What is the elephant pull at the Manchu-Han banquet?

The elephant plucking at the Manchu-Han banquet refers to the elephant trunk.

"Xiang Bo" is one of the "eight treasures in the mountains" in the Manchu-Han banquet. The other treasures are hump, bear's paw, monkey brain, scarlet lips, leopard fetus, rhinoceros tail and lion's milk. "Eight treasures of the mountain" are the treasures of animals, and "elephant disk" refers to the elephant trunk.

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"Four Treasures" of Manchu-Han Banquet.

"Eight treasures in the mountain": hump, bear's paw, monkey head, scarlet lips, elephant pull (trunk), leopard tire, rhinoceros tail and deer tendon;

"Eight treasures of the sea": bird's nest, shark's fin, Sichuan aconite, fish belly, fish bone, abalone, seal and pike (giant salamander);

"Eight Treasures": Hongyan, Longfei (a bird named Hazel Chicken, which is produced in the northeast mountain forest), quail, goose, partridge, colorful finch (probably peacock), turtledove and red-headed eagle;

"Eight Herbs": Hericium erinaceus (Auricularia auricula), Tremella fuciformis, Dictyophora dictyophora (Zhusheng), Colla Corii Asini, Morchella esculenta, Flower Mushroom, Day Lily, Yunxiangxin (one of the mushrooms).

According to the old gentleman in South China, "eight kinds of seafood" and "babao beast".

Eight kinds of seafood: shark's fin, sea cucumber, fish belly, mussel (dried mussel and mussel), scallop (dried mussel meat), fish lip (fish skin), abalone and squid;

Eight treasures of animals: bear's paw, elephant trunk, hump, scarlet lips, deer tail, Hericium erinaceus, leopard fetus and bird's nest.

Eight treasures of the crane cloud family. During the Guangxu period, the ignorant mountain man Hongyun wrote a list of eight treasures, which refers to bear's paw, deer's tail, cheao, shark's fin, crab, ginger yaozhu (scallop), blue mushroom (straw mushroom) and grouper.

As can be seen from the above groups of "eight treasures", there is no fixed pattern for the so-called "eight treasures". Subjectively, all precious things can be classified as "treasures", and there are more and more varieties of colors.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Four Treasures of Manchu Banquet