On the winter solstice among the twenty-four solar terms, people in Longyou Beixiang area have the custom of eating glutinous rice balls, making mochi and frying jelly beans.

Eating glutinous rice balls has been a custom in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the winter solstice, it is necessary to "make rice balls" or "make glutinous rice balls". These are also officially recorded in historical materials, saying "During the Winter Solstice, glutinous rice is made into balls, called glutinous rice balls." After making glutinous rice dumplings, you should offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and then eat glutinous rice dumplings with the whole family, which is called "increasing the age". Therefore, eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice has been a tradition since ancient times.

In the Longyou Beixiang area, during the free season after receiving new glutinous rice or during the winter solstice, every household makes mochi to add joy to the harvest, enjoy the fruits of the harvest, and fry jelly beans on February 2. The custom also means good luck in the new year.