Wonton is eaten in most places in the south on the winter solstice. Wonton is a bit like jiaozi. It is also made of flour, wrapped in meat and cooked in boiling water. Wonton skin is much thinner than dumpling skin. Wonton is divided into big wonton and small wonton. Big wonton is bigger than small wonton, with more meat, which is a favorite food for many people in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.
On the winter solstice, people in the south of the Yangtze River will eat glutinous rice balls. Tangyuan is made of glutinous rice and water into dough, wrapped in black sesame and white sugar stuffing, wrapped into small round tangyuan, cooked in boiling water, taken out and put into a bowl to eat. The color of glutinous rice balls is snow-white, and the taste is soft, glutinous, sweet and delicious.
On the winter solstice, people in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, will have the custom of drinking winter wine with their families. Winter wine is generally brewed with round glutinous rice, rice wine koji, mineral water, osmanthus, sugar, honey and other ingredients, and winter wine is also a feature of Suzhou.
Tangyuan culture
Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom of the Han nationality, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". Chen Zhisui's "Tangyuan" poem says: "Every winter solstice, everyone cooks, and at the age of one, everyone knows nothing." As the saying goes, "Every family in Ningbo makes glutinous rice, and contentment is always another day." Hu Bingyan also has a poem saying: Xiangze glutinous rice makes glutinous rice balls, and boiling water floats silver, rich and salty.
The entrance is sweet and smooth, and the whole family is happy and drunk. "Ningbo Tangyuan" is an essential food and a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating Tangyuan during festivals symbolizes family harmony and auspiciousness, so it is also called "Floating Yuanzi".