According to Shu Wei's records, copper hot pot appeared in the Three Kingdoms Period and the Han Dynasty ruled by Cao Pi, 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, the pubs in Kaifeng, Bianjing, had hot pot in winter. By 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 hot pots with their own characteristics had been formed all over the country.
During the Muromachi period in Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China on 1338. The Japanese call 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 was called "antique soup" in ancient times, and it was named after the "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 "Yong Dou" unearthed after liberation is a kind of hot pot.
The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi's "Gift to Liu": "Old bottles are new green, and the static furnace turns red." . There is a feeling of snow in the dusk outside. How about having a drink inside? ? "It vividly describes 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 popular among the people, but also became a famous "court dish". There is "game hot pot" in the recipes of the Forbidden City in the Qing Dynasty, and the materials are pheasants and other game. Emperor Qianlong was addicted to eating hot pot. He visited Jiangnan many times, and there were hot pots everywhere he went.
According to legend, in the first month of Jiaqing's first year, he held a "thousand-banquet" in the palace. There were more than 1550 hot pots, and more than 5,000 people were invited to taste them, making it the largest hot pot feast in history.
After years of development, the industrial chain of China hot pot industry has begun to take shape. 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, condiments and fuels such as pepper, pepper, mutton, sesame oil, sesame sauce, vermicelli and solid alcohol.
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China's hot pot is rich and colorful, with hundreds of pots and flavors. Guangdong famous seafood hot pot, delicious but not greasy; The spicy hot pot in Suzhou and Hangzhou 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 people in the northeast entertain distinguished guests, the dishes in the hot pot are arranged in the usual way: fly forward and then go, 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 walking animals is placed behind the hot pot, with fish on the left, shrimp on the right and a little shredded vegetables. If you entertain 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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