When you come to the historic city Beijing, China, the first food that you would want to taste is certainly the famous Peking duck (Beijing roast duck). Peking Duck has a long history and is renowned both at home and abroad.
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The roast duck, originated in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties about 1500 years ago, was initially the special supply to the royal court. According to the legend, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had an extraordinary crush in eating roast ducks. He even “ate one roast duck everyday”. Therefore the royal chefs kept on collecting the secret recipes to make a good roast ducks to please the emperor. Nanjing, the capital city at that time, became the birthplace of Peking Duck, and today people in Nanjing still enjoy their old habit of eating roast ducks.
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Later, the Emperor Zhudi (Ming Chengzu) moved the capital to Beijing, along with a large number of chefs and their roast duck recipes. There the royal chefs found that, Beijing duck, one of the rare breeds, then they chose to make the dish (which is the best duck bred for dish in the world nowadays), after the duck being roasted, would make the most delicious roast duck dish.
The Peking Duck gradually earned its fame and gained its popularity from the royal court to common people in the Qing Dynasty, and was finally served on the tables of all ordinary people.
