Dietary customs from solstice to winter vary from place to place, such as:

In Xuzhou, Jiangsu, Tengzhou, Shandong and Chengdu, Sichuan, it is customary to drink mutton soup from winter to Sunday. "When the solstice of winter comes, mutton is delicious." Mutton can be said to be the first choice for nourishing and keeping out the cold in winter. Eating it can not only keep out the cold, but also nourish the body. In some places, there is a saying that "eating mutton from winter to day will warm winter"

In Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, Hunan, people eat eight-treasure rice on the solstice in winter. Longan meat, red dates, medlar, walnut kernel, rock sugar, etc. Mixing with glutinous rice and steaming. The glutinous rice that Changsha people eat every day is not only steamed and boiled, but also fried with lard, and then steamed with red dates and lotus seeds.