth fell to the ground. The fox bent down to pick it up with joy. A tiger emerged from the grass behind him and untied his belt: "You are a snack, and you can't be cured without a care."