Quanzhou people eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter. In the morning of the winter festival, sweet pill soup is cooked to worship the ancestors, and then the whole family eats sweet pill soup for breakfast. Some people will leave a few rice balls after dinner and stick them on the door, which is called "respecting the door god". People in Quanzhou eat pills, calling Yuanxiao Pill "head pill (round)" and Winter Festival "tail pill (round)", so that the head and tail are round, which means that the whole family is happy all year round.

There is a saying in Quanzhou custom that "you don't go home for the New Year, you have no ancestors", so everyone who goes out tries to go home for the New Year. The ancients said that the winter solstice is the turning point of daytime growth in a year, and the spirit of the sun began to become stronger. There is a saying that the solstice in winter is as big as a year. On this day, eating jiaozi in Quanzhou means that the whole family is full all year round, and it also carries good wishes for the future.

The winter solstice is also commonly known as the "winter festival" by Minnan people. It is said among the people that "the winter solstice is a traditional festival as important as the New Year, and there are customs such as eating glutinous rice balls and offering sacrifices to ancestors.