Royal Cuisine Museum

　　The Royal Cuisine Museum is the cultural exhibition area of Kai Rui Imperial Feast Capital, located at No. 117 North West Fourth Ring Road, Haidian District, Beijing (50 meters south of the west road of Sijiqing Bridge), covering an area of 3,250 square meters. Its mission is to preserve the national essence of imperial cuisine culinary techniques, promote healthy and wellness-oriented cultural values, and celebrate China’s outstanding culinary heritage. Currently, the museum houses over 1,000 precious historical artifacts including tableware and documents. Through high-tech displays, it presents a nearly complete and vivid history of Chinese imperial health preservation, and specifically showcases the essence of Chinese food culture—royal cuisine. Originating in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, developing during the Qin and Han, maturing in the Tang, Song, Yuan, and reaching its peak in the Ming and Qing dynasties, royal cuisine has countless stories to tell. Approved by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics on August 20, 2014, following evaluation and review, it was officially registered as the 171st formal museum in Beijing, entering a fast track of standardized development.

　　The China Royal Cuisine Museum meets the standards required for a National AAA-level tourist attraction and has been approved as a National AAA-level tourist attraction.

　　The 15,000-square-meter building of the China Royal Cuisine Museum is mainly divided into three sections: the Royal Cuisine History and Culture Exhibition Area, the Royal Cuisine Tasting and Experience Area, and the Live Demonstration Area, forming a unified structure of one museum with three integrated zones. The museum has also established an information center equipped with an integrated system that combines media, ordering, and monitoring functions.

　　In 2012, the “Imperial Cuisine Culinary Techniques” of China’s first Royal Cuisine Museum were officially included in the Intangible Cultural Heritage List of Haidian District, Beijing, and are currently being nominated as a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage project in Beijing. The layout of the China Royal Cuisine Museum is divided into the Royal Cuisine History and Culture Exhibition Area, the Royal Cuisine Tasting and Experience Area, and the Live Demonstration Area, forming a unified structure of one museum with three integrated zones. The Live Demonstration Area is an innovative, open, transparent, low-carbon, energy-saving, and environmentally friendly modern central kitchen. The entire kitchen features glass curtain walls, with cameras installed above each stove, allowing visitors and diners to watch the entire process of food preparation in real time through video feeds. Additionally, the museum has built an information center and deployed a comprehensive system integrating media, ordering, and monitoring throughout the venue. The entire museum seamlessly blends traditional and modern elements in terms of content, facilities, methods, style, and services, offering four major functions: seeing, eating, learning, and playing. It embodies the characteristics of healthy, civilized, and technological dining, transforming what was once merely a place for eating and drinking into a venue for cultural dissemination, fostering new trends, and promoting civility.

　　Source: Yichuan County Government Website