The origin of hot pot is still not conclusive.

At present, there are two ways of saying: one is said to be in the Three Kingdoms period or Emperor Yang's era, when the "copper tripod", is the predecessor of the hot pot; the other is said to be the hot pot began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, unearthed artifacts in the "bucket" refers to the hot pot.

It can be seen that the hot pot in China has a history of more than 1900 years.

Chongqing hot pot as early as Zuo Si's "San Du Fu" in the record.

Its history is at least 1700 years.

About the origin of hot pot in that dynasty, now there is no definite conclusion.

Dr. Han Ying in the Western Han Dynasty recorded in the "Han Shi Wai Zhuan", ancient rituals or celebrations, to "hit the bells and tripods" and eat, that is, the crowd around the perimeter of the tripods, beef and lamb and other food into the tripods to cook and share food, which is the germ of the hot pot.

The Shang Dynasty, there is a container called "tripod", at that time for sacrifices and rituals, it is necessary to "ring the bells and tripods", the beef and lamb and other food are all to be placed in the tripod, and then at the bottom of the fire will be cooked beef and lamb and then eat, which is the prototype of hot pot. This is the prototype of hot pot.

After the evolution of the Qin, Han, and Tang dynasties, until the Song Dynasty, there is a real record of hot pot.

Song Lin Hong in his "mountain home Qingsui" mentioned eating hot pot, that is, it is called "dial Xia for".

He said that when he traveled to Mount Wuyi to visit Shidao, he got a rabbit in the snow, and there was no chef to cook it.

Shanjia Qingsui recorded: "The division cloud, the mountain only with a thin batch of wine, sauce, pepper, and the Wo Zhi.

To wind stove on the table, half a choshi with water, wait for the soup ring a cup, each divided into chopsticks, so that since the clip into the soup swing cooked, bite, is free to each juice for free dipping." From the eating style, it is similar to the current "shabu-shabu hot pot".

According to the Book of Wei, during the Three Kingdoms era, when Cao Pi was the emperor of Han, there were hot pots made of copper, but they were not popular at the time.

By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people were using hot pots to cook more and more.

Initially, it was popular in the cold north of China, where it was used to cook various kinds of meat, such as pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, and fish, and then, as China's economy and culture became more and more developed, the cooking technology developed further, and various kinds of hot pots made their debut one after another.

To the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianjing Kaifeng tavern, winter has hot pot should be marketed.

By the Qing Dynasty, hot pot shabu-shabu had become a winter favorite at the court.

By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were dozens of different hot pots across the country, each with their own specialties.

In the Muromachi period of Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan in 1338 from China.

In Japan, hot pot is called "Sigai Agai" or "Hoe-yaki".

Nowadays, hot pot has also spread to the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.

Hot pot, anciently known as "antique soup", is named after the "gurgling" sound made when the ingredients are thrown into the boiling water.

It is an original Chinese cuisine with a long history.

According to evidence, the Eastern Han Dynasty artifacts unearthed after the liberation of the "wok bucket", that is, hot pot.

In the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi's poem "Ask Lie XIX" reads: "New grains of wine with green ants, and a small fireplace with red clay.

The sky wants to snow in the evening, can you drink a glass of wine?" It describes the scene of eating hot pot at that time.

By the Song Dynasty, hot pot food in the folk has been common, the Southern Song Dynasty Lin Hong's "mountain home Qingsui" recipes, there are its friends with the introduction of eating hot pot.

Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia, used to cook beef and mutton.

To the Qing Dynasty, hot pot is not only prevalent in the private sector, but also became a famous "court dishes", the Qing Palace Imperial recipes on the "game hot pot", the ingredients are pheasant and other game.

The Qianlong Emperor ate hot pot addiction, he had many trips to Jiangnan, each to a place, are equipped with hot pot.

Legend has it that he was in the first month of the first year of the Jiaqing in the palace, "Thousand Old Men Banquet", the whole seat **** on the hot pot more than 1550 people invited to taste up to more than 5,000 people, into the history of the largest hot pot feast.