The folk foods that Zhejiang people eat from winter solstice are: rice cakes, wonton, boiled eggs with longan, turnip rice cakes, jiaozi and so on.

1, Hangzhou people: rice cakes

People in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter to celebrate. Every winter solstice, they will make cakes to worship their ancestors or give them to relatives and friends. In diet, three meals will make different flavors of rice cakes, such as rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar, fried rice cakes with shredded pork and so on. People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter for good luck, which means getting old.

2. Shaoxing people: wonton

Shaoxing is Vietnam, but in the old society, no matter men or women, everyone had to get a bowl of wonton to eat on the solstice of winter. On the solstice in summer, you have to eat noodles door to door, which is called "winter solstice wonton and summer solstice noodles". When Shaoxing people make wine, they generally like to drink wine before winter, which is called "winter brewing". The aroma after brewing is particularly attractive, and the water at this time is still winter water, so the brewed wine is easy to preserve and will not deteriorate.

3, Jiaxing people: longan boiled eggs

Born and raised in Jiaxing, most people choose to eat longan and burn eggs in winter solstice night, peel the longan they bought, then boil it in water, boil the juice of longan, then add eggs and add sugar according to their own taste.

4, Ningbo people: radish baked rice cake

On the day before the winter solstice, Ningbo people generally don't go out. On the morning of winter solstice, the whole family has the custom of eating radish and baking rice cakes. The smell of kohlrabi has become a unique rural food in Ningbo during the winter solstice, which is unforgettable. On the eve of winter solstice, every family bakes kohlrabi, and the fire in the big stove is very prosperous. Wash kohlrabi, peel and cut into pieces, and don't waste leaves.

5. South Zhejiang: Winter Solstice Circle

Speaking of southern Zhejiang, it is Wenzhou, Taizhou and Lishui. People in southern Zhejiang must eat braised pork, braised tofu and braised seafood on the winter solstice. The most distinctive thing is to eat the "winter solstice yen", which is something that every household should do on this day. It's really "every family can make glutinous rice balls, and tomorrow is the winter solstice festival".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhejiang Province