The origin of hot pot is not clearly recorded; There are two main sayings

One is that it was during the Three Kingdoms period of China or the era of Wei Wendi, when the "bronze tripod" was the predecessor of hot pot; The other is that hot pot began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the "dou" in unearthed cultural relics refers to hot pot. Visible hot pot in China has a history of more than 19 years.

Ding ware in the Zhou Dynasty should be the earliest embryonic form of hot pot. According to research, there was hot pot in the Warring States period, when people used clay pots as pots. By the Song Dynasty, eating hot pot was very common among the people. In Lin Hong's cookbook Shan Jia Qing Gong in the Southern Song Dynasty, eating hot pot with friends was introduced. In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia and was used to cook beef and mutton. By the Qing dynasty, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish" made of pheasant and other game.

Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method in which a pot is used as a utensil, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and water or soup is boiled to cook all kinds of food, and it can also refer to the pots and pans used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the effect of heat preservation, and the food is still steaming when eating, and the soup is integrated. There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are particularly popular mainly in East Asia. Hot pot is hot now, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, sweating profusely, very comfortable, relieving depression and dehumidifying, suitable for the climate of mountains and rivers, and now it has developed into a Yuanyang pot, spicy and light, with different soups and foods according to personal preferences, which is the best in winter in Xian Yi, young and old.

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Hot pot culture

Hot pot is not only delicious food, but also contains the connotation of food culture, which adds elegance to people's taste. When eating hot pot, men, women, children, relatives and friends gather around the steaming hot pot, holding their arms and waving their hands, which is full of warmth and harmony, which is suitable for the traditional culture of China.

in northeast China, when people entertain guests, the dishes in the hot pot are arranged in a regular way: fly before you go, fish on the left and shrimp on the right, and cauliflower is sprinkled around, that is, the meat of flying birds is placed in front of the mouth of the hot pot, and the meat of animals is placed behind the hot pot, with fish on the left and shrimp on the right. All kinds of shredded vegetables are put a little, just like "the stars hold the moon" to show respect. If you treat uninvited guests, put two extra-large meatballs in front of the hot pot, followed by animal meat, to signal your departure.

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