Accept the "Ruyi" of Guanbai pilgrimage school
Most emperors in the Qing dynasty liked cold and were afraid of heat. They spend most of the year in Changchun Garden, Yuanmingyuan and other gardens. Only during the Spring Festival every year do they drive back to the palace for the New Year. Emperors usually "seal the pen" and "seal" on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, stop working and "open the pen" and "seal" again at the ceremony on the first day of the first month.
According to the Book of Rites, hundreds of officials will gather in the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square at the dawn of the first day of the first month to pay New Year greetings to the emperor. When the emperor boarded the Hall of Supreme Harmony, officials from Yiwei shook the static whip, officials from Li Zan shouted "shift" and officials from Guanbai knocked on the gift three times and nine times. After the ceremony, the emperor gave him a seat and tea, and the officials kowtowed to thank him. After tea, the static whip will ring again, the band will play again, the emperor will go down to the temple, and the officials will leave the court and finish the ceremony. At this time, the emperor gave the children of the Eight Banners and the eunuchs around him a purse with "Ruyi" already prepared. "Ruyi" in wallet usually includes Jin Ruyi, Yinruyi, Yuruyi and Yin Qian.
Give "blessing" to princes and ministers
In the Qing dynasty, it continued the history of imperial palaces in previous dynasties. According to records, Emperor Qianlong went to Zhu Fu Temple in Beihai on the morning of the first day of the first month of the first month every year, boarded the Great Buddha Pagoda to burn incense and collect blessings, and then returned to the Chinese Palace where he lived before becoming an emperor, and wrote the first blessing words he wrote every year with a black lacquer brush engraved with "Life Blessing Report" and known as "Evergreen Tube". It should be solemnly sealed and never opened to show his blessing. Next, I wrote a message of blessing to the princes and ministers.
Unusual New Year's Eve dinner
Ordinary people pay the most attention to New Year's Eve, and the Qing emperor is no exception. On weekdays, it is rare for the Emperor's family to eat together. Only during the Chinese New Year can the empresses be chartered to accompany the banquet. The New Year's Eve reunion dinner is held in Shen Zheng (4 pm). Actually, the table was booked at noon 12. The dinner was held in Baohe Hall or Gan Qing Palace, and the emperor prepared a table for himself. There is a long table between the banquet table and the emperor's throne. The dishes are placed on the big banquet table, and the emperor will sit at a long table when eating.
When everything was ready, the emperor and his concubines took their seats with the drums. The eunuchs first gave the emperor soup and rice, which were packed in boxes in pairs. "Paired boxes" means that two boxes are combined into one, which means paired auspiciousness. Then, the eunuch sent soup to the concubines in different grades. After the soup was used up, the music stopped and the party began. The so-called transfer banquet means that all kinds of food and furnishings at the banquet are transferred from the emperor's table to the waiter's table, which means that the whole family can enjoy it together. After the banquet, there will be a banquet. After drinking the fruit tea, the queens sat down, the emperor left, the music of blessing played and the family dinner ended.
Watch the "Dragon Dance" after the banquet.
After New Year's Eve, the emperor ordered all the meals he had eaten, even plates, bowls, dishes, spoons and chopsticks, to be given to the ministers, princes and county kings around him. Let's watch "Dragon Dance" together. As the most Manchu dance, "Qinglong Dance" has always been a reserved program on the New Year's Eve. Although royal etiquette is ostentation and extravagance, its purpose is the same as that of ordinary people, and its purpose is to celebrate and be auspicious.
The emperor didn't eat jiaozi until three o'clock in the morning during the Spring Festival.
On New Year's Eve, when the imperial concubines and concubines were reunited in the palace, the whole family sat around for dinner, which made the magnificent imperial palace show a rare family warmth. People eat jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, but at that time, the emperor had to worship his ancestors and Buddha, so the son of heaven could not eat jiaozi until after 3 am. On New Year's Eve, people should stick up door gods and Spring Festival couplets, and the Qing court is no exception. The difference is that the Royal Door Keepers and couplets are hung, not pasted. Spring Festival couplets are not written in red paper, but in white paper or white silk, with blue edges on the outside and red stripes embedded inside. Calligraphy was originally written in Manchu, and changed to Chinese characters after the middle of Qing Dynasty.