2. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom in beginning of winter, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. In the south of Shanghai, it is winter to eat glutinous rice balls. In the old days, Shanghainese were most particular about eating glutinous rice balls. They tasted newly brewed sweet white wine, flower cakes and glutinous rice balls at family banquets, and then used meat blocks to worship their ancestors.

3. "Tangyuan" is an essential food in the winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection", and eating tangyuan in the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or to give gifts to relatives and friends.

4. In the old days, Shanghainese were most particular about eating dumplings. The ancients had a poem saying: "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty." "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating dumplings on the winter solstice symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness.