China is an oriental ancient country, where eating is not just the root of people's livelihood, but also a culture, and it is sustained along with Chinese civilization for thousands of years. In the China’s long history of five thousand years, many emperors in ancient times had certain complex with the hotpot. Since the period of Three Kingdoms, there has been the hotpot made of “Wushu Pot” (there are several partitions so that different food can be boiled at the same time), which laid the basic form of hotpot. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, various kinds of hotpots appeared in succession. In the period of Northern Song Dynasty, the hotpot had been recorded in the ancient books and records, called “Ba Xia Gong”, and further improved. In Tongzhi period of Qing Dynasty, the hotpot became more popular, and became a delicacy of palaces in winter. In the early period of the Republic of China, dozens of different hotpots formed nationwide, and they were distinctive. Nowadays, there are countless hotpot restaurants at the streets and alleyways across the country