Zhejiang is rich in folk culture about the winter solstice, especially the food culture. There are eating customs such as glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, red beans, glutinous rice and buckwheat noodles from winter to day in Zhejiang, and the eating habits in different parts of Zhejiang are also different.

For example, in Jiaxing, the custom of "burning longan with eggs" is still handed down. Old people say that because the winter solstice is the longest night in a year, if you don't eat it, you will freeze all night and be hungry in the middle of the night.

On the day of winter solstice, there is a custom of "making festivals" in some areas. In some rural areas of Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, every household will hold a banquet to worship their ancestors on the "Winter Festival". Putting pig's head, chicken, duck, goose, fish and other things on a big plate to worship their ancestors, and then the whole family sits down to eat, which is called "making festivals".