Hot pot can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty at the earliest, but barbecue was earlier. It is said that barbecue was invented by Fuxi, the ancestor of mankind, so barbecue appeared in primitive times. In fact, hot pot and barbecue, two kinds of food that modern human beings can't quit completely, have a long history and have been highly sought after in China since ancient times. Let's talk about their origins and development respectively:

1. Hot pot

According to research, hot pot was all the rage in the Warring States period, and it should have appeared in the Zhou Dynasty. The appearance of hot pot had something to do with the development of the bronze industry at that time. At that time, there were exquisite bronze pots, and people cooked food in them. Later, with the constant changes of society, people found that cutting the meat slices into thin slices and cooking them are more fragrant and tender than cooking them directly, so there was a meat rinse. Later, as all kinds of spices entered the Central Plains from the Western Regions, people found that it was more delicious to cook the bottom of the pot with spices and then add ingredients, so hot pot became more popular.

Hot pot once reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, which was also related to the social environment of the Song Dynasty. After all, the society was relatively stable and the people were relatively rich, so many delicious foods were invented in the Song Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, hot pot became an indispensable delicacy in the palace, such as the famous? Chrysanthemum pot? It is one of the important evidences of the development of hot pot in Qing Dynasty.

2. Barbecue

Barbecue can be said to be the first cooking technique learned after learning to use fire, regardless of nationality or race. It is said that the barbecue in our country was invented by Fuxi, the ancestor of mankind. He taught people to catch animals and use fire. Then in the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, because of the salt, barbecue developed into one of the indispensable delicacies in the royal banquet, but the barbecue at that time was still dominated by pigs and cows. Then there was the Warring States Period, during which the types of barbecue became much more varied, including roast lamb, roast quail and roast rabbit.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, because of the trade with the western regions, many spices flowed into the Central Plains with the trade team, and the barbecue was greatly developed, and even an assembly line was developed. There were special personnel in charge of slaughtering, cleaning, skewering and barbecue. The murals of the tombs in the Han Dynasty even portrayed the barbecue, and Emperor Hanzhao even held a barbecue festival. In Sui and Tang Dynasties, the wood and types used in barbecue were improved, and it was found that barbecue with different wood would get different tastes.

The Song Dynasty was the peak of barbecue development. Like hot pot, because people's lives were stable, they naturally put all their energy into how to make delicious food. So in the Song Dynasty, not only the types of barbecue became more and more, but also the ways of barbecue became more and more. After the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty, originally a people on horseback, liked to bake food, so they liked to eat something that others had never eaten, such as? Roasted groundhog? . In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, barbecue was no longer a barbecue, but became an arty behavior.

As an indispensable favorite food for modern people, hot pot and barbecue have a very long history. But in any case, people are delicious and can stimulate our taste buds. If they are not delicious, they will have been eliminated for so many years.