The origin story of hotpot is also divided, just like the Arabic numerals, which originated in India, but was spread to the four directions through the Arabs. This is the reason why people later misunderstood that Arabic numerals were invented by Arabs.

On the origin of the hot pot, there are two ways of saying: one says that in China's Three Kingdoms period or Wei Wendi era, when the "copper tripod", is the predecessor of the hot pot; the other says that the hot pot began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, unearthed artifacts in the "bucket" refers to the hot pot. It can be seen that the hot pot in China has a history of more than 1900 years.

The Book of Wei records that during the Three Kingdoms era, when Cao Pi became the emperor of Han Dynasty, there were hot pots made of copper, but they were not popular at that time. During the North and South Dynasties, people used hot pots to cook various kinds of meat such as pork, beef, sheep, chicken and fish, etc. Later, with the increasing development of China's economy and culture and the further development of cooking technology, various kinds of hot pots also made their debut one after another. To the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing Kaifeng tavern, winter has hot pot should be marketed. During the Qing Dynasty, hotpot shabu-shabu became a winter delicacy at the court. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots with their own specialties had been formed across the country. In the Muromachi period of Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China in 1338. In Japan, hot pot is called "sukiyaki" or "hoe-yaki". Today, hot pot has also spread to the United States, France, the United Kingdom and other countries.

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