The IMPERIAL Foods Chinese EMPERORS Used to Eat
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- In this video we talk about the fine imperial dining of ancient China.
Imperial food was the best cuisine that dynasties in China had to offer. It was not only healthy, but also delicious.
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One more thing to add up: though such a huge variety offered to emperor, they can only take a pinch of each dish and pass to the next one. Coz according to imperial rule, this is forced to do to protect the emperor from being poisoned. So they can't get a chance to be fat. Not easy to be the emperor of a kingdom ha.
@@arcni1213 me too lol
You know what might be interesting to see: How were royal children raised? How often could they see and interact with their parents instead of their minders? What were they expected to learn and what was available to do when they were allowed to play? What were the differences between how a prince was raised as opposed to a princess, or children born from an empress as opposed to a concubine or a lowly servant who happened to get pregnant? What about their educations? What happened if a prince or princess didn't fit the mold? What about discipline (how exactly do you punish a crown prince, anyway? Or a child emperor)? What changed about imperial child rearing across the dynasties? I'm just curious to know more about the lifestyles of the Emperors' children, since you haven't really touched on that subject too much yet.
Chinese emperor has too many sons and daughters that only some of them can actually see their father. Different women (emperor has the right to mate every woman in China) give different babies, it really depends on the class of the baby's mother and the baby's gender to decide the fate of the baby. And also because almost every wife wanted their baby to become next empire so the wives tend to kill the sons of each others. Sons and daughters usually can't see the emperor but can see their mother everyday. For talented or high class sons, they will get very high education. In ancient China the more ignorant a woman is the more morally right she is. So the daughters of emperor's are usually uneducated. However, some daughters of the minions of the emperor can get very high education because sometimes they are also the teachers of the prince and other sons of the emperor. Punishment due to how bad the mistake is, or sometimes it's not their fault but their mother side relatives made some big oops, yeah the prince can be fired to a normal son or even get killed. As I said the emperors has too many offspring, so killing one or two is not a problem for him. There are a lot of Ancient Chinese drama show if you really want to watch and there are much more details in it. like 。。。
Dan Zhao wow and I thought my ancestors were cruel!!!
Holy crap, a fantasy series based on Chinese court dynamics would completely blow Game of Thrones out of the water. European intrigue was usually tempered by the involvement of the Roman Catholic Church, which was more than just a religious body- they were a huge socioeconomic force to be contended with. And they had a vested interest in keeping their flock- Europe- from destroying itself. China... had no such body. Worship was directed to the Emperor rather than an Almighty, which would only make competition for the throne more ferocious. Confucianism helped to make life more orderly, but still. China is a freaking huge country, so there you found greater poverty, greater wretched excess, and greater competition for a single goal: The Dragon Throne.
In keeping with the food theme, I definitely read how were royal 'chicken' raised
Dan Zhao Very well summarized! I have seen so many historical Chinese series and am too familiar with all of that. One of the cruelest empresses was Empress Lu(Liu bang’s main wife). She killed one of the concubines and her son which made her own son sick and made him die. Karma right there! Empress CiXi was another evil empress dowager too.
i learned more history from this video than 1 history class in my school
Studying Chinese at San Diego State University, I had found a coffee table book about Chinese food, with lavish pictures. I showed my professor a photo of elaborate imperial food, saying, "Can you imagine eating something like that?" "Oh, I have," she smugly replied. She was from a Mandarin family in Suchow.
This made me extremely hungry. 我饿死了
mission complete
Does that mean you eat dog meat, dog eaters..
@@claudiavenus952 oh shut up you racist bum
@@matthew_733 Chinese eats dogs, it’s true.But what’s bad about eating it?Do you have to get mad about some entitled people who think they’re food is superior?What the Chinese eat is not a problem at all
@@user-sx5dj6eb5y they are being racist, they are stereotyping Chinese people
Greetings from Indonesia. Haven't watched your videos for a while, so I really love how much you've improved.
Ajegile..nyampe juga maen kesini 😁
I admire the Chinese who love their ancestors, and celebrate them. I admire Indians that continue their traditions
it makes me so sad to see so many whites in america, and in europe who absolutely HATE who they are, and refuse to celebrate their ancestors.
looks like everyone is loyal to their ancestors, except us :(
Beautiful Oddity maybe it's because it's hard to actually celebrate your ancestors in the west when most of the traditional culture, stories, and more was destroyed by Christianity over a period of more than a thousand years where they killed off anyone with traditional knowledge, women, and rewrote histories and tales, supplanting traditional European culture with Jewish history, stories, and the Christian beliefs that came from the Catholic Church (as the Orthodox Church was mainly in Greece, Egypt, Eastern Europe, and eventually western Russian). And the Catholic Church changed things quite a bit once it was established and ran over the centuries. It was well known for wiping out ideas and old beliefs that challenged it's own for well over a thousand years.
In a single generation the Chinese Communist Party wiped out an entire system of culture, learning, and philosophy from China that had lasted for more than 5000 years. (The Cultural Revolution under Mao) Now people raised within the CCPs walls are vastly different from their brethren who still practice traditional culture. If they can change things so much in a single generation, make an entire generation of people illiterate so they can 'simplify' the language and change the culture completely, what to you think that happens over 1000 years of a non-native religion forcing it's ways and influence over the traditional culture, stories, and beliefs of an entire continent? It's no wonder people don't feel connected to or proud of their heritage. Because many have no idea where to start to learn about their real heritage. Look at all the resurgences in interest in traditional belief systems. Like the Norse temples and Asatru practitioners, or the Druid orders, not to mention those who are drawn to other traditional systems because they have no idea how to connect with their ethnic past.
+Gwen: well said! Another obstacle (in Germany at least): if you show interest in these old traditions and believes, you'll sooner or later get the "Nazi stamp" on you (because "traditions are bad" or whatever they come up with), that's almost certain.
bonzai HB my family disowned me for turning away from Christianity for tradition. I had no idea that it was like that in Germany, but I know enough about history to understand why that is an issue. It's such a shame. Hopefully things will change with time.
bonzai HB its always the nazis isnt it :( people are so sensitive i swear. just because you celebrate german history, doesnt make you a nazi
Beautiful Oddity it's way more complicated than that. The Nazis went after occult knowledge and sacred relics from many spiritual traditions from all over the world. They planned to use military might and to twist sacred objects of power to their own means to control the world. So a backlash against certain traditional, occult, etc practices and values comes from that.
I love learning about ancient china, it's so fascinating.
great vid! more of these please.
QIAN LONG WITH AN LING RONG I CRYYYYY ❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭
Laure M i was looking for this comment 😂😂😂
Aiko Yamada 😂😂😂😂 Desu ne ??
They where so fuckin cute but An Ling Rong was an idiot !
i really prefered Shen Meizhuang
Aiko Yamada Yes ! Shen Mezhuang was a really wise women...
I hated when she was framed by Nian Shi Lan (Hua Fei) putted into house arrest when Liu Ben lied about her pregnancy ughhhhhh !
Laure M i also hated the way emperor behaved with her
Wow!!! That just made me ravenously hungry!!!! 😁
I'm hungry right now looking at these imperial food stuff
I need to grab snacks
Don't forget bout dat Immortality Elixer where they would drink mercury... yum...
J_K_Win that was only one emperor.
Yeah. Side effect is madness. And there were a few mad emperors.
coweatsman actually no, the side effect was death, and it was only Emperor Qin who drank the mercury elixir. Which killed him.
coweatsman: There still are....
Just saw this video in my Intro to Humanities course!! 👏👏👏
My favourite is 松鼠桂鱼. I've only ever had it in Suzhou but we ate it every day, there.
I was waiting for a video like this ! I would looooooove to eat imperial food !
Early squad!!!
You missed the *gasp* leopard fetuses and deer tendons!
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American Chinese food.
It's kind of hard to find a Sushi bar not manned by fellow Chinese in my town. :3 Chinese or Indonesians.
sushi was actually invented by ppl living around Chinese and thailand border along the Mekong river
original sushi(fermented fish)was invented in china and sushi we know today is fresh fish(with soy sauce n wasabi)
japanese ate fermented sushi but modified during edo period so now use fresh fish.
but original sushi still is eaten in japan too.
I've been looking for a video like this for a long time. Thanks guys
Question, when did the so called Monk Jumping over the Wall/Buddha Jumped Over the Fence (which was always described to me as the ULTIMATE imperial dish) get added?
I was told it was imperial, indeed that many chefs consider it the most expensive, and complicated dish they have ever made. But since, as they said, a lot of Imperial dishes started as common ones gussied up, it would not surprise me if there were two versions, one basic, one extra fancy. Certainly the recipie I have seen would require ingredients (such as deer tendon, young shark's air bladder and a kind of rare bamboo fungus) that would be beyond most commoners budget.
It was from Qing dynasty. 光绪 year
Sojoboscribe: See? That's exactly why most Americans wouldn't enjoy authentic Chinese cuisine. Tendons, bladders, noses, tongues, eyeballs, NO. If it's not muscle, and only of cow, pig or poultry, two-thirds of the U.S. won't touch it. The other third was probably raised in households that include more varied protein sources, and some people are just brave and adventuresome.
Lots of cooking styles have been hybrided for American tastes: Mexican Italian, Chinese and German in particular (and probably others) have an American spin on them. In Mexico, tacos are rarely fried, and don't have lettuce, tomato and cold shredded cheese on them. Spaghetti and meatballs, nor Alfredo is found in Italy. No Orange Chicken or Beef n Broccoli served in China, and hamburgers hotdogs, beer and chicken fried steak as we know them are bastardizations of their original versions. Popular? Yes. Authentic? No.
Try and tell someone that, while there IS such a thing as hot and sour soup in authentic Chinese cuisine (or more accurately sour and peppery soup) it's supposed to have chicken blood in it. Half won't believe you and the other half will ick.
What was the food the Peasantry generally ate? I'm quite curious.
Bao = Buns , Millets or lower type grains, pickled veggies and wild meat. IN the north they eat Dogs most of the time because the climate is cold and dog meat makes their body warmer.
Honestly we really take it for granted. One Doritos chip has more flavor than what a peasant would get in this dynasty in his whole life. 😂
whatever they could find... i think that's why they eat things that we in the west think are strange... like bugs and snakes...
Meats are rare in the peasantry cuisine back then. All I knew is most most ancient asian loves fish as well.
Cabbage, tofu, and dakons. Usually simply boiled in water and served with soy sauce.
Fancy 👌 🍱
KamikazeKid6199, your emoji shows a Japanese bento. Just saying. :)
I'm so grateful I've found your channel, I highly appreciate your blend of culture and history! Marvelous work
Did u say “dog?” 😐
WOW!! I love the Asian culture!
Racist.
Troll
You mean Chinese culture or do you also mean turkish, russian, iranian, hindu, japanese korean etc. culture.?
Chinese culture.
Not only Chinese are Asians.
hi mikey... live your channel because of your informative videos... but I think you have to cite your sources...
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It is a misnomer that being invited to an imperial banquet is something most officials feared to attend because of the food! First of all, by the time the food arrive to their tables from the far away kitchens become cold. And even if they arrived in time, there's the wait! One cannot eat first before the emperor. At the same time, time is spent toasting the emperor's virtues with wine etc. Usually, it is an hours long affair. Eating at home is so much better and enjoyable. As for daily meals, the royal family does not eat bear paws or other exotic foods. It is just really ordinary foods done in some fantastic preparation. For example, when doctors to the Empress Dowager Cixi told her that she should cut down the meats, she found the food bland and was highly displeased. They came up with an ingenious way but a most elaborate method. Thread thin slivers of pork were inserted into the stems of bean sprouts before stir frying. She found them to be acceptable. It is one of the few imperial dishes that cannot be done today. So, you won't see it in the 滿漢全席 (Manchu-Han Chinese complete banquet) menu they claimed to be the imperial menu. Imagine the time consuming way to make this. Not profitable enough for any enterprise but not for the imperial kitchen when their entire lives were spent in there.
Can you describe the coronation ceremony? Regards.
my mouth is melting watching these foods
Well researched & presented. Your videos are great.
Dog meat was illegal in Qing Dynasty. Before that it was only the lower classes such as cantonese that eat dog
Roger Zhang please. People in the north ate dog all the time.
I wonder what the emporer would say if you rocked up with a Big Mac and Large fries. and Coke... probably get a knighthood!!
Or they would behead you for trying to poison the emperor
Would taste strange. Too much sugar and fat. Would take some getting use to.
really? Have you had any real Chinese food? A lot of Shanghai cuisine have so much sugar it tastes like dessert and Sichuan cuisine literally drowns some dishes in chili oil. Sure, Chinese food tastes good, but I've never experience a more oil-soaked cuisine than authentic Chinese food.
yeah...I never really listened to chinese history in school...
Yummy yummy. Chinese food
Fried vegetable rice.
Noodles.
Manchurian
Yummy yummy Indian food
Idli
Rasam
Sidku with clarified butter.
Dosa
Uttapam
Yummy yummy
Why do I always watch food related videos late at night....sighs
Oh dang, this is Mike's channel as well? Dude, how many channels do you have?? Hahahaha!! I was like "whoa, this guy's voice is so similar to Mike's!" at first.
Thanks a lot, Mike, now I'm hungry!
Great video, man! Keep up the amazing work! :D
delicious..imaginative..quick to prepare
All those delicious dishes in Chinese dramas.. 😍
This is great. Very informative.
You are just bursting with energy. I think it MAY be because your talking about FOOD. Lol
Ok I thought my dinner was pretty tasty but it's barely tolerable after this- Thank you!! yum!
very cool! 👏👏👏 I learned so much!
Fish heads on my plate doesn’t make me hungry.
omg.... i am so hungry now!
I'm not being critical but it would be cool if you listed the dates of the dynasties
Hey Mike how do you like something that you never tried? It's like me saying I love to ride in ships more specifically space ships.
I made sure im eating while watching.
Mikey, this is an amazing watch. Thank you, I really love this sort of attention to detail.
Omg mike looks like jackie chan
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I had so hoped that you would troll us all when you listed dishes that were created under the imperial Chinese kitchen, and list General Tso's Chicken as one of them, just to see the reactions in the comment field.
eh!!!!😀😀 when that time in greece we were eating goat roasted meat deeped in honey which we were pulling it with our hand😂and bread with cheese deeped in the "melana zomo" in china they were having gurmet food😂😂
Thank you
Educational
Actually, I don't think Imperial food can taste good before the Tong dynasties: lack of spices, fewer food choices, and lack of cooking techniques make the food cook in ancient China not as good as you think
Awesome video 📹
did you say dog?
This video made me hungry.
thanks Mike now I'm hungry
What is the name of the music played in this video? This question has been bugging me since watching your videos.
Awesone vide mike 📹
brilliant!:)
You are an awesome youtuber.
Whatever the Emperor didn't eat was given to the court members or non-members to eat. So, if you had 100 eunuchs living under your roof you were obligated to feed them. And, you didn't want people to say that you're cheap by not feeding them...
No wonder commoners always revolted . Emperor should keep his folks fed .
What did they do with then left over food?
Mike Chen what kind of dialect can you speak in Chinese??
U mean they don't eat TIGERS & DRAGONS??????
how can you eat dragons they are only mythical creatures
Wu Jiajia Komodo dragons exist.
I'm also chinese
Song Yang me too!
At 5:17 there is 5 triforces, or maybe holy trinity symbols.
More talk!!!
Ugh I'm so hungry now.
A testament to the magnificence of the the great British empire. Rule Britannia rule 💪👑
how does Emperors stay thin? they don't. Some were actually too fat to walk, and the ones who did, either A. have a mercury poisoning problem due to "immortality pill" or B. gets plenty of exercise from fighting in wars.
Who got to eat the massive amount of leftovers?
Do a cooking video :D
1:51 is that the 4th prince? Anyone watched Scarlet Heart?
Dog? 3:18 😂😂
Good lord, are you reading that from a book?
zhou qin and han dynasty. keep showing qing dynasty pictures
After seeing documentaries of Royal European foods from Medieval & Renaissance times, I'd DEFINITELY go for Asian Imperial Cuisines
5:17 thats the mongol invasion of japan
i have an odd question i am left handed and learned to eat with chop sicks left handed. is that a problem if i go to visit China? thanks
Kathryne Scott Wouldn't be a problem, people usually don't care or don't notice.
In China there are left handed people too!
It WOULD have been a problem way back when, when being left handed was considered a sign you were some kind of demon. And I imagine that some older members might still look askance. But the younger generation is more tolerant.
Chinese people have the best tasting food alongside Jamaican food 😂 period
d o g
They used so much food.
I am the Dragon! I gona eat em all!
The Emperor only eat lavishly during special occasion. Most other time, they eat simple dishes not much different from most of their subjects. The Emperor have their own dietician who was in charge of his menu. Most Emperor let the royal dietician decide the menu. The emperor have more important things to think about other than food.
I think that they could have been more overweight than they were depicted in paintings of them, since paintings aren't photographs and what painter is going to paint a fat King fat? Pretty sure if you did that your end wouldn't be a good one. Like how history a lot of times was written by the victor. You can go from historically being written about in loving terms only to have your very image turned into a monster once you lose that power once the writer of that history has a new master to serve.
Dahlia Legacy Not necessarily. Emperors would be trained in horse riding, horseback hunting and military warfare in those days. It's their duty to stay fit and healthy to lead an empire for as long as they live (they don't end their realm before death). And if war breaks out, the Emperor would have to take lead as a warfare advisor alongside his military generals. They more or less need to train up to be both literate and physically fit, or what the Chinese would say, 文武双全。
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poor animals. but the appearance of the dishes are visually pleasing.
Cosmic Jerk are you vegan
Dude I can't even stay that thin and I don't eat as much as them in a man month!!
Did tomatoes even exist in China back in those days?
For a long period of time, no
Tomatoes is a food from the New world
0:38 and they hired the best cooks in the world! *cut to cook who looks super drunk*
I love you Mike !! (: I still am a fan even if Dan isn’t on this channel. I unsubscribed with OTGW as soon as I heard he was there. I love this channel ! 💕
Chinese food is excellent
Are there any traditional Chinese cities left where they don't rely on electricity? A bit like the picture in 6.50
Aren't those turkish more then Chineese?
LifeSociology turkish? Turkey is pretty far from China, dunno what you going for there....
Lujza Zhang I think he means the uighurs and yugurs which are turkic groups in china, they live mostly in xinjiang
2day's Thoughts not necessarily, unless they are uighur or yugur cities, but a lot of them are still han, hmong, or zhuang cities and villages
I love Chinese food! All of it