According to Shu Wei, copper hot pot appeared in the Three Kingdoms Period and the reign of Cao Pi in Han Dynasty, but it was not popular at that time. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people used hot pot to rinse pork, cattle, sheep, chicken, fish and other meat. Later, with the increasingly developed economy and culture and the further development of cooking technology in China, various hot pots appeared one after another.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were hot pots in the pubs in Kaifeng, Bianjing, in winter. By the time of the Qing Dynasty, hot pot had become a winter delicacy of the court. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots had been formed all over the country, each with its own characteristics.
During the Muromachi period in Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China on 1338. Japan calls hot pot "すきやき", also called "hoe burning". Today, hot pot has spread to the United States, France, Britain and other countries.
Hot pot, called "ancient style soup" in ancient times, got its name because it made a "splash" sound when it was put into boiling water. It is an original food in China with a long history. According to research, the Eastern Han Dynasty cultural relic "Iron Pot Dou" unearthed after liberation is a hot pot.
In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi wrote a poem "To Liu": "There is a ray of green in the old bottle and a touch of red in the static furnace. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? ? "Vividly described the scene of eating hot pot at that time. By the Song Dynasty, the way of eating hot pot was very common among the people. In Lin Hong's cookbook Shan Jia Qing Gong in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is an introduction to eating hot pot with friends.
In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia and was used to cook beef and mutton. In the Qing Dynasty, hot pot was not only very popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish". There are "game hot pot" in the recipes of the imperial palace in the Qing Dynasty, and the materials are game such as pheasant. Emperor Qianlong was addicted to hot pot. He has been to Jiangnan many times, and there are hot pots everywhere he goes.
According to legend, in the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, he held a "Thousand Banquets" in the palace, with more than 550 hot pots/kloc-0, and invited more than 5,000 people to taste it, making it the largest hot pot feast in history.
After years of development, the industrial chain of China hot pot industry has been formed. Agriculture and animal husbandry in Sichuan, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other places have established production, processing and sales bases for hot pot raw materials, spices and fuels such as pepper, pepper, mutton, sesame oil, sesame paste, vermicelli and solid alcohol.
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Hot pot in China is colorful, with hundreds of pots and various tastes. Guangdong famous seafood hot pot, delicious but not greasy; Suzhou-Hangzhou spicy hot pot is fragrant and refreshing, with unique flavor.
Hot pot is not only delicious food, but also contains many connotations of food culture, adding elegance to people's tastes. For example, when the northeast people entertain distinguished guests, the dishes in the hot pot are arranged regularly: fly forward and then go forward, fish left and shrimp right, cauliflower scattered around.
That is, the meat of birds is placed in front of the hot pot to the mouth of the stove, and the meat of animals is placed behind the hot pot, with fish on the left, shrimp on the right and a little shredded vegetables. If you treat uninvited guests, put two extra-large meatballs in front of the hot pot, and then put animal meat to show your departure.
Many Hakkas in Taiwan Province Province eat hot pot on the seventh day of Lunar New Year's Eve. There are seven dishes in hot pot, namely celery, garlic, onion, coriander, leek, fish and meat, which means "diligence, numeracy, intelligence, popularity, long-term happiness, surplus and abundance."
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