Chapter 160: The Four Great Feasts of History (I)

Jiang Jianghao disappeared for a long time, except for Su Moqiu, the rest of the people also found the dining room one after another, and everyone saw Jiang Jianghao looking at a pot of soup in the basin with his head down, and he invariably stepped forward and admired it together. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the peony swallow dish is completed, it is like a woman dressed up in the Tang Dynasty, as soon as it appears, it attracts everyone's attention, a peony flower with dazzling color and delicate yellow floats on the soup noodles, the flowers are gorgeous, the vegetables are fragrant, the soup is delicious, sour and spicy, smooth and palatable. The taste is like bird's nest, the flowers are bright and the soup is delicious, sour and spicy, smooth and palatable, and the ingredients taste and maintain their respective tastes.

Without the heavy color, and the same spicy appetizing, Jiang Jianghao looked down at everyone's surprised eyes, and one person actually swallowed a pot full of peony swallow vegetables into his stomach, and everyone took a big breath and smacked their tongues.

How delicious is this thing, and it would make Jiang Jianghao gobble up so much regardless of his image?!

"What are you doing here?" Outside the dining room, there was a sudden sound of surprise from the sun.

Remnant Yang came to Jiang Jianghao to discuss matters at the behest of the king, but who knew that as soon as he arrived in Yiyuan, he found that there was a large amount of bloody gas in the garden, he was the head of the killer, dealing with dead people all day long, and rolling in blood every day, how could he not notice anything unusual? Looking at the expressions of the people in this Yiyuan were extremely nervous, he guessed that something might be wrong, and just resigned to go to the front hall to ask someone, but found that the ground in the front hall had just been scrubbed, except for the servants, this crowd was not there?!

After asking around, he finally found a bunch of guys with strange expressions in the dining room, and looking at their blank expressions, he couldn't help but ask Fang Cai's question.

"Could it be that you're stealing food again?!"

Everyone rolled their eyes at him, and Thirteen was even more speechless.

"Boss Remnant Yang, your family steals food and so many people watch?!"

"So what are you doing?"

"We are appreciating Brother Jiang eating alone!"

Eating alone?! Remnant Yang was a little stunned, isn't it normal for Jiang Jianghao to eat alone? Do you still need to watch?

"Boss Jiang, I'm looking for you for something!"

As soon as he heard the voice of the remnant sun, Jiang Jianghao nodded indifferently, and secretly speculated to himself, wouldn't he come to Xingshi to ask for the guilt just after killing someone here? ! That's a little too fast!

"What's the matter?"

Seeing Jiang Jianghao's question, Remnant Yang didn't delay too much, and directly expressed his intention, anyway, everyone present was acquaintances, and they couldn't run away from these things, and when they were used, they had no scruples.

"The king wants you to help prepare a special banquet, and he wants to entertain the Korean envoys."

"South Korea?"

Jiang Jianghao couldn't help but be surprised, this Korea was one of the vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty, one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and historians called Han, Wei, Zhao, Qin, Chu, Yan and Qi the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. The territory of Korea mainly includes the southern part of Shanxi and the northern part of Henan, with the initial capital of Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Xuchang City, Henan Province), and moved to Xinzheng (now Xinzheng, Henan) after the destruction of Zhengguo.

The Jinsan in the Central Plains region was divided into Han, Zhao, and Wei. Korea is bordered by Wei and Zhao in the north, Qi in the east, Chu in the south, and Qin in the west.

After King Wu destroyed the Shang, the Zhou Dynasty implemented the feudal system and sealed the princes. When Zhou became king, Zhou Gongdan was regent and quelled the rebellion of Wu Geng, the prince of Shang, and Uncle Guan and Uncle Cai. King Cheng divided the seal again, and sealed his younger brother in Tang, called Uncle Tang, and the country was in the west of Yan Kingdom, that is, in the northeast of Hejin County, Shanxi. Because it was in Jinshui, it was later changed to Jin, and the ancestors of Korea were doctors of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, and were enshrined in Hanyuan (now northeast of Hejin County, Shanxi). In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Han Zhenzi moved to Pingyang (now southwest of Linfen City, Shanxi).

In 403 BC, the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei were recognized by King Weilie of Zhou and officially ranked as princes, and Korea was established. The founding monarch was a descendant of Han Wuzi, a physician of the Jin Kingdom, and built his capital in Yangzhai (present-day Yu County, Henan). In 375 BC, the Marquis of Han Ai destroyed Zheng and moved the capital to Xinzheng. Korea is one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, which originated from the three divisions of the Jin Dynasty: in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin doctors Zhao Xiangzi, Wei Xianzi and Han Xuanzi first assassinated Zhibo in 433 BC, and then divided the territory of the Jin into three vassal states. Later historians referred to the three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Zhao as the Seven Heroes of the Warring States together with Qin, Chu, Yan, and Qi. The initial capital was Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Xuchang City, Henan Province), and after the destruction of Zheng, it moved to Xinzheng (now Zhengzhou, Henan Province).

This South Korea is the weakest country among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, why didn't the envoys from other countries see Yingzheng personally feasting? What is this Yingzheng doing?!

Remnant Yang seemed to have guessed what Jiang Jianghao was thinking, and his expression couldn't help but sneer.

"South Korea came this time, it is their protector general, Boss Jiang doesn't know, this protector general is a famous ...... Woman. ”

Female generals? Mulan-esque characters?! But doesn't this Yingzheng already have a Fang girl? Why do you want to climb the wall again?!

Seeing that Remnant Yang deliberately lowered his head, Jiang Jianghao was speechless, and his mind was constantly searching for various banquets.

Banquet, also known as "Yan Hui" in ancient times, is a kind of dining event that entertains guests with wine and meat. Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, the ancients did not use tables and chairs, and the coarse woven material that was first spread on the ground in the house was called "feast", and the smaller size that was spread on the feast was called "mat" (made of fine materials). During the feast, the seats are set on the mats, the food is placed on the feast before the feast, and the people sit on the ground to drink. Later, the table and chair were used, and the banquet was raised from the ground to the table, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were "eight immortal tables" and "big round tables", the form of the banquet has changed, but the banquet is still called "banquet", and the seat is still called "seat", and the banquet and the banquet have become synonymous.

An earlier written record of the banquet can be found in the "Eating and Drinking" in the "Zhou Yi Need". With the continuous enrichment of the variety of dishes, the form of banquet and drink has developed to diversification, and the name of banquet has become more and more.

In the category of banquets, the famous banquets in the past dynasties include the township drinking ceremony, the hundred official banquets, the big wedding banquet, the Qiansuo banquet, the Dingding banquet, etc., and the banquets have many forms. Usually divided according to specifications, there are state banquets, family banquets, casual banquets, cold dinners, receptions, etc.; According to customs, there are wedding banquets, birthday banquets, reception banquets, farewell banquets, etc.; According to the time, there are luncheons, dinners, night banquets, etc.; In addition, there are boat banquets and so on.

From the development of banquets, we can see the economic, political, and cultural development of the country and the level of development of national cooking technology in a certain period.

But when it comes to banquets, Jiang Jianghao first thinks of the most famous Manchu and Han banquets in reality.

"Manchu and Han Banquet" is a grand feast with both Manchu and Han cuisines, and has always been regarded as the crown of Chinese classical feasts. Its scale is grand and noble, the program is complex, the Manchu and Han food are precious, the north and south flavors are both delicious, and the dishes reach more than 300 kinds. In the end, what does the authentic Manchu and Han banquet look like, and how are the dishes classified. The most used is a Manchu and Han full banquet list recorded in the "Yangzhou Shufanglu" written by Li Dou during the Jiashen period of Qianlong. However, since there is a lot of speculation about the origin of the Manchu and Han banquets, it is unknown whether this food list is the most original and authentic. The current Manchu and Han banquets are made of precious materials such as mountain eight treasures, sea eight treasures, poultry eight treasures, grass eight treasures, etc., and the Manchu barbecue and Han people stew, stew, boil and fry and other techniques, mostly 108 dishes.

There are the following kinds of knowledge about the origin of the Manchu and Han Dynasty seats, one is that the Kangxi Emperor toured the south, stationed in Yangzhou, and set up the Manchu and Han seats. This statement is most used in Yangzhou to promote the city's eight famous banquets. Second, it originated in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, because the "Yangzhou Painting Boat Record" written by Li Dou of Yizheng in Jiangsu during the Jiashen period of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty was the first to list the menu of "Manchu and Han full seats". The three sayings are excerpted from Mr. Chen Zhihan's "Manchu and Han Quanxi", which is a strange book that is generally thought to be "Manchu and Han Quanxi" from the Qing Palace, but is actually from the Confucian "Yansheng Mansion" in Qufu. Legend has it that the Confucian banquet guests are divided into "regular dishes" and "top grades", the former has 67 dishes, the latter has 123 dishes, and the food is very exquisite. It was not until the Qianjia era of the Qing Dynasty that the scholar Ruan Yuan became the son-in-law of the "Yansheng Mansion" and served as the governor of Liangguang. Subsequently, the Confucian family chef came out to open a restaurant by himself, and did not dare to flaunt it with the Confucian family tradition or the Governor's Palace, so he named it "Manchu and Han Quanxi", which has been spread since then.

In another book, it is pointed out that the "Manchu and Han Dynasty Full Banquet" actually originated from the "Deer Ming Banquet" given by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty. Of course, all of this smacks of joke. Since it is recorded in the real book, it is still well documented that it is still "Yangzhou Shufanglu", so I personally think that it should come from the Qing Dynasty. Whether it was the Qianlong period or the Kangxi period remains to be verified.

In short, the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquet embodies the desire of the emperors of the past dynasties since the entry of the Qing Dynasty Taizu Nurhachi to the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Qianlong dynasties to live in harmony between the Manchu and Han ethnic groups.

Then came the banquet. The literary banquet was one of the important forms of literary creation and mutual communication among ancient Chinese literati. The form is free and lively, the content is rich and colorful, and the pursuit of elegant environment and taste. Generally, it is mostly selected in places with pleasant climate. During the banquet, the food and wine, the poems were sung and sang, and the warblers sang and danced. Many famous literary and artistic works in history were created at the banquet. The famous "Lanting Collection Preface" was written by Wang Xizhi at the Lanting Literary Conference.