Hot pot before 1900, so particular.

Nowadays, there is nothing that hot pot can’t fix. If one meal can’t be done, then have another one. Visible hot pot charm. In fact, in ancient times, hot pot was already a well-known "palace dish". The members of the royal family, Zhong Qianlong and Cixi, were enthusiastic fans of hot pot, and the royal banquet guests also liked to eat hot pot. When Emperor Jiaqing ascended the throne, he held a "thousand banquets". According to statistics, 1550 hot pots were used at that time, which was called the biggest hot pot banquet in history.

People in the Han Dynasty were so particular about eating hot pot.

In the Song Dynasty, hot pot has become a popular food. At that time, there was a custom of "warm winter" among the people, and a "heater meeting" was held on the first day of October every year. Meng Yuan’s "Dream of Tokyo" contains: "In October, there will be charcoal in the stove, and people will buy wine for the stove party." On this day, every family will celebrate around their own stove, or have a barbecue or a hot pot.

However, in the Western Han Dynasty, people began to use "dyeing cups" and "dyeing stoves", that is, small hot pots used by single people in ancient times. Obviously, "dyeing cup" and "dyeing furnace" are the embryonic forms of contemporary hot pot utensils.

Bronze Wending (Western Han Dynasty) Unearthed from Liu He’s Tomb

It is recorded in Lv’s Spring and Autumn Annals that "dyed soy sauce is also available" and "dyed cup" is mainly filled with sauces and salts. The stove under the copper dyeing machine is used to heat the sauce.

Ancient dyeing furnace

Because hot pot was only eaten by aristocrats at that time, "dyeing furnace" was very popular among aristocrats. Some of them were a combination of furnace and cup, and it was important to add a tray under the dyeing furnace to receive the ashes of charcoal fire.

For example, a set of dyeing stoves excavated in the tomb of Liu He, a sea faint, consists of three parts: ear cups, charcoal stoves and chassis, which are exquisitely made and very particular.

In the Han Dynasty, there were all kinds of hot pot utensils. From the material point of view, there were not only bronze hot pot, iron hot pot and pottery hot pot, but also Yuanyang pot, which was used to cook different dishes.

It is said that Liu Fei, the king of Jiangdu in the Western Han Dynasty, loved hot pot very much, and what he ate was a "griddle ding" similar to a mandarin duck pot. However, the closest thing to the current Yuanyang pot is the "five-cooked kettle" used by the people in the Three Kingdoms period, which has five compartments, which are similar to the current Yuanyang pot, and five flavors can be simultaneously transferred in the five compartments to facilitate eating.

Winter in Qing dynasty

It must smell of hot pot.

Hot pot with a history of 1900 years became popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, there were not only hot pot dishes such as "raw mutton" and "cooked beef", but also the craft of making utensils was more elaborate. Eating hot pot was very popular in Qing dynasty, which was an indispensable delicacy in winter court, and the tableware of hot pot was also dazzling.

In Yuan Mei’s explosive cookbook Suiyuan Food List, it is also mentioned that "in winter, guests are accustomed to hot pot", and the nobles of the palace are also very fond of hot pot. The degree of love of hot pot by Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi mentioned at the beginning of the article promoted the diversification of hot pot in Qing Dynasty.

Diamond fancy hotpot with cloisonne enamel pattern (late Qing Dynasty)

Hua Enamel Flower Wen Xi Zi Hotpot (Qing) Collected by the Palace Museum

Yinshouzi hot pot is said to be a favorite of Empress Dowager Cixi.

It is reported that Ganlong has visited Jiangnan many times, and every time he goes, he has hot pot. According to the Collection of Archives and Historical Materials of Qing Dynasty, on the 10th day of the first month of the forty-eighth year of Qianlong, Qianlong held a 530-table palace hot pot banquet, with "two hot pots per table".

Jin Yi’s "Maid-in-waiting Talk to Record" records: "Every winter, we have to eat hot pot for three months in the palace. From October 15th of the lunar calendar, hot pot will be added to every meal. The pot will not be removed until the sixteenth day of the first month of the following year. "

Cixi is even more creative in eating hot pot. She created a chrysanthemum hot pot-the bottom of the pot is chicken juice or broth. When boiling, she put in a few slices of raw chicken and fish fillets, and covered the pot to stew for a while. Open the lid again and put in the carefully treated Jin Ju petals. This chrysanthemum hot pot later became a famous court dish.

Nowadays, hot pots have spread all over the streets, whether it’s a spicy hot pot full of spicy flavor or a sour soup hot pot full of fragrance, it’s only a "happy" when you go down. Winter has arrived, eating hot pot is just the time, about three or five friends or a family get together and sit around. Talk about the history of hot pot while eating it. After all, people are 1900 years old.

It’s time to play the sideline ~

Write | Jane