1. It is said that the custom of eating dog meat on the solstice began in the Han Dynasty. According to legend, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, ate dog meat cooked by Fan Kuai on the solstice in winter, which was particularly delicious and full of praise. Since then, the custom of eating dog meat from winter solstice has been formed among the people. Now, people in Chenzhou still eat dog meat, mutton and various nourishing foods on the solstice in winter, in order to have a good omen for the coming year.

2. Wintersolstice wine is the favorite of farmers. For thousands of years, farmers have been brewing wine from winter to sun, because the wine brewed from winter to sun tastes good and can be stored well; In the early morning of winter solstice in the rural areas of northern half county, people pick sweet well water and soak it with distiller's grains. After sufficient chelation, water and distiller's grains gradually merged into one, regardless of each other.

3. Hunan people will kill chickens and pigs on the winter solstice and hang the meat in the shade, which is called winter solstice meat. As the saying goes, "if you eat meat from the winter solstice, your body will compete with calves." Urban and rural residents in Changsha are used to making preserved fish and bacon around winter, pickling the fish for four or five days, and then hanging them in windy places to dry.