As the longest-lived emperor in Qing Dynasty, what is the secret of his longevity? Some people will say that this is because Gan Long is very lucky and has never been seriously ill. Of course, this is definitely one of the reasons, but his usual diet and work and rest are the main reasons for his longevity. The emperor is the king of a country, and his diet must be very particular. His meals are all delicious. Actually, Qianlong is not like this. In his later years, Qianlong only ate two meals a day, and it was very light. It is enough to ensure the basic needs of the body, and the most important thing is to ensure inner peace, but in his later years, Gan Long seems to have done something stupid.

Gan Long has been in office for a long time, leaving a lot of records about his taste in life. Especially in dry diet, it is also very interesting.

Gan Long only eats two meals a day, which are called "breakfast" and "dinner". The breakfast time in Qianlong was earlier, and it was basically finished before 6 o'clock. Dinner is about noon 1 till 2 o'clock. In addition to big meals, there are also wine meals and midnight snacks every day, all in the evening. The royal family does not say "eat" or "take rice" because the word "rice" is homophonic with "anti" and is generally called "passing rice" or "taking rice".

Gan Long usually eats by himself, and his wife and children can't eat with him. Unless it is a major festival, he invites his children to eat and drink with him. When having a meal, Qianlong sits at the height of the theme, and the concubines sit at the tables in the east and west rows respectively, and sit well according to their identities. These people eat very quietly and even eat tightly, not to mention the cheerful atmosphere of the extended family.

There is no certain place for Qianlong to eat at ordinary times, sometimes in Hongde Hall, Dongnuange, and sometimes in hall of mental cultivation.

According to the regulations of the Qing Dynasty, emperors, empresses, princes and princesses all had their own kitchens to cook food. Emperor Qianlong's catering was prepared by the imperial tea restaurant in charge of the minister whom the emperor especially trusted. The dishes prepared in the canteen every day, who cooked them and what they used should be written in the report for the minister in charge to draw a clear line to show strictness, which is why we can still see a lot of information about "dining bottom file" today.

What food did Emperor Qianlong eat every day? The "Food Records" can just provide us with this information. Now let me list some of his daily menus. In the sixteenth year of Qianlong, just after his fortieth birthday, he was considered as a prime of life. On June 4th this year, the breakfast was as follows: "One product of hibiscus duck, one product of stewed corn with mutton, one product of shredded mutton, one product of fried shredded pork with leek, one product of steamed duck mutton, one product of bamboo tube wrapped, one product of red cake with spoon, one product of honey cake, one product of sunflower box Loi Siu and one product of honey cake. With shredded pork, I have a taste, a taste of pork stuffing, a taste of fruit porridge, and a taste of chicken soup and old rice. "

More than six hours later, at the end of the day, the dinner menu he used was: "Bird's Nest Fat Chicken with Wild Duck, Scallion Elbow, Duck Stewed Cabbage, Stir-fried Mushu Meat, Fried Lentils with Sliced Meat, Blue Fat Chicken Roasted Meat, Elephant Eye Steamed Man, White Flour Silk Cake, and jiaozi with Meat Sandwiches."

Thirty years after Qianlong, the emperor was fifty-five years old. This year, he went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south. On the menu of his trip, he can cite a day to see, "Please wait for me, stew bird's nest with rock sugar. At 2: 00 in the morning, Hu Paoquan had breakfast and set a folding dining table: one product of smoked duck shreds with bird's nest fire, one product of stewed chicken with comb meat, one product of shredded mutton, one product of pork and chicken rolls. ……"

There is no beef on the Qianlong table. Perhaps it is because Ganlong wants to keep the eating habits of Manchu people and eats a lot of meat. It seems that Gan Long, the big pig's trotters in TV dramas, seldom eats them. Chicken and duck are all meat dishes, and Gan Long must eat them every day.

As for seafood products, it seems that Qianlong is not very interested. Once, the North Koreans ate a lot of seafood, and the little eunuch sent a message to the official in charge, saying, "Where did you collect these things and use them?" Governor Zhang Ying replied, "My slave brought this to Beijing, and it was used by the long live grandfather." Qianlong issued a decree: "Yes".

Gan Long is moderate in diet, not because he wants to be frugal, but because he "eats less, gets sick more and doesn't invade", and his living habits are very regular, while Gan Long is quite particular about drinks. He drinks a lot of water every day because he believes that "the virtue of water is to nurture people". He likes to drink the spring water from Yuquan Mountain near Beijing, and he has also measured the spring water from Yuquan Mountain. He thinks that the water in Yuquan Mountain weighs "one barrel" and that in Jinan Pearl Spring weighs one or two centimeters, and concludes: "It is expensive in taste and quality, but both are compatible. Light will be sweet and life will be extended. " Finally, it is considered that Yuquan water is "the first spring in the world".

Besides drinking water, Gan Long said that he "never drinks in his life" and never uses alcohol in tens of thousands of poems, but Gan Long still likes to drink a little while eating. "Take yuquan wine Erliang as an example". This wine is specially made in the palace and belongs to low-alcohol sweet wine. This drinking method is considered as health preservation.

The chefs of the Imperial Chef in Qianlong era are all first-class chefs selected from all over the country, and they have gathered many local food characteristics, adding many local characteristics to Qianlong's diet. Such a fine diet must be the key factor for Qianlong's longevity.