How elaborate was the Qianlong Emperor's New Year's Eve dinner? Why concubines could not attend normally?

The Qing Dynasty is China's last feudal state, and the Qing Dynasty has experienced 12 emperors, and one of the most elaborate emperors when the Qianlong Emperor, whether it is all aspects of life, the degree of elaboration is amazing!

A, New Year's Eve breakfast of the preaching

New Year's Eve dinner for the Chinese people, is the most elaborate, each family for the New Year's Eve dinner will be made very rich! For the most elaborate Emperor Qianlong, there will be no exception! On the morning of the Royal New Year's Eve, Emperor Qianlong would join the Empress of the Harem and all the concubines for breakfast in the Hall of Chonghua***. New Year's Eve breakfast is not general, *** have yellow rice, rice cakes, biscuits and other varieties, this is not the New Year's Eve main feast.

Two, New Year's Eve banquet dishes

New Year's Eve banquet is generally held on the 30th of Shenzheng moment (4:00 p.m.). At 12:00 noon, the New Year's Eve dinner began to place cold dishes and snacks. Dinner meal, the Qianlong Emperor himself sat alone at a table, the table called "Golden Dragon Feast Table? The table was called "Golden Dragon Banquet Table", and there was a "long table" between the table and the Emperor's seat. A long table was placed between the table and the emperor's seat. When the Emperor wanted to eat something, he put the food on the table. The New Year's Eve dinner is mainly full of traditional Manchu food and flavorful dishes. Emperor Qianlong's banquet table with each is meat and vegetarian sweet and salty snacks, cold good, hot good **** count 63 products, and fruit box, fruit, pasta and so on.

Three, the banquet into the order of goodness

When everything is ready, the drums sounded, the Qianlong Emperor and the Empress, concubines to take their seats. The eunuchs around the emperor began to give the emperor dishes, first Qianlong emperor into the soup good. Then the eunuchs will serve the soup to the concubines. The eunuchs would then give the soup to the concubines, and the soup would be served according to the rank of the concubines. After the soup good, and then turn the feast, that is, all the dishes on the banquet from the emperor in front of the start to accompany the table around, meaning that the whole family **** enjoy. After that, the wine feast, the banquet officially began.

New Year's Eve the Empress and the concubines of the harem are able to participate normally. Emperor Qianlong's New Year's Eve dinner is very elaborate, cumbersome etiquette system, but also highlights the reunion of the New Year's Eve festivities. Although Qianlong is the emperor, but also hope that ordinary people, and family, friends *** with the celebration. But because it is the emperor, so the New Year's Eve dinner row and style is certainly amazing!