First, Genghis Khan invented said

The origin of hot pot is not in Sichuan, it is Genghis Khan invented. His long years of war in all directions, see the soldiers eat traditional barbecue lamb is very time-consuming, in order to make the troops do not delay the war, he cut the lamb into small pieces thrown into the boiling pot, from this world there is a hot pot. In a way, it was the hot pot that enabled the Mongol cavalry, refreshed after filling their stomachs, to take the Middle Kingdom and fight their way westward into Central Asia.

Second, the invention of the Three Gorges Slender Man said

Over a thousand years ago, in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, a group of Slender Man, heavy footsteps, dragging the tired body, just in the riverside laying soil for the stove. They pulled out the chili pepper, pepper, spices, take the Yangtze River water, boiled into soup, accompanied by spirits, hot food fresh fish and live shrimp and a variety of vegetables. A heroic, a passion, the whole body fatigue suddenly disappeared, the fiberglass men and roared a stirring horn, back on the road with a fiber rope. Behind them, they left behind an earthen stove and a wisp of smoke.

Expanded Information

Anciently known as "antique soup", because of the food into the boiling water issued by the "thud" sound and named, it is China's original cuisine, a long history, is a kind of food. It is a unique Chinese cuisine with a long history and is a popular food for young and old alike. According to evidence, the Warring States period that there is hot pot, then people as a pot of clay pots, to the Song Dynasty, hot pot eating in the folk has been very common, the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin Hong's "mountain home Qingsui" recipes, there will be with friends to eat hot pot introduction.

During the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot was spread to Mongolia, where it was used to cook beef and mutton. To the Qing Dynasty, hot pot is not only popular in the folk, and became a famous "court dishes", the ingredients are wild game such as chicken.