Yes, but it’s not just about eating dumplings. There are also different customs and food cultures in different places.

Customs of the Winter Solstice

1. Ancestor worship: Some areas continue the traditional custom of ancestor worship. Every household places ancestor statues, tablets, etc. in the upper hall of the home, places an offering table, sets up incense burners, Offerings etc.

2. Eating Winter Solstice dumplings: It is popular in some areas in the south to eat Winter Solstice dumplings, which means reunion. Every household grinds glutinous rice flour and wraps them into Winter Solstice dumplings on the early morning of the Winter Solstice. They will also be given as gifts to relatives and friends as a token of blessing.

3. Eat rice cakes: Make three meals of rice cakes with different flavors every winter solstice. Eating rice cakes during the winter solstice will make you grow taller every year.

4. Use nine-layer cakes to worship ancestors: use glutinous rice flour to knead chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep and other auspicious animals, and then steam them in layers in a steamer to worship ancestors. , to show that we do not forget our ancestors.

5. Drink mutton soup: The custom of eating mutton during the Winter Solstice is said to have started in the Han Dynasty. Gifts such as mutton will be given to the elders before the festival. Every family in Fujiu will drink mutton soup, which is good for individuals and elders. It bodes well for the family.