Five delicacies that must be eaten in winter: chicken soup, glutinous rice cakes, marinated meat dumplings, and eight-treasure rice.

1. Drink chicken soup at the beginning of winter. The custom at the beginning of winter is to drink chicken soup in the south and eat dumplings in the north. Drinking chicken soup is the best way to nourish yourself at the beginning of winter. According to folklore, drinking chicken soup on the winter solstice can make up for the whole year. Dumplings are eaten during the Beginning of Winter solar term in the north. Dumplings are derived from the saying "Jiaozi time". Beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, so dumplings at the "Jiaozi time" must be eaten.

2. Xiaoxue eats glutinous rice cake. Ciba is a traditional delicacy in the south. On the day of the Xiaoxue solar term, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice in some places in the south. Ciba is a food made from steamed and pounded glutinous rice. It comes in different shapes. In some places, glutinous rice is round. Shape, symbolizing harvest, celebration and reunion.

3. Pickled meat in heavy snow. As the saying goes, "Before celebrating the New Year, fatten the roof first." It is said that during the heavy snow festival, people begin to pickle meat. Pickled meats, sausages, salted fish and other pickled vegetables will be hung on the doorways and windowsills of many houses, forming a very beautiful scenery. But you have to wait until the Chinese New Year to eat this meat. The delicacies you can eat during the heavy snow solar term include caramel, sweet potato porridge, radish dumplings, etc.

4. Eat dumplings and glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice. The winter solstice is a major solar term, and it is known as "the winter solstice is as big as the new year". Therefore, the customs on this day are similar to the Chinese New Year. Dumplings are eaten in the north and glutinous rice balls are eaten in the south. “If you don’t bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care.” Eating dumplings on this day is a must in the north. Eating rice dumplings during the winter solstice in the south is also called "winter solstice dumplings". "Winter Solstice Group" can be used to worship ancestors, and can also be used to exchange gifts with relatives and friends.

5. Eat eight-treasure rice during the Great Cold. There is a folk custom of eating glutinous rice during the Great Cold. Traditionally, glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and its food has the effect of nourishing and keeping out the cold. The most distinctive glutinous rice delicacy is eight-treasure rice. The glutinous rice is filled with red dates, sweet-scented osmanthus, preserved fruits, lotus seeds and other fillings. It tastes sweet and is a great treat for festivals. To welcome the coldest day in the traditional solar term, in addition to rice pudding, there are also different forms such as rice cakes, steamed wax rice, and rice pudding.