In Chaoshan area, Guangdong Province, on the winter solstice, three animals and fruits should be prepared to go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. After that, the family will gather around the table for food, and the worship is usually completed before noon, and the family will get together for lunch. However, in the coastal area of Raoping seamount, the fishermen will come to worship their ancestors in the early morning before going out to sea to fish, which means asking the gods and ancestors to bless the fishermen to return safely from sea. In Hui 'an, Guangdong Province, in addition to ancestor worship, there are some customs similar to those in Tomb-Sweeping Day, such as going up the mountain to pay money to the grave within ten days before and after the winter solstice, and there is no taboo to repair the grave and relocate.
In Taiwan Province, China, there is also a tradition of worshipping ancestors with nine-layer cakes on the winter solstice. People knead glutinous rice flour into chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals that symbolize good luck and good luck, and then steam them in layers in a steamer to worship their ancestors to show that they will not forget their ancestors. On the winter solstice or at the early date agreed before and after, people with the same surname and the same clan gather in the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors one by one in the order of seniority, commonly known as "ancestor worship." After the ceremony, there will be a big banquet to entertain the clansmen who come to worship their ancestors. Everyone drinks heartily and connects with each other after a long separation and estrangement, which is called "food ancestor". Sacrifice ancestors on the winter solstice. It has been handed down from generation to generation in Taiwan Province. To show that you don't forget your "roots."