When I came to the side hall next to me, it was the furniture exhibition hall of the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was officially developed to the public only two years ago. It was a heavy tool that was selected from one hundred of more than 6,000 fine items.

Johnson Johnson opened his eyes. From the 3.9-meter-long red sandalwood carved dragon-patterned vertical cabinet to the A4-paper-sized fish tank screen, each piece is a royal story behind which may leave an imperial fingerprint on it.

All the furniture is either yellow rosewood or red sandalwood, and even wooden fish tanks are built with no sand or stones to create landscaping. They are sprinkled with real pearls, full of style.

Three-layer shelves are lined up in a row, separated by a huge glass curtain wall, tables, chairs, strips, tables, stools, piers... Chinese furniture is available.

Come to a screen with red sandalwood carved cloud dragon picture, with a three-screen style of eight characters. The center of the screen is carved with red sandalwood carved cloud patterns, dragon playing with pearl patterns, and double hooks, ten thousand characters square brocade pattern edges. Each dragon is combed with a large back head that was popular during the Qianlong period.

A large chair with a jade-embedded chair with cloud patterns on the front of the back, a blue-white jade dragon embedded in it, and a fire bead and five bats are dotted around it...

On both sides of the throne are two carved red sandalwood patterns, each worshiping a red lion. There are pairs of red hangings hanging on the pillars, and the rain moistens the green mountains outside the Xianglian Garden, and the wind covers the brocade and the red medicine turns the fragrance of red medicine in front of the steps...

Zhou Hui brought Johnson to a display cabinet and introduced: "This is a deer antler chair and two golden lacquer carved dragon pattern chairs. The three chairs are displayed side by side, namely the three generations of Qianlong, Yongzheng and Kangxi's grandchildren."

"The deer antler chair is very high, and the back of the chair is made of a whole antler, which is engraved with the poems made by Qianlong. There are only four characters in the Forbidden City, two of which are made of deer hunted by Kangxi."

"They are not practical tools, mainly made by Qianlong to commemorate his grandfather. Even he himself said: He dare not sit and always respect him. At the same time, he reminded his descendants not to forget that they are a nation on horseback and should not neglect the skills of volleyballing."

"The other dragon pattern chair is Kangxi's favorite. Every time I go to Chengde Summer Resort, this huge chair must be carried. Whenever I meet Mongolian princes and ministers, this chair will never be absent."

"Because the chair evolved from the Hu bed, the Hu bed changed people's habit of sitting on the ground. In the feudal society with strict hierarchy, not anyone can sit on the chair, so we said: sit on the first chair."

Johnson came to the front and observed carefully. The thick and smooth patina on the handrail and even some minor scratches showed that they were all proof that the emperor had handed it.

Anyone who took it out would be a heavy weapon worth tens of millions. I was dizzy and left quickly. Walking east, I heard that there was a special exhibition hall for imperial tableware.

Good guy, hot pot, fire bowl, first-class pot, pot, plate, bowl, water tank, dish, wine glass, knife, fork, chopsticks, tea boat, food box...

Gold, silver, jade, crystal, porcelain, enamel, jadeite and agate; the origin is also divided into manufacturing offices, private silver buildings, and local manufacturing and tributes from other provinces...

According to the function of the tableware, the identity of the user, the occasion of use, and the tableware used are also different. The emperor used various dishes and bowls for daily meals. In winter, hot pots and warm bowls are added. Most of the royal banquets used in the imperial banquets are made of jade dishes and bowls...

The Wanshou Banquet uses special copper-plated gold-plated cloisonné enamel Wanshou Wuwang Pan bowls, queens, concubines, concubines, etc., which have the dishes used in combination with their status.

For example, the queen and the empress dowager use yellow glaze plates, the concubine uses yellow land and green dragon plates, the concubine uses blue land and yellow dragon plates, the nobles use green land and purple dragon plates, and often use colorful red dragon plates...

For example, the whole set of tableware in front of me is called Yeyi guy. To put it bluntly, it is a hot pot set meal. What are hot pot, plate, plate, fruit box, fire bowl, box, square plate, till...

All pure gold, bright yellow, shining, delicate engraving, clear patterns and exquisite craftsmanship. It was said that Puyi’s collateral in the Salt Bank back then, and returned to the Forbidden City in 1951.

Johnson couldn't help but approach the research, with a round plate, an open mouth, and a ring foot. The heart was concave with a single ear cup, and a round dragon pattern was engraved. There were eight treasure patterns, small patterns and diamond patterns around it.

The single-ear cup is round, with a sloping mouth, and a ring foot. The outer wall of the abdomen is engraved with wheels, snails, umbrellas, lids, flowers, jars, fish, intestines, and small patterns and diamond patterns near the edge of the mouth.

Even a small spoon is engraved with dragon patterns on the front dough. The hair suddenly rises, the body is bent and coiled, the two front paws are raised high on both sides of the head, surrounded by auspicious clouds on the whole body, and the surroundings are patterned and diamond-shaped patterns.

Green handle carved hook lotus silver gold-plated bi-tooth fork

Green jade handle gold soup spoon

Gold-inlaid turquoise spoon

Green jade inlaid with red gold inlaid with ebony chopsticks

Rose sandalwood inlaid with gold jade chopsticks

Gold-inlaid red sandalwood handle jade top fruit fork

A gold-engraved double-happy round-long-lasting tea bowl, a small bowl is engraved with Diamond Sutra, and each word is so small that it cannot be seen without a magnifying glass!

Seeing that Johnson Chan was indulging in love, Zhou Hui smiled and said, "The emperor usually had a meal location, and most of them were in the east and west bedrooms or in the offices. No one was allowed to leave on both sides of the meal. All those serving the food went to the south gate in the middle, because the emperor had to sit east and west for meals."

"The eunuch in the kitchen is responsible for setting up the table and laying the table. As soon as the meal time comes, the guard notified the imperial kitchen to deliver the meal. This is called passing on the meal."

"The eunuchs lined up in with red paint boxes in their hands, quickly brought various dishes, meal orders, soups, etc. to the dining table, and placed them according to the prescribed location. Unrelated personnel retreated one by one, leaving only the eunuchs serving meals."

"The emperor sat in the crowd of eunuchs and prepared for meals. Four eunuchs stood behind their hands, and the elderly eunuch stood beside him, responsible for setting up dishes for the emperor. The table was generally made of three tables from north to south, and a table in the middle was for the emperor to eat, mainly placing a few fresh seasonal dishes and fruits."

"There are several other cases next to it for the emperor's reward. If you think the dish is particularly delicious, you will say rewards. This dish will be placed on several cases. Later, it will be placed in a food box with boiling water and heated up. It will be quickly sent to the rewarded officials' house or concubine's palace."

"After the meal, the eunuch put a test card on each dish to see if the color changes to check whether the food is poisonous or deteriorated. The test card is a small silver brand with half inch width and three inches long."

"After testing with the drug test card, the eunuch tasted each dish in person, which was called a meal. After verification, the emperor signaled the eunuch to serve the dishes he liked to eat into a bowl and began to enjoy it."

"It's a pity that no matter how delicious the food is, the emperor cannot eat three bites. This is the family rule passed down by our ancestors. It is said that no more than three spoons of food can be eaten. What the emperor likes to eat and what he doesn't like to eat can never be known to outsiders!"

"One of the time, I am afraid that someone will make a decision on diet and poison the emperor to murder the emperor; secondly, I don't want the emperor's hobbies to be slandered and deceived. The four eunuchs behind me are specialized in implementing family rules, and even the emperor has to follow the rules set by his ancestors."

"With your eyes, the eunuch quickly moves the dish closer to the emperor, and then scoops into the cloth plate with a spoon. If the emperor says after eating: This dish is good, or nods in praise, scoop for the emperor again, and at the same time, retreat the dish backwards, and you can't scoop the third time."

"If you scoop three times in a row and eat three bites, the eunuch who is the leader immediately shouted: Withdraw. The other eunuchs will take the dish down, and they will definitely not see this dish again in the next ten days and a half months. The rule is to pass on the meal and not persuade the meal. Anyway, the emperor's meal must be unpredictable, and you must not easily grasp the rules."

"Even the inner court information that specializes in recording the "Food Files" of the Qing Palace, the emperor must not record what dishes he likes to eat. Even the emperor himself will never say what he likes to eat, or what he wants to eat today."
Chapter completed!