One says that in the Three Kingdoms period in China or the era of Emperor Wei Wen Di, when the "copper tripod", is the predecessor of the hot pot; another 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 recorded that during the Three Kingdoms era, when Cao Pi was the emperor of Han, hot pots made of copper appeared, and people used hot pots to cook various kinds of meat such as pigs, cows, goats, chickens, fish, and so on, but they were not popular at that time, and later, with the further development of cooking technology, all kinds of hot pots made their debut one after another. To the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing Kaifeng tavern, winter has been hot pot should be marketed. 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 in the country. In the Muromachi period of Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China in 1338 years. In Japan, hot pot is called "sukiyaki" or "hoe-yaki". Today, hot pot has also spread to the United States, France, England and other countries.

Hot pot, anciently known as "antique soup," is named for the "gurgling" sound made when ingredients are thrown into boiling water. It is an original Chinese cuisine with a long history. It has been proven that the "wok dipper", a cultural relic from the Eastern Han Dynasty unearthed after liberation, was a hot pot. By the Song Dynasty, hot pot was common in folklore, and Lin Hong's recipe for "Mountain Home" in the Southern Song Dynasty featured him eating hot pot with his friends.

There is also a folk saying that it was the seventieth birthday of the Qianlong master. The emperor's birthday, the country celebrated. Qianlong masters like to publicize their own achievements, but also reflects the imperial grace, the king loves the style of the people, so he called and Shen to discuss. And Shen this person in the Qianlong master around for decades, can be said to be on the emperor's mind like a finger in the palm of your hand.

This seventieth birthday of the Qianlong master, and the Squire also pondered in his heart, to think of a good method to please the Emperor. Of course, the clever and Shen is very good at using the brain. So he gave the Qianlong master came up with an idea: in the country to invite this year's full seventy years old, come to the Forbidden City and the emperor with the birthday celebration. Qianlong heard, immediately agreed. So, he issued a decree: call this year seventy years old to the Forbidden City **** celebration. The holy decree, the country rejoiced.

"But such a big feast, what to eat ah? Winter dishes are also easy to cold ah?" Wo Shen had to use his wisdom again.

"Yes, make an iron pot, put charcoal fire in the center, surrounded by the dishes, so there is no fear that the dishes will be cold ah." Wo Shen also admired himself for this trick.

In this way, that day at the birthday banquet of the Qianlong master, seventy old men from all over the capital, joyful, they are the first time in their lives to eat a steaming hot pot, they all said "good, wonderful."

So, the hot pot was so this old man who attended the banquet, brought back to the folk.