The history of Chinese people eating hot pot can be traced all the way back to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, hot pots, also known as warming pots, were made of copper and pottery, and were used to cook meat such as sheep, pigs and chickens. During the Yuan Dynasty, hot pots were introduced to the Mongolian people and were used to cook beef and mutton. During the Qing Dynasty, hot pots began to top the list of delicacies for imperial meals. According to historical records, when Emperor Jiaqing succeeded the throne, the Qing Palace had set up a hot pot feast, *** with more than 1,650 hot pots, becoming the history of the grandest hot pot feast. In addition, the folk hot pot is greatly popular. After the lamb hot pot, appeared one after another white meat hot pot, assorted hot pot, chrysanthemum hot pot, Guangdong hot pot, Yixing hot pot and Japanese hot pot and many other different flavors of hot pot.

The best hot pot is made of purple copper. The main ingredients of the hot pot are lamb, beef, pork, chicken and seafood such as sea cucumber, prawns, seaweed, ice crab and oyster shells. The meat used in the hot pot is mainly lean meat, and the selected pieces of meat are frozen and cut into (or scraped with a planer) paper-thin slices, so it is called sliced meat.

Eating hot pot also pay attention to seasoning, the main seasoning has a good soy sauce, sesame oil, marinated shrimp oil, sesame oil, chives, curd, chili oil, cooking wine, vinegar and so on nine, in addition to cilantro, shredded green onions, sugar and garlic. A variety of seasonings were installed in a small bowl, the individual optional self-configuration.

The pot soup can be used to cook a good mouth grinding soup, chicken soup or broth, which put some condiments, such as shredded pickled cabbage, vermicelli, spinach, frozen tofu, cauliflower, etc., according to the fire at any time to add to the soup.

The way to eat it is to first fill the hot pot with soup, then put charcoal into the fire chamber, wait for the soup to boil, and then put in the meat. The length of time to master yourself, in order not to be old for good, seasoning can be selected according to personal taste, with slices of meat for dipping.