1. Hangzhou rice cake: Hangzhou people like to celebrate the winter solstice by eating rice cake. Every winter solstice, they make cakes to worship their ancestors or as gifts to relatives and friends. In terms of food, rice cakes with different flavors are made for three meals, such as rice cakes with sesame powder mixed with white sugar, stir-fried rice cakes with shredded pork, etc. Hangzhou people eat rice cakes during the winter solstice to bring good luck, which means they will grow taller every year.
2. Ningbo Tang Guo: "Eating Tang Guo makes you one year older." One thing you must eat during the Winter Solstice in Ningbo is Tang Guo. The ingredients of Tang Guo are similar to Tang Yuan, but there is no filling inside. Nowadays, when Ningbo people celebrate the winter solstice, they will change the soup into glutinous rice flour and add sweet potato kernels, which is called sweet potato soup.
3. Roasted rice cakes with kohlrabi: Ningbo people love "roasted rice cakes with kohlrabi". The day before the winter solstice, Ningbo people generally don't go out. It is the custom of the whole family to eat roasted rice cakes with kohlrabi on the morning of the winter solstice. The fragrance of kohlrabi has become a unique rural delicacy during the Winter Solstice Festival in Ningbo, making it unforgettable. On the eve of the Winter Solstice Festival, every family roasts kohlrabi. The fire in the big stove is burning brightly. Wash the kohlrabi, peel it and cut it into pieces. Do not waste the leaves.
4. Jiuniangyuanzi: Jiuniangyuanzi is a famous snack in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It is not only used to entertain guests, but also eaten during festivals. In Ningbo’s winter solstice custom, fermented glutinous rice dumplings are one of the must-eat delicacies.
5. Mochi: Wenzhou mochi is actually made of glutinous rice balls powder, with some sugar and bean paste rolled on the surface. Every winter solstice, this soft and glutinous little mochi will be popular in In the streets and alleys of Wenzhou.
6. Wonton: As the saying goes, "Winter Solstice wontons and Summer Solstice noodles" are very popular until now. In Shaoxing, eating a bowl of hot wontons is a standard part of the festival on the Winter Solstice.