Dumplings, glutinous rice balls, red bean and glutinous rice.
Most southerners will eat dumplings on the Winter Solstice. There is a folk saying that eating dumplings will make you one year older. Therefore, a large number of southerners are also popular in eating dumplings on the winter solstice.
Tangyuan can be used to worship ancestors and can also be used to give to each other and friends. Even in a few places in the south, there is a custom of eating red beans and glutinous rice during the winter solstice.
In addition, people in the South also have the custom of eating pumpkin cakes, red beans, glutinous rice, and radishes during the Winter Solstice. These ingredients are available everywhere in winter, such as radishes. Eating radish in winter can dispel cold and warm the body, while red beans and glutinous rice can warm the stomach.