Accepting the hundred officials to pay homage to send "Ruyi"
Most of the emperors in the Qing Dynasty preferred the cold and fear of heat, and the vast majority of the year in the "Changchunyuan", "Yuanmingyuan" and other gardens spent, only to the annual Spring Festival, only to drive back to the palace for the New Year. The emperor is generally in the waxing moon on the twenty-sixth "closed pen", "seal", stop office, in the first day of the first month of the ceremony on the re-"open pen", "open seal ".
According to the "Qing Historical Manuscripts - Rites of Passage" records, the first day of the first month of the morning daybreak, all the officials to gather in the Hall of Supreme Harmony Square to the emperor to pay tribute to the New Year. The emperor ascended to the throne of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Luang Yiwei officials ringing the static whip, the official shouted "class", the hundred officials line three kneeling nine kowtow salute. After the ceremony, the emperor gave tea, the hundred officials to kowtow and thank you. Tea, quiet whip again, the band played again, the emperor down the hall, the officials retreat, the end of the ceremony. At this time the emperor will have long been prepared with "Ruyi" purse, given to the side of the eight banners, palace eunuchs. The purse "Ruyi" usually have gold Ruyi, silver Ruyi, jade Ruyi and silver several kinds of money.
To the princes and ministers to give "blessings"
The Qing dynasty, "State Dynasty Palace History" records, the Qianlong Emperor on the first day of the first month of every year in the morning to go to the Beihai Hinfu Temple, climbed the big Buddha building incense convergence of blessings, and then returned to his Emperor before living in the Palace of Chonghua, with the engraved "blessings of the living", "the Emperor", and then returned to the Emperor before living in the Palace of Chonghua, with the engraved "blessings of the living. "Blessings to the living", known as "Wan Nian Qing tube" of the black lacquer rod brush, dipped in vermilion sand to write the word of blessings. Every year, the first lucky character he writes is solemnly sealed and never opened to show that he has retained his good fortune. The next written fortune words are rewarded to the princes and ministers.
Unusual New Year's Eve dinner
The most important thing that the people pay attention to in the New Year is the New Year's Eve dinner, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty was no exception. The emperor's family is rare on weekdays in the meal together, only on New Year's Day only licensed consorts to accompany the feast. New Year's Eve reunion New Year's Eve dinner was held at Shenzheng (4 p.m.). In fact, at 12 o'clock in the noon began to set the table set up. The dinner was set up in the Palace of Baohe Temple or Qianqing Palace, the emperor himself a table, the banquet table and the emperor's throne set up between a long few, dishes are placed on the banquet table, the emperor ate and then taken by the people to the long a few.
All ready, with the sound of drums and music, the emperor and concubines into the seat. Eunuchs first to the emperor into the soup meal, soup meal with a box containing, "box" that is, two boxes in one, to take the auspicious meaning of pairs. Next, the eunuchs according to rank to the concubines to send soup. After the soup, the music stopped, began to turn the feast. The so-called turn to feast, that is, all kinds of meals on the banquet, furnishings, starting from the emperor's table, accompanied by a turn on the table, meaning that the whole family **** with the enjoyment. After the turn of the feast, wine feast. After the wine into the fruit tea, then the consort rose, the emperor from the feast, the music of the toast played, the family feast came to an end.
After the feast to watch the "Qinglong dance"
After the New Year's Eve dinner, the emperor ordered to eat their own rice and even plates, bowls, plates, spoons, chopsticks a piece of the reward to the close ministers and princes, county kings. Everyone watched the "Qinglong Dance", which, as the most distinctive Manchu dance, has always been a reserved program at the annual banquet. Although the royal rituals are ostentatious, the purpose is the same as the common people, the figure is to celebrate and good luck.
The emperor ate dumplings at 3 a.m. on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve in the palace of the emperor and concubines reunion days, the family sat around together to eat New Year's Eve dinner, so that the majesty of the emperor's house also reveals a rare family warmth. Folk New Year's Eve to eat dumplings is in the night time, but the emperor then to ancestral ritual Buddha, so the son of heaven to 3:00 a.m. to eat dumplings. Folk over the New Year to paste the door god, paste spring couplets, the Qing dynasty court is no exception. The difference is that the royal door god, couplets are hung rather than posted. Spring Festival couplets are not made of red paper, but written on white paper or white silk, with blue edges wrapped around the outside and red stripes set inside. Calligraphy was initially in Manchu, and was changed to Chinese characters after the middle of the Qing Dynasty.