The Court of Imperial Entertainments, also known as the Court of the Imperial Banquets, was a central government agency in several imperial
Chinese and
Vietnamese dynasties. It was generally in charge of catering for the
imperial household, central government officials, and imperial banquets honoring foreign envoys and other dignitaries. In China, the office was created during the
Northern Qi dynasty (550–577) and continued until the
Qing dynasty (1644–1912). In Vietnam, it was created by
Lê Thánh Tông in 1466, and continued until the
Nguyễn dynasty.