Hot pot is a traditional Chinese diet, originated in the private sector, a long history. Today pot containers, production method and seasoning, although has gone through the evolution of thousands of years, but one thing has not changed is the use of fire to the pot with water (soup) heat, cook (rinse) food. This cooking method as early as Shang and Zhou dynasties have emerged, you can say it is the embryonic form of pot. Ming and Qing, pot really flourished. Forty eight tenth day the first month Qianlong Emperor Qianlong court to do the 530 tables pot, the grand occasion when China can be described as the most pot. Jiaqing emperor ascended the throne, he had put "thousands of feast Minds", the use of pot to 1550, called the pinnacle of its size, it is amazing.
         Hotpot originated in Chongqing, Sichuan famous writer Li (Ji Jia force) were published in 1947 in Chengdu, "endemic Magazine"published an article in Chongqing hot pot to do a credible research. The paper said: "Duck hot pot eating buffalo, originated in Chongqing Jiangbei across. the first child usually knows the weight of buffalo offal will retail at dealers buy, clean cook a cook, and after liver son, stomach and so cut into small pieces, in Tam head home a clay oven, furnace set points of a grid of ocean iron pots, rolling basin overturned a Youla Ma and salty gravy. So the river, the bridge''s general labor friends, they surrounded The burden of benefit from it. everyone finds a grid, and hot, and eat, eat several pieces, some count the money, not only economic, but also increase the heat until the Republic of twenty-three years ... ... only a small restaurant in Chongqing city, a noble of it , From the bear head and moved to the table, mud oven still, but will be divided into a grid iron pots Akagane pot, marinades, dipping sauce, also changed with the diners themselves, in order to clean and suitable for everyone''s taste . "Thus, Chongqing hot pot originated in the Yangtze River, was originally used as a boatman, and then open to development is no doubt that the.