As we all know, people in China can eat with iron pots now, but before the Song Dynasty and the appearance of iron pots, how did the ancients eat?

China has a long history. Before the appearance of iron pots, the diet of the ancients was divided into many stages.

The first is primitive times, when fire has not been discovered by people, so people eat raw food directly in their diet. In this era of eating animals and blood, people accidentally discovered the existence of fire under natural conditions. But because the metal has not been smelted by people, people without containers can only bake it with fire. Therefore, during the period of Three Emperors and Five Emperors, barbecue was mainly used. It is said that barbecue was invented by Fuxi.

Later, in the pre-Qin period, the appearance of bronzes and the way of eating began to use utensils, and people began to cook soup and porridge. Later, people's meals also evolved from this simplest soup and porridge.

In the Han Dynasty, people invented hot pot, and China culture had contact with the outside world. The fusion of civilizations among different ethnic groups has brought carrots, parsley, broad beans, green onions and cucumbers from the western regions to China, enriching the ingredients of hot pot.

Due to the improvement of factory strength, people discovered various crops such as rice and soybeans, so they began to develop ingredients. Noodles and sesame cakes appeared in the Tang Dynasty, which enriched all kinds of ingredients, and various styles began to appear in the national diet. With the passage of time, the eating habits in different regions have their own characteristics, so there are various kinds of pasta, such as wonton, noodles and jiaozi.

The birth of iron pot was not achieved overnight, but experienced a long development. The discovery of fire, ingredients and containers is closely related to the change of diet.