Although the summer calendar was later used to replace the weekly calendar, the importance attached to this day has been handed down. Winter is actually equivalent to the New Year in the weekly calendar, so Suzhou people will worship their ancestors on this day and invite their ancestors to spend the winter together. After ancestor worship, the family will sit around and have a reunion dinner, and the younger generation will wear new clothes to pay New Year greetings to their elders. This is called "Happy Festival", "Happy Winter" or "Winter Worship".
Dietary customs of Suzhou people in winter from November to November.
As far as winter solstice diet is concerned, Suzhou is of course the most traditional and exquisite. The winter solstice reunion dinner is the most important festival activity for Suzhou people. Every household in Suzhou City should have a reunion dinner on the solstice and drink winter wine. This winter solstice dinner must have cold dishes, stir-fried whole chicken, whole duck and whole fish, as rich as New Year's Eve. The copper warm pot has long been polished, and egg dumplings, bacon, blinds and cabbage are all available.