Food Culture in China - Qing Dynasty royal meal

China's last feudal Qing dynasty, which summarize and draw out the essence of Chinese traditional food culture, the development of the food court to its peak level. Historical data from the file, people can see that the five characteristics of the Qing Dynasty imperial diet:

First, eat only two meals a day in the Qing Dynasty emperor. Zaoshan started more than 6 in the morning, and sometimes delayed until 8 am.

Dinner 12 am to the afternoon more than 2 points. With modern concepts of view, it should be lunch. After two meals, if hungry, a meal each plus snacks.

Second, the Qing imperial mainly composed of three types of local flavor and cuisine. Man from the snack food is used to the national taste, variety meats and game, sticky food cake, sauce dishes are the emperor concubines regret and food; Central Plains, the Qing Ming court followed the diet characteristics, dietary Shandong cuisine mainly gradually; to the Qianlong period, due to several southern tour, Suzhou and Hangzhou dishes are appreciated and popular in the palace.

Third, the Qing Dynasty Empress have different dietary preferences. For example: with the thickness of the Qianlong Emperor's meals, complementary food dishes, very reasonable; Emperor eating seafood dishes, shark's fin, sea cucumber, jellyfish, seaweed and other ingredients necessary to cook the dishes at each meal; Empress eating pork dishes are burning skin, duck tongue and duck soup, watermelon cup, etc., but also eating small steamed corn bread, fried pastry triangle, etc.; Pu Yi of Western quite interested in the Forbidden City set the Western kitchen.

Fourth, the Qing Imperial Banquet numerous, from the beginning end of the year to eat. In addition to New Year's Day, Wanshou (emperor birthday), three major festivals of the winter solstice feast, there are a triumph to celebrate campaign victory feast, feast Minds win over thousands of subjects, the emperor big wedding, the princess marry feast in honor of North Korea and Tibet envoy Tribute and Mongol princes such as New Year's Eve feast, holy Queen Mother birthday, the Queen ages feast, the birthday feast of the concubines, princes Huang Sun's into the wedding feast, feast royal clan. There are also various festivals Banquet.

Fifth, the health care of their health insurance, the pursuit of immortality. Emperor Qianlong Guilingji often take wine, liquor Songling Pacific, spleen ney champion wine, old age has also eat, "eight treasures rice cake." Empress smug middle-aged longevity after drinking the wine than the wind dampness, of food and thirst quencher, and clear the blood, strengthening sinews and bones, is to share and care.