Walking on the street, we can see a variety of hot pot restaurants. It has long been a well-known delicacy, and it has become popular abroad. Many people at home and abroad like to eat it. The ones we are most familiar with include Chongqing’s Jiugongge hot pot, and then there is Beijing hot pot. Of course, its pot base is also very rich, including mandarin duck pot, spicy pot, mushroom pot, three delicacies pot, etc. So when did this delicacy first appear? Was there hot pot in ancient China?

In fact, people in ancient times began to eat hot pot a long time ago. The way to eat it was to throw all the food into the pot, because when food is thrown into boiling water, it will make a "dong" sound, so At that time, hot pot was called "antique soup" and it needed to be cooked in a tripod. There are two theories about the origin of hot pot: one is that it originated in the Three Kingdoms period or the period of Emperor Wen of Wei, and the other is that hot pot originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The "dou" found in the cultural relics unearthed in the Eastern Han Dynasty refers to hot pot. But I read some information showing that hot pot existed more than 4,000 years ago, which shows that hot pot has a long history in China.

The development of hot pot was gradual, mainly determined based on the utensils at the time and the needs of society. The "five-cooked kettle" appeared during the reign of Emperor Wei Wen, which divided an ordinary pot into several compartments so that food with different flavors could be cooked. This is similar to the "Mandarin Duck Pot" in today's society. It can be said that the two have similar approaches but the same purpose. Later, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the "copper tripod" was the most popular hot pot vessel at that time, and it still exists in society today. In the Tang Dynasty, hot pot changed its name to "hot pot", a name we can still hear today.

In the Tang Dynasty, there are even poems to prove it. Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in "Ask Liu Nineteenth": "Green ants newly fermented wine, red clay small stove. It is snowing in the evening, can you drink a cup of water?" This poem vividly and vividly depicts the situation at that time. Scene of people eating hot pot. The way of eating hot pot became very popular in the Song Dynasty. I think this has something to do with the emergence of "night markets" at that time. Lin Hong of the Southern Song Dynasty introduced the experience of eating hot pot with friends in the recipe "Shan Jia Qing Gong".

In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot added an additional ingredient - beef and mutton. In the Qing Dynasty, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a royal dish. There is a record of "game hot pot" in the Qing Palace imperial meal menu. I heard that Emperor Qianlong loved hot pot and always prepared hot pot when he traveled.

Nowadays, hot pot can be said to have become synonymous with our country and is now widely spread. In Chinatowns abroad, hot pot restaurants can be found everywhere. When foreigners mention Chinese food, they will definitely think of hot pot. Including in China, there are many hot pot restaurants. With the needs of people's tastes, various styles and flavors of hot pot have appeared.