I invite you to eat, steamed lamb, steamed bear paws, steamed deer tails...
Hearing such a sinful line, everyone feels very hungry, lol. These dishes from the "Full Han Table" are mouth-watering. But did you know? The Manchu and Han people with full color and fragrance are the intangible cultural heritage of our Hebei.
Dear passengers of the Great Wall Intangible Cultural Heritage Route, we continued to travel west along the magnificent Great Wall and came to the "Manchurian And Han Full Seat" in Chengde.
First of all, let's talk about the origin of the "Full Han Table". In fact, what we now call "Manchu Han Quanxi" originated from Yangzhou, not from the court. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, that is, during the reign of Empress Dowager Cixi, the extravagance of the court gradually prevailed. That is to say, before this, our True Dragon Heavenly Sons of the Qing Dynasty had not eaten the "Manchu Han Full Table". According to the Records of the Great Qing Dynasty and the Rules of Guanglu Temple, after the Kangxi Dynasty, the Guanglu Temple hosted a full seat of six grades, and the Han seat was divided into one, two and three and the fifth class of the upper middle seat. Among them, the first-class full table used for the emperor and the later funeral feast, but it is equivalent to eight two silver, according to the current purchasing power, it is only about four thousand yuan. Therefore, in the court at that time, it was still very diligent and thrifty.
Dear passengers of the Great Wall Intangible Cultural Heritage Route, we continued to travel west along the magnificent Great Wall to the Chengde "Manhan Quanxi" station.
So what do we now call "full of Han Chinese"? In fact, it refers to the "official cuisine" in the Jiangnan region at that time. That is to say, the banquet prepared by local officials for the members of the imperial court. The Yongzheng Emperor also fiercely criticized this kind of behavior, believing that it was extravagant and wasteful. So what was it like to make the emperor feel deeply extravagant? First of all, if you want to eat on the table, you have to wash your hands and burn incense, after the table, you will see a full set of pastel longevity tableware, with silverware, rich and gorgeous, in addition, during the banquet, there will be a famous teacher playing music accompaniment, and it is not difficult for you to find that this is not the amount of a meal at all, yes, you want to eat a "full Han full table", you need to eat for three days.
According to Li Dou's "Records of Yangzhou Paintings", "The temples before and after the shangshang trading street are all large kitchens for the food of the six divisions and hundreds of officials." "It can be seen that its extravagance and waste.
Having said all this, are you all curious about what you can eat with such a big pomp and circumstance? The Manchu and Han chinese seats are dominated by Northeastern, Shandong, Beijing, Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. The treasures in what we all call the "Full Table of Manhan" include the nose of the steed, fish bones, roe, monkey head mushroom, bear paw, hash toad, deer tail (tendon, breast, whip, etc.), leopard fetus and other rare raw materials. Later, dishes from Fujian, Guangdong and other places also appeared on the giant banquet in turn. The whole banquet has 54 dishes of southern cuisine: 30 Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines, 12 Fujian dishes, and 12 Cantonese dishes. 54 Dishes of Northern Cuisine: 12 Beijing dishes, 30 Shandong dishes and 12 Manchu dishes.
In fact, the reason why the "Manchu Han Full Seat" can have such a high cultural value now is mainly because it has witnessed the history of the integration of the Manchu and Han nationalities. Before the Manchus entered the customs, they were extremely rude in their diet, and even if it was a banquet for the Baylors, it was just a feast on the floor and a hot pot with stewed meat, beef and mutton and animal meat. After entering the customs, it gradually integrated the Han diet, not only retaining the Manchus' own eating habits, but also taking advantage of the strengths of the families. And the "Full Seat of Man han" is the witness of that period of history.
So let's take a look at a menu of "Pro-Clan Feast" in the "Manchu Han All-Seat". We may not be able to eat, but at least it will make us have a better appetite.
Pro-clan feast
Tea Table Tea : White Jade Milk Tea
To the Bong Dim Sum: Tea knife cut, almond bergamot, crispy apple, sweet cake
Save box one product : Dragon phoenix depiction gold save box dragon pan pillar (with the dried fruit preserves eight products)
Four hi dried fruits: tiger skin peanuts, strange taste of big flat, milk white grapes, snow plum
Four sweets: candied apples, candied cinnamon balls, candied fresh peaches, candied green plums
Five appetizers: Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang, Hongzi Chicken Shredded Cucumber, Fuzi Braised Tenderloin, Swastika Spicy Belly Silk, And NianziKou Mushroom Hair Dish
Four products of gluttony: imperial bean yellow, sesame rolls, golden cakes, date paste cakes
Four pickles: court cucumber, black cabbage with sauce, sugar garlic, pickled water mustard skin
Worship Ring Pulp: Musical accompaniment, Manchu maid worship
A piece of soup: Longjing bamboo sun
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: anchovy shark fin, red plum pearl incense, and Miyoshi hare
Dumplings: Bean noodles, milk horns
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: Xianglong Double Fly, Stir-fried Field Chicken, And Coriander Fried Pigeon
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: Eight treasures of wild duck, bergamot gold roll, fried shredded cuttlefish
Two products of gluttony: canary puff pastry, ruyi roll
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: dried hydrangea shellfish, fried guinea fowl, and fish fillets with milk sauce
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: dried sea cucumber, duck palm with mushrooms, and colorful beef fillet
Two kinds of dumplings: minced meat cake, dragon whisker noodles
Grilled two products: hanging stove pheasant, raw roast roe deer, with lotus leaf roll, green onion, sweet noodle sauce
Three pieces of imperial cuisine: mountain treasure thorn dragon bud, lotus tofu, grass mushroom broccoli
Porridge 1 product: Red bean porridge
Fruit 1 product: A fruit platter at the right time
Farewell to fragrant tea: Xinyang Maojian
Seeing this long menu, is everyone already drooling? In fact, it is not difficult to find out from the menu that our dignitaries at that time were still very enthusiastic about health. Our "full seat" is simply a "health bureau".
When you look at this dish, is it very eye-catching? The name of this dish is called "Longjing Bamboo Sun", don't underestimate this small bowl of soup, which contains delicious ingredients such as bamboo thorns, sea cucumbers, shrimp, etc. The production of "Longjing Bamboo Sun" is not only unforgettable in taste, but also very powerful in terms of health. This dish is high in protein and low in fat, and if you eat it regularly, you can enhance our anti-cancer ability, so you should try it.
Wow, look at this fat and tender duck paw, with delicious mushrooms and sea cucumbers, such a "mushroom duck paw", it is simply a perfect match for wine. And sea cucumber can replenish blood, make up for fatigue, supplement kidneys, strong knees, and then with the same rich gelatinous duck paw, lips and teeth can be healthy when the fragrance of the lips and teeth, this is what is the taste of the gods, you close your mouth Oh, be careful of saliva flowing out.
We can see from a "pro-clan banquet" alone that the whole "Manchu Whole Table" really made great efforts when designing dishes, so that the guests can enjoy the beautiful environment while feasting, and at the same time can also strengthen the body, so that we feel the profundity of Chinese food culture. If you also want to experience this royal treatment, you can also go to our Chengde to experience it for yourself.