1, eat glutinous rice balls in winter in the south of Japan. In Jiangnan water town, there is also the custom that the whole family get together to eat red bean glutinous rice on the night of winter solstice; Traditional Gusu people will drink winter wine on the night of winter solstice; Minnan people should eat ginger duck, an isothermal food, from winter solstice to Sunday. There is a tradition of steaming "muffins" on the solstice of winter in Foshan.

In Chaoshan area, there has been a traditional custom of eating sweet pills from winter to Sunday for many years. What is a sweet pill? Sweet meatballs are sweet soup made of glutinous rice flour and water-kneaded meatballs. In fact, it looks like sweet dumplings now. In Chaoshan, there is a folk proverb, "When you eat solstice pills in winter, you celebrate the New Year", commonly known as "adding years", that is to say, one year old is the solstice after winter. On the solstice of winter, family members sit around their seats. glutinous rice balls is cooked and served to their families. Some people make sweet balls and wrap red bean paste in them. In fact, they taste a bit like glutinous rice balls.