Do you know the history of hot pot(火锅)? It's one of the most famous1in China. There are many stories about how hot pot 2. The most traditional and oldest one has to do3Genghis Khan.
Genghis Khan was the founder(建立者) of the Mongol Empire. He was also one of the greatest military leaders(军事领袖).
The place where he lived was very4in winter. He needed food to5his army warm, strong and healthy. When it was time to eat, they built stoves(炉). After finishing building these things, they put ice and6into the pot. When they turned into water, and the7of the water was high, they put meat into it.8a short time, the meat was OK, and they began to eat it. That might be the9hot pot. They ate mutton, beef and horse meat most. Later people brought hot pot to other parts of China and10 it. People began to put more kinds of ingredients(烹调的原料) into the hot pot, 11vegetables and seafood. By the Qing Dynasty, hot pot had become popular in most parts of China.
Today, we can find many12 kinds of hot pot in Beijing, Chongqing, Sichuanand13in some foreign countries. When we14the delicious hot pot, we also15the special food culture of China.
