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The reason why Mongolia is so obsessed with iron pots is mainly related to the limited smelting capacity of Mongolia at that time. Iron pots are very good daily necessities, and the demand for iron pots is in short supply. The specific analysis is as follows:

1. Compared with ceramics, iron pans are heat-resistant and fall-resistant, which is more suitable for nomadic people. At first, Mongolians lived mainly by nomadism. In order to find better grazing land, they need to change their residence all year round, which determines that their belongings should be convenient and wear-resistant. For example, in a very important daily diet, an iron pan is a necessity.

At first, Mongolians also used ceramic pot to cook, but because of the need to travel around, the pot was easily broken by knocking, which was not conducive to handling and affected daily life. At this time, the extremely strong and fall-resistant iron pan has become the first choice for household cookers. Secondly, due to the good heat resistance of iron pots, their staple foods, such as milk tofu, milk skin and other dairy products, mostly rely on iron pots for cooking. From this point of view, iron pots occupy an important position in the lives of Mongolian people.

2. Due to the lack of fuel, Mongolia's iron smelting technology is limited and it is impossible to produce iron pots by itself. Mongolians regard iron pots as treasures, which is also related to the fact that local people can't be self-sufficient and can only rely on other channels to supply them, such as the imperial court returning gifts and plundering others. Due to the lack of wood fuel for iron smelting, although Mongolia is not short of iron ore resources, it is unable to produce and smelt iron pot appliances.

In the grassland environment at that time, there were few wood resources, and the fuels commonly used by Mongolians, such as cattle and sheep manure, were far from reaching the temperature needed for smelting and forging. Even though Mongolia was close to the big forests in the northeast, it was very difficult to cut and transport wood in many ancient times when the conditions were relatively backward. This has also caused the phenomenon that it is difficult to develop metallurgical industry in dry and limited forest resources.

In addition, the technical requirements for iron pot smelting are also very high. Without skilled blacksmiths and professional forging tools, iron smelting may not be successful, and improper operation may easily lead to safety accidents. Therefore, it is difficult for Mongolian tribes to produce iron pots by themselves to meet the needs of more families. Some people who own woks will throw them away only when they can't make up for them any more.

In order to prevent the iron pot from returning to the furnace to make weapons, the Central Plains court refused to provide iron pots to Xiongnu. Unable to produce iron pots, the Mongols had to take measures to buy them from the Central Plains. However, the Central Plains imperial court was unwilling to provide them with ironware for military security reasons. I'm worried that the Mongols will rebuild the wok they got, make it into a weapon for war, strengthen their own power, and then threaten the security of the Central Plains.

In related historical novels, it has been written that Mongols mainly robbed three things when they entered the customs, namely, gold and silver treasures, women and sword iron pots, which shows their persistence in iron pots. When paying tribute to the court for peace, they will also ask for iron in return. However, when the shrewd court disagreed and could not refuse, it used the relatively poor Luo state to deal with them, so as to minimize the possibility of Mongols smelting weapons with iron pots. According to the above introduction that Mongolia can't smelt iron, the Central Plains court was worried about it. After all, broken iron pots are not thrown away, let alone melted.

In addition to Mongols, foreigners who have never seen an iron pot as a cooker are also curious, like to collect iron pots, and even regard iron pots as family heirlooms. Mongolians will also use iron pots as a bride price or dowry, which is a matter of great face.

In a word, because of its lack and strong practicability, the iron pot was a luxury that everyone wanted for the Mongols of that era.