What's the difference between the hot pot in the north and the hot pot in the south?

Hot pot really originated in the north. According to Baidu Encyclopedia, there were hot pots as early as the Western Han Dynasty. However, the earliest period with real material support was actually the Three Kingdoms. The cultural relic "Bronze Ding" unearthed in this period is the predecessor of hot pot, so hot pot has a history of at least 1900+ years in China.

Chongqing/Chengdu hot pot is at least 200 years later than the northern hot pot, which was almost produced in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There is also a saying that hot pot was created by fishermen during the Republic of China and was often cooked in water to satisfy hunger. Because of its strong fishy smell, spicy and delicious flavor, Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot is famous all over the country.

Unlike the hot pot in the north, which prefers to rinse beef and mutton with sesame sauce, the south is more keen on duck intestines with sesame oil and garlic, hairy belly and yellow throat, and the utensils have also been innovated from a single cauldron to a Yuanyang pot, a Sigong griddle and even a Jiugong griddle. The taste has also changed from the soup used by northerners to the spicy taste that is more in line with the taste of Sichuan and Chongqing. It can be said that the North and South factions have their own characteristics, which cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

With the deepening of culture, the difference between north and south hot pots is getting smaller and smaller. You can eat all kinds of hot pots in both north and south. At present, the popular rotating hot pot is also an innovation of hot pot culture.