There is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice. In our country, we usually eat jiaozi on holidays. There is a saying that jiaozi comes from "the time of having children". New Year's Eve is the turn of the old year and the new year, and beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, so jiaozi can't help eating when she is "in love".

There are different customs in the north and south of China during the winter solstice, and through historical development, a unique seasonal food culture has been formed. Some places in southern China have the custom of feasting on the winter solstice. Most places in the north have the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice, and eating jiaozi has become the custom of most northern China people on the winter solstice.

The ancients celebrated the winter solstice, and the winter festival is one of the "Eight Festivals of the Year". There are various winter solstice holiday foods, such as northern dumplings, Chaoshan glutinous rice balls, southeast rice cakes, Taizhou glutinous rice balls, Hefei pumpkin cakes, Ningbo sweet potato soup, Tengzhou mutton soup, Jiangnan rice, Suzhou wine making and so on.

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In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat delicacies in the winter solstice. "Fan" and "Fan" are homonyms. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year.

Tangguo, similar to dumplings, is much smaller and has no stuffing. Tangguo is also called a dumpling, which means "reunion" and "perfection". There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "you are one year older after eating soup".

People in Ningbo are used to adding wine when making sweet potato soup. In Ningbo dialect, wine brewing is also called "pulp board", and "pulp" is homophonic with "rise" in Ningbo dialect, taking its good color of "high fortune" and "high happiness"