Why is hot pot so popular in China? It shows the Chinese cultural values of openness and sharing.With a hot pot, you can put in any ingredient that you like: vegetables as well as meat. The same pot can serve any number of different meals to people sitting around the table. No one is left out,and everyone gets to eat as much or as little as they want.

    Hot pot creates a cozy, warm atmosphere and really brings people together as you sit around a pot,cooking, eating, talking and relaxing. The food is important, but what is also important are the feels.

    In China, people like to joke that there is no problem that a hot pot can't solve. The fire from the hot pot can melt just about any icy disagreement and warm just about any heart. Over a hot pot, people can talk and share not just food but friendship. While the food may soon be forgotten, these friendships stay with us forever.

Popularity of Hot Pot

Cultural values:

    (1)Openness:putting in any  46  that you like

    (2)Sharing:serving any  47 of different meals to the people

Atmosphere: cozy and  48  

Social functions: melting any  49  and warming any  50