Hot pot, called "antique soup" in ancient times, is named after the "thud" sound when food is put into boiling water.
Hotpot generally refers to the cooking method of boiling all kinds of food with a pot as an appliance, a pot as a heat source and water or soup.
Typical hotpot ingredients include all kinds of meat, seafood, vegetables, bean products, mushrooms, egg products, staple food and so on.