Eating dumplings in the north: On the winter solstice of the lunar calendar every year, jiaozi is an indispensable holiday meal in some northern areas, regardless of the rich or the poor. Legend has it that it was left in memory of Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical sage", who gave up medicine on the winter solstice.

Tengzhou Mutton Soup: In Tengzhou, Shandong Province, the winter solstice is called Fujiu. Before the festival, gifts such as mutton will be given to elders, and every family in Fujiu will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.

Jiangnan rice: On the night of the winter solstice, the whole family gets together to eat rice with red beans and glutinous rice, which means to ward off epidemic ghosts and prevent diseases.

Ningbo's sweet potato soup fruit: because of the homonym of "fan" and "fan", in Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year. It also has the good color of "high fortune" and "high blessing".

Eating winter solstice noodles and pumpkin pie in Hefei: "Eating winter solstice noodles makes a day grow longer". In the freezing winter, in Hefei, Anhui Province, eating a bowl of hot egg noodles and pumpkin pie is a winter solstice.

Boiled eggs with longan in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province: Jiaxing people advocate winter solstice tonic, including red bean glutinous rice, ginseng soup, walnut stew, longan boiled eggs and so on. Old people say that because the winter solstice is the longest night in a year, if you don't eat longan boiled eggs, you will be frozen or hungry all night.