The use of potpourri as a dish was known as early as the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, and after tasting the dish in Jiangsu Province, he bestowed the name "the best dish in the world" and "a sound of thunder on the ground". It is also recorded in "Chengdu Overview" that the famous restaurants of that time, such as "Drunken Xiaxuan" and "Yizhenyuan", supplied dishes such as "sea cucumber in pots and pans". During the war, Chongqing and other places in the restaurant and the prevalence of "pot meat" for decades, this dish has been very popular with customers.