Manchu eight dishes and eight bowls

Eight dishes and eight bowls are the original Manchu eating habits. The "eight bowls" are eight kinds of dishes, four cool and four hot, two meat and two vegetables in four cool, and two meat and two vegetables in four hot. The "eight bowls" match the generosity of Manchu people, that is, eight dishes and eight bowls on the dining table. The dish is a real big dish, and the bowl is a deep, big, high bowl. When it falls all over the table, you can't help drinking without lifting the bowl. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, it was at its peak. During the Qianlong period, the political situation was stable, the economy developed, and the catering market was unprecedentedly prosperous. Among them, the Manchu banquet dominated the catering industry, which was divided into eight treasures, eight treasures in the upper part, eight treasures in the middle part and eight treasures in the lower part. The Manchu local flavor also came into being, showing a prosperous scene. "Eight bowls" are very popular among the people. According to "Examination of Manchu Banner Sacrifice", banquets use five bowls and eight lamps, commonly known as eight bowls, which are used for year, festival, celebration, welcoming, sending and wedding. Rich people usually entertain with eight bowls, and the eight bowls at that time concentrated on all kinds of dishes, such as braised, sauced, roasted, stewed, fried, steamed and stir-fried. Name of "Eight Bowls" dishes: stir-fried small bean curd with cabbage, stewed shrimp and bean curd eggs, grilled pork hands, roasted frog, chicken and mushroom powder, stewed pork stew, yufu Tofu fish and Amazun meat. Among them, "Amazun Meat" is commonly known as Nurhachi Golden Meat. This dish is the most representative and was handed down from the Nurhachi era of Qing Taizu. "A Brief History of Manchu" records that after Nurhachi unified the Northeast, he built a "hall" and erected a pole to worship the sky. All soldiers and major events must be sacrificed. "Miscellaneous Notes of Bamboo Leaf Pavilion" states that the sacrificial offerings must choose those whose hair is pure and black without any mottled color, that is, cut and cooked before God.
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