Rice market is a kind of flavor snack in Fujian. Rice and glutinous rice are mixed in a certain proportion, ground into slurry, pressed into semi-dry, kneaded into balls, cooked and served with bean flour and sugar. It is called "three-meter time". The "rice rubbing time" of families in Fuzhou from winter solstice is accompanied by rich folk activities such as singing nursery rhymes and throwing oranges. The rich folk customs also make the "meal time" in Fuzhou different from the winter solstice cuisine in other areas such as Ciba.

Old Fuzhou people like to call it "rolling" in dialect when buying "rice", which means "rolling" and refers to the action of "rolling" when dipping soybean powder. Because jiaozi itself has no taste, it is an essential process to mix white sugar or brown sugar with bean flour.

The custom of rubbing rice in Fuzhou

When Fuzhou people rub rice, there are bamboo baskets on the table. There are several oranges, a pair of red chopsticks and a pair of paper flowers in the basket. When rubbing rice, it is also called "rubbing round", which means reunion; The meal symbolizes "a turn of luck". When rubbing rice, the whole family sits around the round table and sings when rubbing rice, for example, "When rubbing rice, pressing milk hurts elder brother, pressing elder brother to ask sister-in-law, pressing elder brother to be single". Many lyrics have the meaning of harmony, happiness and longevity.

When rubbing rice, there is a pair of fat-waisted clay figurines on the table, commonly known as "Huoerkui", which is of great significance today. "Huo Erkui" looks like a young woman and looks ugly, so Fuzhou people ridicule girls of different lengths as "like Huo Erkui".