1. Eating Ciba: According to the tradition in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, Ciba will be held on the winter solstice, and many people will participate in it, which is very grand. In Yunnan, there is also the custom of eating Ciba on the winter solstice. And whenever ancestor worship or major festivals, or weddings and funerals, we should make Ciba. Therefore, in my hometown, Ciba is called "Da Ci", and now the common dumplings are called "Xiao Ci" with some disdain.

2. Eating glutinous rice balls: It is a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in Jiangnan. "Tangyuan" is an essential food in the winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection", and eating tangyuan in the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older".

3. Eat red bean glutinous rice: In the water town of Jiangnan in China, it is a custom for the whole family to get together on the night of the winter solstice to eat red bean glutinous rice. According to legend, * * * Gong's was a gifted scholar who did many evils and died on the winter solstice. After his death, he became an epidemic ghost and continued to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red beans and glutinous rice on the winter solstice to ward off the epidemic ghost and prevent disasters.