China is vast in territory and rich in natural resources, and its dietary customs vary from place to place. In addition, each family has different tastes. It's up to you to eat well on the winter solstice.

I'm from the south, and I personally like to eat glutinous rice, so my family will eat glutinous rice balls.

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.

Old Hangzhou people like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter to celebrate. They eat three meals a day. Eat rice cakes dipped in white sugar and sesame powder for breakfast, fried rice cakes with shredded pork for lunch, mustard rice cakes, shredded bamboo shoots soup and shredded pork for dinner. "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic. Eating rice cakes on the solstice in winter means "high every year" and represents good luck.