1. The earliest records of hot pot originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, when it was called "soup", and there was a copper utensil that could be divided into nine compartments, which was called "nine tripods".

2. During the Warring States period, hotpot eating became popular among the nobles, which was the budding period of hotpot.

3. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Sichuan hotpot was already very popular, and Liu Bang, Han's Gaozu, was also a fan of hotpot.

4. During the Three Kingdoms period, hot pot was eaten in a more diversified way, and a variety of meat hot pots were already served at banquets at that time.

5. In the Tang Dynasty, hot pot was so popular that the poets Bai Juyi and Li Bai wrote about eating hot pot.

6. During the Song Dynasty, meat was cooked in hot pots, called "warm pots".

7. During the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot officially became a traditional folk diet.

8. During the Ming Dynasty, hot pot was favored in the court.

9. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was a "hot pot controller" who ate more than a dozen kinds of hot pot.

In short, hot pot has a long history in China, and throughout the development of food culture.