The Architectural Structure of the Royal Restaurant

The Imperial Tea Restaurant is located on the west side of the South Third Hospital. "History of the Interior Office" records: "The tea restaurant is in the east of Zhonghe Hall. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong, the library in the east of Jianting was changed to the Imperial Tea Restaurant, with the door facing east and the door facing north, with eight yellow glazed tile houses in the east and west, two yellow glazed tile houses in the southwest and nine tile houses in the north and south. "

The address of the subordinate organization of the Royal Tea Restaurant is:

Restaurant: There are many restaurants in the Forbidden City. The dining room outside Jingyunmen is called "Outer Dining Room", also called "Imperial Tea Dining Room". The other dining room is specially designed for the emperor. Located in the south of hall of mental cultivation, it is called "hall of mental cultivation Imperial Restaurant", also known as "Love Imperial Restaurant". It is an independent courtyard with an east-west townhouse, and the south of it is Nanku. In addition, there are kitchens in royal gardens such as Yuanmingyuan and Summer Palace, which are called "garden kitchens"; The palaces in Jehol, Luohe and Zhang Sanying all have dining halls, which are called "Walking in the Imperial Dining Hall". There is also a dining room in the Forbidden City, southwest of Zaixi and Shimen. According to "History of Imperial Palace in Zhou Dynasty, Volume ·Xi·, Imperial Palace, Foreign Dynasty", Xihemen "the southwest corner used to be the National History Museum, and now it is the dining room."

Teahouse: The Royal Teahouse is located to the east of Gan Qing Gate.

Dried meat room: Dried meat warehouse is located in the east of Xihuamen Imperial Bookstore. Large and small palaces distributed in the Forbidden City of the Imperial City all have their own dining rooms. Empresses alone are almost eight grades, and the usual food expenses range from 50 Liang to 10 Liang. The lower the number of meals, the smaller the dining room, the fewer dishes, and the tableware used varies from gold and silver to tin porcelain. Among many restaurants, the biggest one is the "Imperial Dining Hall" which serves the emperor.

There are two imperial kitchens in the Forbidden City: one is outside Jingyunmen (south of the Treasure Hall), which is called "Outer Imperial Kitchen" and "Imperial Kitchen". "Imperial Dining Room" not only makes "Man-Han Banquet" for grand banquets, but sometimes prepares meals for ministers on duty. The other is on the side of "hall of mental cultivation", which is called "Inner Imperial Kitchen", also known as "hall of mental cultivation Imperial Kitchen", where countless delicacies come from.

There are five bureaus in the imperial dining hall: meat bureau, vegetarian bureau, stove hanging bureau, dim sum bureau and entertainment bureau. The meat bureau is in charge of fish, meat and seafood dishes; The vegetable bureau is in charge of green vegetables, dried vegetables and vegetable oil. , the director of the hanging furnace bureau cooks and bakes; The dim sum bureau is in charge of steamed stuffed buns, jiaozi, sesame cakes, cakes and cakes unique to the palace. The dinner is about porridge and rice. Among the royal gardens such as Yuanmingyuan and Summer Palace, there is an imperial chef, which is called the "garden dining room"; The royal chefs in Jehol, Luanhe and Zhang Sanying palaces are called "walking in the royal chefs". The emperor took the royal catering team for him to eat and drink every time he traveled.