Six kinds of feasts

Manchu and Han Banquet (1)

Mongolian pro-Pan feast

This banquet was set up by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to entertain Mongolian relatives who married to the royal family. Generally, a banquet is set up in the Tianzheng Daguang Palace, which is accompanied by the first and second ministers of the Manchu people. Emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to this banquet and held it every year. The Mongolian relatives who received the banquet regarded this banquet as a great blessing and cherished the food that the emperor appreciated during the banquet. In the article "Qing Barnyard Banknotes * Mongolian Banquet Bringing Blessings to Return Home", it is said: "The Mongolian prince and others in the year class entered Beijing, and they were rewarded with food, and they must go, and they were said to return home with blessings." If there is no utensils, then the outer coat is pocketed, and the flat gold embroidered python is often stained with soup, dripping and dripping, and there is no regret.

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Courtier's Banquet

The courtier's banquet is held on the 16th day of the first month of the first month of the Shangyuan Dynasty every year, and the emperor personally orders the scholars, and there are meritorious people in the nine kings to participate, and the people who have won the banquet are honored. The banquet is set up in the Fengsan Selfless Palace, and the banquet is in accordance with the rites of the clan banquet. All use high chairs, write poems and drink, and hold them every year. The Mongol princes and others also participated. The emperor used this grace to win over his vassals, and at the same time, it was a symbolic form of merit for the courtiers.

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Longevity feast

The longevity banquet is the birthday banquet of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also one of the big banquets of the inner court. The princesses, civil and military officials, are all proud of their birthday gifts. During this period, there are countless famous delicacies. In case of a big birthday, the celebration will be more grand and grand, and a special person will be assigned to do it. Clothing, jewelry, decorations, music, dance, feasts and drinks are all available. On the 10th day of October in the 20th year of Guangxu, Cixi's 60th birthday, in the 18th year of Guangxu, an edict was promulgated, and more than a month before the birthday, the feast had begun. There are more than 29,170 pieces of glazed bowls, plates, plates and other porcelain painted with the words "longevity without borders" and auspicious and festive patterns fired in Jiangxi in advance. The entire celebration cost nearly 10 million taels of silver, which is unprecedented in Chinese history.

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Banquet of a thousand people

The Qiansuo banquet began in Kangxi, flourished in the Qianlong period, and was the largest and most popular grand banquet in the Qing Palace. In the fifty-second year of Kangxi, a banquet of 1,000 people was held for the first time in Yangchun Garden, and Emperor Xuanye gave a poem of "Thousand Suo Banquet", which won the name of the banquet. In the 50th year of Qianlong, a banquet was held in the Qianqing Palace, with 3,000 banqueters, and a hundred couplets were selected in Bailiang style on the spot. In the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, a thousand banquets were held in the Huangji Hall of Ningshou Palace, with 3,566 people and more than 3,000 poems on the spot. Later generations called the Qiansu banquet "Enlong courtesy, which is an unprecedented move".

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Nine White Banquets

The Jiubai banquet began in the Kangxi period. When Kangxi first decided on the four tribes of Mongolia, such as Waisak, these tribes paid tribute to Jiubai every year to show their loyalty and loyalty, namely: one white camel and eight white horses. Take this as a letter. After the Mongolian tribes paid tribute, the emperor entertained the envoys with a high royal banquet, which was called the Nine White Banquet. Follow the rules every year. Later, Emperor Daoguang once wrote poems for this: four couples of silver flowers and a jade camel, and the Xiqiang year dedicated to Emperor Jingluo

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Festive feasts

The festival banquet refers to the banquet set up by the Qing court according to the fixed annual season. For example, the Yuan Day Banquet, the Yuan Hui Banquet, the Spring Ploughing Banquet, the Dragon Boat Banquet, the Beggars Banquet, the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, the Chongyang Banquet, the Winter Solstice Banquet, the Chinese New Year's Eve Banquet, etc., are all set according to the rules of the festival and follow the rules. Although the Manchus had their own inherent food customs, after entering the Central Plains, they accepted a large number of Han food customs under the integration of Manchu and Han cultures and the needs of rule. And because of the special status of the court, the rules and regulations of food customs are detailed. Its food style has a great connection with folk customs and regions, therefore, Laba porridge, Lantern Festival, zongzi, ice bowl, realgar wine, Chongyang cake, begging cake, moon cake and other instruments are readily available in the Qing Palace.