There are two theories about the origin of hot pot: one is in the period of China Three Kingdoms or Wei Wendi, when the "bronze tripod" was the predecessor of hot pot; Another way of saying it is that hot pot began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the "dou" in unearthed cultural relics refers to hot pot. It can be seen that hot pot has a history of 1900 years in China.

history

Some emperors in ancient times had a certain complex about hot pot, and Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu liked to eat hot pot. One winter, the army suddenly left. He was hungry and insisted on eating mutton. In a hurry, the clever chef sliced the mutton, blanched it in a boiling pot and added seasoning, chopped green onion and other things. Kublai Khan was full of praise after eating it. Later, when he became emperor, he still remembered this dish and named it "instant-boiled mutton". According to legend, Yang Shen, a writer of the Ming Dynasty, went to hongzhi emperor Imperial Garden with his father Yang Tinghe when he was a child. At the banquet, there was a hot pot of instant-boiled mutton, and charcoal was burning in the fire. Hongzhi emperor took this opportunity to get a couplet, which read: "Carbon black is as red as snow" and asked all ministers to tell him if it was right. Ministers suddenly looked at each other. At this time, young Yang Shen quietly recited a couplet to his father: "Yellow rice and white frost". His father then read his son's antithesis to the emperor, who was very happy and immediately enjoyed a glass of royal wine. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was also fascinated by hot pot. He visited Jiangnan many times and there were hot pots everywhere. According to legend, in the first month of the first year of Jiaqing, he held a grand banquet in the palace. More than 65,438+0,550 hot pots were served at the banquet, and more than 5,000 people were invited to taste it, making it the largest hot pot feast in history.

Modern Times

Some modern cultural celebrities also have a soft spot for hot pot. Celebrity Hu Shi loves to eat hot pot in his hometown Huizhou. When entertaining guests at home, most of them are carefully cooked by their wives. Liang Shiqiu, a famous writer, described the deep impression of Huizhou hot pot and Hu Shi's preference for Huizhou hot pot in an essay entitled "Two or Three Events of Mr. Hu Shi". When Xie Tian, a famous film director, was in Chongqing in his early years, he liked to eat Chongqing hot pot, and he was a glutton.