The origin of hot pot is Chongqing. There are two ways to say that the origin of hot pot has a long history in China. One theory is that hot pot originated in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ceramics were most prevalent in the Eastern Han Dynasty, when there were small ceramic stoves and small copper tripods, followed by small copper hot pots in the Han Dynasty, and bronze hot pots in the Spring and Autumn Period. Another theory is that hot pot originated in the Tang Dynasty, hot pot with ceramic fired, also known as warm pot. The root of the story is in the Chongqing area of Sichuan.

Since the birth of hot pot, it has become a specialty throughout China. There is another kind of hot pot originated in Chongqing, Chongqing hot pot hot and spicy, known far and wide, and still maintains the characteristics of the traditional hot pot. History will remember, but the hot pot culture will always be inherited, Chongqing hot pot is the most unique.

The development of hot pot in ancient times

"Han Shi Wai Zhuan" recorded that the ancient rituals or celebrations to focus on the tripod and food, set the crowd around the perimeter of the tripod, will be beef and mutton and other food into the tripod cooked and eaten, which is the germ of the hot pot. After the Qin, Han, Tang Dynasty evolution, until the Song Dynasty really have hot pot records.

Song Lin Hong in his "mountain home Qingsui" mentioned eating hot pot thing and its called wave狭供奉, saw him have Wuyi Mountain imitation stone island, in the snow to get a rabbit, the poem cloud mountain only thin skin nine drop, handed over to Wo's, to the wind stove on the table, mixed with water, wait for the soup ringing a cup, each divided into chopsticks collar to join the soup Bo cooked, but I know that it is randomly each one of the public randomly occupy the time.

From the eating method, it is similar to the present shabu-shabu rabbit hot pot, until the Ming and Qing Dynasties hot pot really flourished. On the tenth day of the first month of the 48th year of the Qing dynasty, the Qianlong Emperor held a 530-table palace hotpot, the feast of which was said to be the most popular hotpot in China at the time.