zhu yuanzhang overthrew the mongols and established the ming dynasty.
zhu yuanzhang overthrew the mongols and established the ming dynasty.
who overthrew the mongols and established the ming dynasty?
zhu yuanzhang
imperial cuisine in the ming dynasty was mostly cooked with the flavours of southern china because of the preferences of zhu yuanzhang, the founder of the ming dynasty. the cuisine in the ming palace totally changed the mongolian style of food served during the mongol-led yuan dynasty. the imperial cuisine of the ming dynasty had one important characteristic, which was to protect health. the emperors of the ming dynasty paid great attention to protecting health by eating healthy food. the menu of imperial cuisine changed daily and dishes were not repeated. imperial cuisine of the ming dynasty was mainly grain-based. therefore, meat and bean products were not as popular as they were in the former dynasties. in the qing dynasty, a famous dish was sweet potatoes. maize and chili peppers were also introduced in around the mid-16th century. other famous dishes included shark's fin soup and edible bird's nest also gained their fame during this period. those two dishes were introduced to china by the explorer zheng he in the early ming dynasty. while these two dishes were becoming examples of extravagant dishes, sea cucumbers and prawns were also brought into china. many famous cooks and chefs such as song wusao and wang eryu emerged in the ming dynasty.
chinese imperial cuisine
while the ming dynasty traded horses with tibet, it upheld a policy of outlawing border markets in the north, which laird sees as an effort to punish the mongols for their raids and to "drive them from the frontiers of china." however, after altan khan (1507–1582)—leader of the tümed mongols who overthrew the oirat mongol confederation's hegemony over the steppes—made peace with the ming dynasty in 1571, he persuaded the ming to reopen their border markets in 1573. this provided the chinese with a new supply of horses that the mongols had in excess; it was also a relief to the ming, since they were unable to stop the mongols from periodic raiding. laird says that despite the fact that later mongols believed altan forced the ming to view him as an equal, chinese historians argue that he was simply a loyal chinese citizen. by 1578, altan khan formed a formidable mongol-tibetan alliance with the gelug that the ming viewed from afar without intervention.
sino-tibetan relations during the ming dynasty