Hot pot was called "antique soup" in ancient times. It got its name from the "dong" sound it made when food was put into boiling water.

The term "antique soup" comes from the records of Guan Han, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty. When he was an official in Lingnan, he saw the common people eating a kind of food called "Dabian Lu", which is to put meat, seafood, vegetables, etc. into a pot and cook them while eating. It's fresh. Guan Han looked at the "gulu gulu" pot and had an idea. Hey, isn't this "antique soup"?

Lin Hong's "Shan Jia Qing Gong" of the Southern Song Dynasty records a unique eating method in the Song Dynasty called "Boxia Gong". Thinly sliced ??hare meat is held with chopsticks and poured into the soup. Stir it up and it will turn into a cloud-like color, then dip it in the sauce, it will be extremely delicious. From the poem: "Surges the clear river with snow, and the wind blows and the evening glows." Therefore, the hot pot in the Song Dynasty is also known as "Boxia Gong".

The origin of hot pot:

There are two theories about the origin of hot pot: one is that hot pot existed during the Warring States Period, and historians used clay pots as pots. Another theory is that hot pot began in the Han Dynasty, and "dou" refers to hot pot. The actual hotpot was unearthed from the cultural relics in the tomb of Haihunhou in the Western Han Dynasty. It can be seen that hot pot has a history of more than 2,000 years in China.

The "Book of Wei" written by Wei, a native of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the Northern Dynasties, also records that during the Three Kingdoms period, people used hot pots to cook various meats such as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, and fish. However, It was not popular at the time. Later, with the further development of cooking technology, various types of hot pot also appeared one after another. By the Northern Song Dynasty, the way of eating hot pot was very common among the people. In the taverns in Kaifeng, Bianjing, hot pot was available in winter. The recipe "Shan Jia Qing Gong" written by Lin Hong of the Southern Song Dynasty includes an introduction to eating hot pot with friends.

In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish" with pheasants and other game ingredients.