1. Hot pot has a long history and popular base, and it is a civilian and popular cooking method, so it has commonness.

2. The hot pot uses the single cooking method of "cooking" to treat different food ingredients. While having food diversity, you can also choose heavy taste and light taste, so the hot pot is inclusive.

3. People who often eat hot pot generally have a high sense of identity with hot pot. Hot pot is a place where everyone can participate and share equally, so eating hot pot means mutual recognition and closeness.

4. Hotpot is generally not included in the banquet category, which is informal.

5. Hot pot is regional, which is a part of regional cultural characteristics, and the most representative area is Sichuan Basin.

6. Hot pot is seasonal, and the topic of dining table will change with it, which reflects the seasonal alternation and life change of a region to some extent.

7. The more you eat hot pot, the more delicious it becomes, and the last soup becomes the essence of accumulation, so eating hot pot has a sense of participation and process.

8. The "fire" and boiling "soup" of hot pot are easy to arouse people's positive association, which has a primitive sense of ceremony, and you can get the experience of "boiling blood" after eating it.