We should eat jiaozi, wonton, glutinous rice balls, mutton soup, red bean glutinous rice, dried noodles, rice cakes, Ciba and ginger duck on the solstice of winter. There is a proverb in the north called "Winter Solstice Wonton and Summer Solstice Noodles". For northerners who have the custom of "delicious food is not as good as jiaozi", there is also the custom of eating jiaozi and wonton on the solstice in winter. Eating "frozen ears" is a common name for Henan people to eat jiaozi in winter solstice. It is said that eating jiaozi can keep people's ears from freezing in cold winter.

People in different places have different names for wonton. Guangdong people call it "wonton", Hubei people call it "wrapped noodles", Jiangxi people call it "clear soup" and Sichuan people call it "wonton". There is also the custom of eating wonton on the solstice of winter.

In addition, on the solstice of winter, there is another saying that "eating glutinous rice balls will make you one year older". Eating glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. Tangyuan is also called "Tangtuan", and eating it on the solstice in winter is also called "the solstice in winter".

The "Winter Solstice Group" can be used for ancestor worship or as a gift for relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. On the solstice of winter, Shanghainese taste newly brewed sweet white wine, flower cakes and glutinous rice balls at family banquets, and on this day, they also worship their ancestors with meat pieces on plates.