Most southerners eat jiaozi on the winter solstice, and among the people, it is said that they are one year older than glutinous rice balls, so a large part of southerners eat glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice.

Tangyuan can be used to worship ancestors or to give to friends. Even in a few places in the south, there is a custom of eating red beans and glutinous rice on the winter solstice.

In addition, the southern winter solstice also has the habit of eating pumpkin pie, red bean glutinous rice, radish and so on. These ingredients can be seen everywhere in winter, such as radish. Eating radish in winter can dispel the cold and warm up, and red bean glutinous rice can warm the stomach.