Hu Shi's Premium Hotpot

Hu Shi's Premium Hotpot

　　Hu Shi's Premium Hotpot

　　Hu Shi's Premium Hotpot, also known as "Jixi Premium Hotpot," "Reunion Hotpot," or simply "Premium Hotpot." During the heyday of Huizhou merchants, men mostly traveled for business all year round and could only return home during the Chinese New Year. To express their longing and desire for family reunion, yet considering the cold winter weather, the family carefully prepared a layered hotpot made with a variety of ingredients, stacked one on top of the other in a single pot, to celebrate family togetherness and wish for a prosperous business in the coming year. During the Republican era, when Mr. Hu Shi served as the Chinese Ambassador to the United States, he would use his hometown's "Premium Hotpot" to entertain embassy staff every Chinese New Year. Later, in his honor, people renamed it "Hu Shi's Premium Hotpot," symbolizing that Mr. Hu Shi would forever be regarded as a distinguished statesman in the hearts of the people of Huizhou.