Was there a hot pot in ancient times? When did it first appear?

There was a hot pot in ancient times, but the name is different from now.

According to historical records, copper chafing dish appeared in China as early as the Three Kingdoms period. In ancient times, the weather was very cold and there was no heating. When people eat, they all eat around the stove. Later, someone had a whim, saying that you can just cook on the stove and eat at the same time, so you don't have to worry about getting cold. So I began to cook simple food on the stove, which is the prototype of hot pot.

Later, with the development, people began to add more food to the pot, not just to take rice from the big pot, but to classify the food for cooking. The ancients gradually found it inconvenient to eat around the stove, so they designed a small stove, which can directly put a copper pot on the stove, add charcoal fire to the stove, or put the stove on the table to eat, instead of eating around the stove like before, even if you use hot pot to entertain guests, it will not look shabby.

Later, on a whim, Yuan Shizu Kublai Khan sliced the mutton and put it in the pot. It will be cooked soon, and it won't take long to cook the meat. Besides, it is delicious and unusual. He extended this method to the whole army, thinking that it could save more time for the army to eat. This is the instant-boiled mutton that we ate later. In the Qing dynasty, hot pot entered restaurants, and this cheap food began to enter the market. It can be said that there was a craze for eating hot pot all over the country at that time.

Hot pot is also our favorite food in modern times. The variety of choices and humanized service make us need to go to a hot pot restaurant for a big meal. At the same time, the production of hot pot is also very convenient, and we can make it at home by ourselves. Hot pot has its charm from ancient times to the present, and I believe its charm can support future generations.