Saturday, January 29, 2011

Chinese ancient Banquet fashion life

The banquet is a way that the ancient Chinese enjoy life. To pursue satisfaction and stimulate the taste, the banquet is the best choice. There are various banquets in the antiquity of China. Banquet of the Palace, the banquet of local private banquet, banquet celebration, banquet of sacrifices, scholar banquet, military banquet, anniversary banquet, greeting guest banquet, farewell banquet, wedding, banquet banquet… festivalsOld talk celebrates China, I talk about Man-Han Banquet style. Man-Han Banquet style is a kind of huge celebration consisting of Manchu food and Han. It derives from the Qing dynasty.


It concentrates the dishes of the quintessence of the nationality of Han and the Manchu. Generally speaking, dishes can reach over 300 types and are divided in three days to eat. Man-Han Banquet style is noble and large scale. It is very complicated to course. We can say man - Han style Banquet is top of antique banquet the Chine.Il is a common saying in China: "it is not a banquet without wine"(Chinese wine is different from Western wine.)"" Chinese wine is made by the grain and called Chinese liquor too. Alcohol can not absolutely any kind banquet. Alcohol is the most important element of the banquet.


Ancient Chinese mainly consider banquet as a kind of enjoyment of life and hobbies. People had created different way to drink. For the example that urge guests to drink, polished persuade guests to drink a toast in turn…Although former banquet China takes the gastronomy and good liquor as the heart, alumni from China are not simply satisfied with enjoyment of the flavor. They focus on leisure and increase happy compositions of banquet through rebuilding, expanding the range of hobbies. For this reason, all kinds of leisure appeared in the Festival. As game bet drinkers, song, dance, music, acrobatics, opera… Drinkers gameThe drinkers wagering game wager is a kind of recreation that the ancient Chinese create drinking. It integrates knowledge and intelligence and adopts the varied way. The goal is to improve the mood of drinkers and regulate the atmosphere banquet. This type of drinkers wagering game often pushes the atmosphere of the banquet the culmination. Usually, drinkers wagering game has some rules. Thanks to the decision rules win or lose, loser must drink liquor forfeiture. Drinkers wagering game includes many game in ways, for example finger - guessing game, flowers in hand, share some poetry…Cast pot gameCast pot game is a kind of game for fun adding in ancient China banquet. Must be jar as target liquor, takes like arrow, wooden chopsticks throw and hit mouth pot at a distance, rods penetrate the body of the jar. The ancient Chinese often have an archery competition. However the shooting arrows must have corresponding location.


To more conveniently recreation, ancient Chinese invented game cast pot, can mimic the archery and is simple. The rule of the game is very simple. winner allows the loser to drink.Sang and dance sing and dance is a master project in ancient China banquet. But so general, apart from the scene of the banquet of the Imperial Palace, the folk banquet song disport as the core, take dance disport as complement.Acrobatics acrobatics actor performs acrobatics in the banquet, liked to drink. Acrobatics content includes the pole climbing ropewalker, magic, swallowing sword, spit fire, step on the edge of the knife, somersault… some past master can use Qigong and float Cup back and forth more than surprised people. (Qigong is a kind of Chinese kungfu, is designated as a breathing exercise too).In a nutshell, the banquet knows the delights of the table, but is also an exquisite way of life of the ancient Chinese.

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