The Qiansuo Feast began in the Kangxi period, flourished in the Qianlong Period, is the Qing Dynasty court, the largest scale, with the largest number of banqueters of the royal banquet, the origin of the Thousand Sorrows Banquet, that is, the Kangxi Emperor held a large banquet of a thousand people, so he made a poem "Thousand Sorrows Banquet", got the name.
(Kangxi Emperor)
This large-scale banquet, mainly to create a festive atmosphere, friendly neighborhood relations, etc., is a famous royal banquet of the Qing Dynasty, which was held four times during the Qing Dynasty, namely the Kangxi Emperor and the Qianlong Emperor twice, and the people who participated in the banquet were also some very old people.
In fact, the most important purpose of this banquet was to win people's hearts, because when the Qing army entered the customs, the Han people believed that the rulers were barbarians and naturally did not obey the rule, and with the Kangxi Emperor's southern conquest and northern war, the country eventually became stronger, and a very significant feature was that the number of domestic population increased.
(Feast of a Thousand Sorrows)
At that time, Xuan Ye was upright on his sixtieth birthday, so he came up with a special celebration ceremony, he invited the sixty-five-year-old people in China to come to the capital to participate in this gathering, whether they were officials or people, there were thousands of people at that time, all of whom were elderly.
When the first banquet of a thousand people was held, more than 7,000 people came, and Kangxi also prepared a very rich dish to entertain these old people, the oldest of whom could even drink with the emperor, during the banquet, Xuan Ye sent the emperor and grandchildren to toast the old man instead of himself, and it was also because of this banquet, all over the country, set off a custom of respecting the old and loving the old, which is also a good sign.
(Qianlong Emperor)
Later, when Kangxi was 69 years old, he wanted to celebrate his 70th birthday in advance, so he held such a banquet again, but this time it was mainly invited to some retired officials and readers, and Hongli also participated in this banquet at that time, and it was for this reason that there were two banquets of the Qianlong Emperor later.
In this year Kangxi died, and later when the Qianlong Emperor held a banquet for a thousand sons, there were still several centenarians participating at that time, Qianlong was also an emperor with a more luxurious nature, and the dishes of this banquet were also wanted to be good, and later in the year of Qianlong's abdication, a banquet was also held.
(Qianlong Thousand Sorrows Banquet)
After this banquet, many old people died when they returned home, which is difficult to explain, in fact, it is very simple, at that time Qianlong was more than eighty years old, so the quota of the banquet was raised to seventy years old, and officials and civilians could come, while in the Qing Dynasty, the average life expectancy of men was less than fifty years old.
They are old, plus because it is the emperor's banquet, so even if they travel thousands of miles, they must come to the capital on time, so that again and again, people's physical fitness is not good, and they are so old, so many people die suddenly one after another.