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Hot pot is one of the most popular foods among Chinese people especially in winter time. Usually it consists a cooking pot, ingredients and dipping sauce. People would seat around a simmering metal or bronze pot, place ingredients into the pot, cooked for a while and eat with a dipping sauce. The ingredients include sliced mutton, vegetables, mushrooms and seafood etc. Chinese hot pot has the history of more than 1000 years. It was originated from North China, the coldest area, by people to warm up in cold winter. But now it is welcomed by all people in the world. Beijing hot pot restaurants vary in different styles. You can choose either a traditional old Beijing hot pot restaurant or a modern innovated one. Their different flavors may well tell the different sides of current Beijing.