There has been no conclusion about the origin of hot pot in that dynasty. Han Ying, a doctor in the Western Han Dynasty, recorded in the Biography of Chinese Poetry that ancient people had to "ring the bell to set up a tripod" when eating, that is, people sat around the tripod and put beef, mutton and other foods into the tripod for cooking and sharing, which was the sprout of hot pot.
In Shang dynasty, there was a container called ding. At that time, when paying homage and offering sacrifices, it was necessary to "ring the bell and place the tripod", put all the food such as beef and mutton into the tripod, and then make a fire at the bottom to cook the beef and mutton before sharing. This is the embryonic form of hot pot.
After the evolution of Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, there was no real record of hot pot until the Song Dynasty. Lin Hong, a Song Dynasty poet, mentioned eating hot pot in his "Mountain House for Clear Offering", which is called "offering by a woman". He said that he got a rabbit in the snow when he was playing in Shidao, Wuyishan, and no chef made it.
"Mountain Jia Qing Palace" records: "Shi Yun, only thin batches are used in the mountains, and wine, sauce and pepper are abundant. Put a stove on the table, use half a glass of water, and when the soup rings, divide it into chopsticks so that it can be cooked in the soup. If you throw up, just eat it. " From the way of eating, it is similar to the current "rabbit hot pot".
According to the expanded data Shu Wei, during the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, there was a copper hot pot, but it was not popular at that time. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people used hot pot for cooking more and more. Originally popular in the cold north of China, people used it to wash pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, 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 "four-cover Agai", also known as "hoe". 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. Bai Juyi wrote in the poem "Ask Nineteen Lies" in the Tang Dynasty: "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 grand banquet in the palace. The banquet served more than 65,438+0,550 hot pots and invited more than 5,000 people to taste, making it the largest hot pot feast in history.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-hotpot
Baidu encyclopedia-the history of hot pot