Eat glutinous rice balls, roast pork and ginger rice, sweet potato soup and fruit, dumplings, and mutton soup.

Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom during the Winter Solstice; some places in the south eat barbecued meat on the Winter Solstice; in the traditional custom of Ningbo, sweet potato soup and fruit is one of the must-eat delicacies during the Winter Solstice; in many areas of northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice every year.

; Jianyang City will eat steaming hot mutton soup on the winter solstice.

1. Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom during the Winter Solstice, which is especially popular in Jiangnan.

"Tangyuan" is an essential food during the Winter Solstice. "Yuan" means "reunion" and "completeness". Eating glutinous rice balls during the Winter Solstice is also called "Winter Solstice Yuan".

There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls makes you one year older".

2. Eat roasted pork and ginger rice. In some places in the south, roasted pork is eaten on the Winter Solstice. On the winter solstice, the dried roasted pork becomes an indispensable delicacy on the dining tables of Guangdong and Guangxi, which means adding vegetables to add years to the meal.

On the winter solstice, Wuchuan people have a custom of "eating ginger rice" during the winter solstice.

3. Eating sweet potato soup and fruit. In Ningbo’s traditional custom, sweet potato soup and fruit is one of the must-eat delicacies during the Winter Solstice.

"Fan" and "fan" have the same pronunciation. In the understanding of Ningbo people, eating sweet potatoes during the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year.

Tangguo is similar to gnocchi, but much smaller and has no filling inside.

Tangguo is also called Yuanzi, which means "reunion" and "completeness".

There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "eating Tang Guo makes you one year older".

4. Eating dumplings In many areas of northern China, there is a custom of eating dumplings on the winter solstice every year.

In northern China, dumplings are eaten on this day because dumplings have the meaning of "repelling cold". There is still a folk proverb "If you don't bring dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care".

5. Eat mutton soup. Every year on the winter solstice, the Chengdu-Jiang Expressway connecting Chengdu, Sichuan to Jianyang ushered in a busier time of the year. People drove into Jianyang City, located on the east side of the Longquan Mountains, just to find a bowl.

Steaming hot mutton soup.