1, red bean sticky rice. In the Jiangnan water towns, there is a winter night the whole family gathered together *** eat red beans sticky rice custom. Legend has it that there is a person called *** work, his son is not talented, evil, died on the winter solstice this day, after the death of the epidemic ghost, continue to brutalize the people. However, the ghost of the epidemic is afraid of red beans, so people cook and eat red beans rice on the day of the winter solstice, to avoid the ghost of the epidemic, disaster prevention and relief.

2, sugar cane. In the Chaoshan region, there is a saying, called "winter eating sugar cane, no disease". Chaoshan ancestors believe that eating sugar cane on the day of winter, both to protect the teeth, but also can play a tonic effect. On the day of winter, with peanuts, mushrooms, chestnuts, shrimp, carrots, etc. made of fragrant rice, loved by the Chaoshan people.

3, chestnut fried rice. In Shantou, each season is concerned about eating different seasonal food, as the saying goes, "three nine make up a winter, the next year without disease", "winter tonic" and eat chestnut fried rice is a unique custom in Shantou. It is said that if you take tonic on the day of winter, 100% of the nutrients will be absorbed by the body. The Chinese medicinal herbs used for tonic diet are ginseng, angelica, wolfberry, western ginseng, fish glue, deer antler, cordyceps, poria, astragalus and so on, and the commonly used medicinal foods are chicken, partridge, pigeon, quail, water duck and so on.