People are iron and rice are steel, and if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic.
In the Water Margin, we can often see heroes "going to the restaurant".
Entering the store and shouting directly:"Xiao Er, come to two catties of beef, and then serve a jar of good wine!”
Then I started drinking wine in a big bowl and eating meat, so happy!
In this way, it seems that the ancients "went to the restaurant" not much different from what we have now.
But is that really the case?
The people take food as their heaven, and no matter what time of day it is, people have to eat.
The ancients were also in most casesEating at home, but it is inevitable to improve the food once in a while and go to the next restaurant.
The commercial prosperity of the Song Dynasty, a painting"Qingming Riverside Map".The prosperity of the capital city is vividly embodied.
The painting is crowded with people, shoulder to shoulder, and densely packed with shops.
There are quite a few of them"Restaurant".It can be seen that the catering industry was still quite developed at that time.
Some hotels will have a "main store" flag on the doorThese hotels often look large and luxuriously decorated.
Hotels under the banner of "main store" were generally part of the industry with a certain scale at that time.
Not to mention the variety of delicacies you can eat inside, the most important thing is that you can drink the most authentic wine.
for most of their wineSelf-produced and self-soldHome-brewed sake often has a unique taste.
So as to attract more customers, and these so-called stores are not something that ordinary people can do.
These large restaurants were all run by wealthy and powerful people at the time.
They have a liquor brewing license authorized by the yamen.
Most of the people who can go to the restaurant under the "main store" are also people with a certain strength, who pay attention to the cards and pursue quality.
It can also be understood as the equivalent of the current "main store"."Star Hotel".Not only the wine and food are good, but the service attitude is also first-class.
Compared with these big stores, there are countless small shops, which are relatively simple in decoration.
In addition, small shops usually do not make their own wine, and they also buy a certain amount of sake from large breweries.
Store in the store and sell it to customers to earn a certain difference.
These smaller restaurants are also called "foot shops", which are more suitable for ordinary people to consume.
It can be seen from the "Qingming Riverside Map" that both the "main store" and the "foot shop" business are extremely hot.
It is often full of customers, and the "little two" in the store is also very busy.
It can be seen that it was not new for people to go to restaurants during the Song Dynasty, and the prosperous catering industry was reflected here.
With such a well-developed catering industry, is there any difference between the ancients and modern people when they went to the restaurant?
After they enter the restaurant, they will be warmly entertained by the "little two".
Bring them to the appropriate seat and let the guest sit for a whileAfter a few moments, hot tea will be delivered for guests to quench their thirst
At that time, the "shopkeepers" were not as easy to do as they are now, and they needed to learn the ability to recognize people with one hand.
Do things exquisitely, don't laugh or talk.
Because at that time, if the shopkeeper didn't have any eyesight, it was not as simple as criticizing two sentences like now.
If you make a guest feel uncomfortable, in most cases, they will be deducted from their salaryand was scolded by the shopkeeper
It may even be so far that I lost my job, so at that timeShop small twoIt's not easy.
I don't have to see people and talk to people, it's hard to eat the ability to talk nonsense, and I have to learn to deal with it skillfully when I encounter **.
So the experience of the ancients going to the restaurant is still goodNot only can you eat delicious food and drink good wine, but you can also receive supreme service
Of course, in addition to these, there will be some additional services, such as some restaurants and performances to watch during meals.
If there is some Yaxing,You can also listen to such a little song, drink a little wine and hum it again, how beautiful can it be.
Some window seats can even enjoy the crowds of people coming and going, hawkingVendors, and some of them are showmanship.
In this way, it seems that the experience of the ancients in the restaurant is no worse than ours.
Or even better, with a different experience.
Judging from the development of thousands of years, the ancients went to the restaurant as well"No wine, no joy".
Especially for dinner, if there is no wine, it seems that the host has no rules, so the restaurant and wine are inseparable.
Since the Han Dynasty, some tavern owners have come up with various methodsRevive your business
They will carefully arrange the decoration of the tavern, placing the jar in the most prominent place.
It is placed as a jar mountain to indicate that its business is prosperous and the wine is intoxicating.
Many larger pubs even use itWomanTo solicit business, they warmly beckoned guests to come and drink.
It will also accompany the guests to have a drink, so that the guests are in a good mood, so as to drink more wine to increase the turnover.
This trend has also continued for a long time, and even some large stores have a group of geishaHe is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting
Sing and dance for the distinguished guests to toast and rejoice.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, it was still popular to "drink flower wine", and prostitutes were often accompanied by the restaurant.
It was already very common to use prostitutes to earn yelling, so it also became a restaurant at this timeHeyday
Poetry in the Tang Dynasty became a kind of popularity, and almost all of them would come to the poems.
Literati and scholars would often gather in twos and threes on the restaurant, drinking and composing poems.
Once you get drunk, you will immediately become more poetic, and many hotels have reserved a place for these poets to compose poems.
When they got drunk, they left their own writing in the restaurant.
Many of the beautiful poems that have been handed down to this day are left in the restaurant.
This kind of atmosphere of writing poetry in restaurants once spread in the Tang Dynasty, but anyone with some talent will not let go of these opportunities.
Some of those who left poems were young and high-spirited, but some were sad because they did not meet their talents.
How many people were left in the restaurants of the Tang DynastyRegret and joy
If you want to listen to your confidants, and listen to the words after drinking, the wine table culture in the Tang Dynasty is both elegant and realThere's a lot less deceit
After the Qing Dynasty, the wine table culture became more colorful
The idle children of Eight Banners and some gentlemen became frequent customers of high-end restaurants.
The activities in the pubs are also more colorful, and many of the big restaurants have their own theaters where guests can eat and drink.
The side ** drama can sometimes be seenJuggling
The children of the Eight Banners carried cages and birds, and several acquaintances sat together, explaining to each other how amazing their birds were.
How aggressive their own crickets,I can't buy it for two taels of silver
Finally, amid the praise and compliments of the others, he walked out of the tavern with his bird in a square stride, humming a little song in his mouth.
And the people went to the restaurant even moreDown-to-earthAt the end of the day's labor, they dragged their tired bodies to the tavern for two drinks.
Some taverns will also allow artists to perform in the store, saying that there is everything in cross talk.
Drink a little wine and listen to the commentaryThe feeling of tiredness of the day is gone in an instant
During the Qing Dynasty, there were many famous restaurant signs, which still exist today.
When I arrived in Beijing, I saw the quaint old buildings, and then drank two glasses of those century-old brands.
You can experience it more or less when the ancients were drinkingCozy
From ancient times to the present, we have paid great attention to etiquette, and there are many etiquettes at the table alone.
When the ancients went down to the restaurant to entertain guests, they must be in line with everythingGuests come firstprinciples.
Even the seating order and order are very particularThere are rules according to age and seniority
Details to how to visit the dining utensils, such as the person facing the spout is usually the main guest of the feast.
Or the head of the fish must be pointed at the elders or something, although it is still used in some places, but more people have already beenForgetFinish.
Rhetoric is not allowed at the dinner table, and saliva flies.
The ancients basically saw a person's upbringing and character at the dinner table after they went down to the restaurant to entertain guests.
For example, turning over the plate with chopsticks, standing up and picking up the food in front of others, this will be seen as a sign of unculture.
Someone else will also be seen as rude.
"Lower Restaurant".It has a long history in our country, and the culture of the lower hall in different periods is also different.
However, it is also possible to see the different cultural differences between different dynasties.