Eating Dumplings in the North: Every year on the winter solstice of the Lunar New 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. Every family in Fujiu will drink mutton soup, which is a good sign for individuals, elders and families.

Jiangnan rice: In Jiangnan water town, there is a custom that the whole family get together on the night of the winter solstice to eat 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 potato on the winter solstice is to "turn over" all the bad luck of the past year. It also has the good color of "high fortune" and "high blessing".

Taiwan Province glutinous rice cake: made of glutinous rice flour into chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cows, sheep and other animals symbolizing good luck and happiness, and then steamed in layers in a steamer to worship ancestors, so as to show that they will not forget their ancestors.

Rolling round in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province: "Winter Solstice Round" is an old tradition in Taizhou, and rolling round means roundness and reunion.

Suzhou Brewing: Traditional people in Gusu will drink winter brewing on the night of the winter solstice. In the cold winter, winter brewing can not only drive away the cold, but also place a good wish for life of Gusu people.

Jiangxi Mazi: Mazi, a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi, is also a traditional snack and sacrificial offering of Fujian people. It means sticking away bad luck, being healthy and safe.