Man-Han banquet: a symbol of the Qing royal family's banquet for guests. A seat is too big for a meal. You got it?

The word "Man-Han banquet" must be known to anyone who has lived on the border of China! The original meaning of the word is: the general name of the highest banquet specifications in Qing Palace. With the passage of time and the changes of the times, the term "Manchu-Chinese banquet" now refers to a banquet with rich dishes, complete dishes and delicious taste.

As for the meaning of "Man-Han Banquet", it can be seen literally that banquet dishes contain the special food of the Man-Han nationality, which must be of extremely high specifications, excellent taste and extravagant consumption. After all, the Qing dynasty royal family invited guests to dinner, and the banquet represented the face of the royal family and the strength of the court. Moreover, this kind of high-standard banquet often has various political purposes, not as simple as eating.

First, the "seats" are too big to eat.

"Man-Han banquet" must include all kinds of delicious food of Manchu and Han nationality. It is said that the cuisine is *** 108, which is divided into 54 southern dishes and 54 northern dishes.

1. What is a Manchu-Chinese banquet?

First of all, you need to know something about Manchu-Chinese banquet. Man-Han banquet didn't end in one meal, but in three days!

Manchu-Han royal feast

"Man-Han banquet" is divided into "six seats". These "six banquets" include: the banquet for princes, the banquet for courtiers, the birthday banquet, the Millennium banquet, the nine-white banquet and the seasonal banquet. These six kinds of banquets all represent different meanings, and the dishes are different.

The family banquet is a banquet for the royal relatives and princes. The main guests of the courtiers' banquet are court officials. The birthday banquet is actually the emperor's birthday party, and the emperor's birthday is called the birthday banquet. At the Longevity Banquet, all officials, concubines and relatives of the royal family came to the banquet with birthday gifts for the emperor. At the beginning of the banquet, all the guests raised their glasses and said: I wish the emperor a long life! Long live long live such auspicious words, in fact, is to wish the emperor a happy birthday.

The Thousand Banquets were initiated by Emperor Kangxi. The first banquet was held in 17 13, that is, in the fifty-second year of Kangxi, when Kangxi was 60 years old. Kangxi made outstanding achievements in this life, recovering lost land, putting down the rebellion, sweeping away orphans before the Ming Dynasty, and arresting Ao Bai to put down the rebellion. Kangxi had a personal expedition, led fighters to attack galdan, recovered Mongolian ministries, and appointed wise ministers to make Fujian Navy recover Taiwan Province Province. Kangxi, who listened to himself, was very satisfied with the prosperous country he governed. He wants to celebrate longevity day with the old people all over the world. So I hosted a banquet in Changchun Garden to entertain thousands of old people and held the first banquet for thousands of people. Four thousand banquets were held in Qing Dynasty.

Also started in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, there was the 900 banquet, which was held by Mongolian ministries to show their loyalty. Seasonal banquet is the general name of all seasonal banquets in the palace.

Compared with eating at home, the Manchu-Han banquet is not only rich in dishes, but also luxurious. The bigger difference is that every Manchu banquet contains various political purposes. Either out of diplomacy, out of war, or out of showing a good royal demeanor and court atmosphere.

At the banquet, the guests drank on the surface, but secretly they had their own thoughts. Political forces with different positions are wrestling in secret to achieve their goals, and they are afraid that one of them will fall behind.

2. Everything is an edible wanbao.

Although the political wrestling under the table is very tiring, the food on the table is really rich.

The richness of "Man-Han Banquet" 108 is beyond our imagination. In other words: flying in the sky, running on the ground, swimming in the water, growing on trees, buried underground, native products, tributes, birds and animals, delicacies, exotic fruits, all kinds of wine, food, vegetables and fruits, and so on. Only you can't think of it, and there is no "Manchu-Chinese banquet" that you can't eat.

Sixijiao

Nine times out of ten, all kinds of dishes in the traditional cross talk "Registration" can be found in the menu of Manchu-Han banquet. Man-Han banquet is rich, not only because the materials are precious and the cost is high, but also because the variety of dishes is dazzling.

The richness of dishes is reflected in common wild vegetables such as celery and tender buds, and also appears at banquets as main dishes or side dishes. Bird's nest, bear's paw, shark's fin, Hericium erinaceus, deer tail, hump, shark skin, puffer fish liver and other precious ingredients are common.

The raw materials of the Manchu-Han banquet are various, which can be seen from a dish called "rice rotten scarlet lips". The main material of Misa scarlet lips is not the lips of orangutans, but the meat on the face of elk. Elk is also called the Four Elephants. There are only more than 2,000 elk in China, all of which are recorded by the state and are extremely precious national first-class key wild protected animals. Scarlet lips are dried meat made of elk face meat, which is the most precious among the "eight treasures".

elk

Second, eating vegetables is also eating culture.

Although there are as many dishes as 108 in the Manchu-Han banquet, each dish is carefully cooked and even the name of the dish is unique. 108 dishes, each with its own taste, have hundreds of dishes and thousands of colors.

1, the poetic name of the dish

Man-Han banquet is the floorboard of the six big banquets, and attending a banquet is not just about eating food. The banquet itself includes many procedures, taking the pro-fan banquet as an example. The general procedures of the fan banquet include: pre-meal tea, various snacks, fruits, preserves and so on. The appetizer is after the tea fruit.

After the appetizer, there are four kinds of cakes such as golden cake and four kinds of pickles such as sugar and garlic, accompanied by wine and soup. The wine here is not as simple as pouring it into the hip flask on the table and drinking it yourself. This kind of "fine wine" needs the accompaniment of court musicians, and all kinds of beautiful women in Manchu and Han pour wine. Finally, this nectar can enter the guest's mouth. Under this super-advanced service, it is estimated that the boiled water can taste the taste of Moutai.

The following dishes are in the following order: three main courses, such as shark fin with phoenix tail, two cakes, three royal dishes, such as stuffed pigeon, three main courses, such as Babao wild duck, two cakes, three main courses, three dishes, followed by two kinds of pasta, followed by two kinds of barbecue, three royal dishes, a bowl of stomach porridge and a fruit plate. Finally, serve beautiful women and offer fragrant teas, which means farewell tea.

Bai Shou Taozi

Banquet serving procedures are roughly the same, but the dishes are slightly different, and individual procedures are slightly different. So we can see that the banquet is rich in dishes and complicated in procedures.

Although the procedure is tedious and time-consuming, every delicious food you eat in your mouth, just its name, is a kind of enjoyment. And it's hard to imagine what its raw materials are just by listening to the name of the dish. For example: stone milk, sweet brocade, mandarin duck roll, rescue, red plum and pearl fragrance, flying with dragons and dragons, tender feelings with dragons and phoenixes, stepping on sand boats, climbing magpies, playing with double dragon balls, crystal plum blossom packages, three fresh dragon and phoenix balls and so on.

Some dishes are named directly by the names of the ingredients, and even we can eat them at home. However, the diet of emperors is naturally different from that of ordinary people everywhere. First of all, the name must be elegant. For example, fried quail eggs with cabbage can be cooked at home. We call it fried quail eggs with cabbage, and the one in the palace is called Yutu cabbage.

Nostoc flagelliforme is an algae plant that southerners like to eat. Palace also eat, but with Tricholoma, the finished dish should be put in the word "Nian", which is called Nianzi Nostoc flagelliforme. Bear's paw with peach-shaped fish paste is called jade paw, which can prolong life. Camel palm meat with green vegetables is called sand boat stepping on Cui. Chicken slices and fish are called tenderness.

As for the tea name, it is fresh and elegant, and it is not stained with vulgar dust. For example: Yanghe Chun Lv, Junshan Silver Needle, Lushan Cloud, Jasmine Sparse Tongue, etc. It sounds fresh and meaningful, and the tea fragrance has not entered the lips and throat. Just listening to the name is already purifying the soul.

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2. It's really delicious

The dishes made by the chef at the banquet represent the face of the royal family, so they should not only have excellent taste and elegant name, but also be very ornamental and pay attention to color, fragrance and taste.

Xi Shi Ru is not only worthy of the name, but also delicious. Xi Shi's milk is made of puffer fish ribs, that is, puffer fish testicles. Although the name is only three words, the practice is not simple.

First, take 20 puffer fin ribs and steam them in a boiling water pot, then add seasoning and oil to stir fry, then add broth to stew for a while, then dye them with natural red in food, such as amaranth, then add thicken powder to collect concentrated juice, and then add pepper oil to calculate the finished product. Eat it with half a catty of bitter herbs and sweet sesame sauce to enhance the taste.

Listening to the charming name of Xi Shi Milk, watching the smooth and shiny fish, reddish and pink color, and the unique flavor of puffer fish, if there is a lingering nasal sound, it will definitely make the diners' forefinger move and want to raise their glasses and move chopsticks immediately.

Also delicious is lotus paste tofu. Lotus root tofu must be as the name suggests. Stir the bean curd and minced pork with egg white seasoning, then knead it into the shape of lotus by hand, and use mung beans as lotus seeds, so that it is steamed over medium heat. After taking out the pot, put it in a big soup bowl, put the cooked spinach leaves in the soup bowl as lotus leaves, and pour in the egg soup to serve.

Lotus bean curd

The exquisite varieties and exquisite workmanship of imperial cuisine are roughly the same.

3. "Man-Han banquet" or "Man-Han banquet"

Although the name "Man-Han Banquet" is widely circulated, its origin is quite controversial.

1, origin dispute

Some people say that the word "Man-Han banquet" comes from cross talk programs and from "registration". It is also said that the "Manchu-Han banquet" evolved from the official banquet in the Qing Dynasty. Because during the Qing Dynasty, officials mainly came from Manchu and Han nationality, Manchu ate "full seats" and Han nationality ate "Han seats". The general order is full before the Han Dynasty, and "Han Xi" comes before "Full Xi". The chefs of the two nationalities began to compete with each other, and over time, there was a saying that "Man-Han banquet".

In addition to these two statements, the third statement is more convincing. There is no such thing as "Manchu-Chinese banquet" in Qing Dynasty, but there is a saying of "Manchu-Chinese banquet" in some literary works. "Man-Han Banquet" appeared after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), exactly the 10th anniversary of the National Day. At that time, in order to show the traditional culture of China to the world, our country brought together elite chefs from all over the world to show their magical powers and show the long history and culture of a great country with their unique skills. After many people's continuous integration and communication, improvement and innovation, finally there was a "Manchu-Chinese banquet"!

Ancient chair painting

Nowadays, many people in China worship western manners, especially table manners. In fact, our country has been very polite since ancient times. Both men and women, no matter when and where, pay attention to treat people with courtesy. Childe should be gentle, and young lady should be gentle and charming.

The etiquette above the banquet is extremely exquisite, and a slight mistake may make people laugh and give generously. It is not only etiquette, the use of tableware, materials, shapes, colors, placement, and even the clothes for waiting on maids. It should complement the purpose of the banquet and the taste of the dishes. A dish, a tableware and a glass of wine are not allowed to be sloppy.

Only one banquet contains the accumulation and inheritance of China for 5,000 years. Every chopstick is not only delicious food, but also inheritance and culture.