The ten must-eat delicacies during the Winter Solstice include mutton soup, glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, egg noodles, Leiyuan, mochi, winter wine, red bean glutinous rice, nine-layer cake, and sweet potato soup.

1. Mutton soup Mutton soup is a dish. The main raw materials include mutton, chili oil, pepper noodles, salt, etc. The soup is white, fat but not greasy, and has no smell. There are local snacks with different characteristics all over the country.

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2. Tangyuan Tangyuan is one of the representatives of Han nationality’s traditional snacks.

Tangyuan expresses the ancient people's yearning and expectation for a happy life.

3. Rice cake. Rice cake is a traditional food of Han Chinese and a seasonal food during the Lunar New Year.

Nian gao is a cake made from rice or glutinous rice, which is boiled and beaten or ground into powder with water and then pressed.

4. Eating Winter Solstice noodles with egg noodles is a custom in northern Anhui during the Winter Solstice.

"Winter Solstice Noodles", commonly known as "Dried Noodles", is one of the types of noodles and is traditionally handmade by local people.

5. Leiyuan Leiyuan is made of glutinous rice flour. First knead the glutinous rice flour and warm water into a dough, then cut it into balls the size of a vinegar saucer and roll them into a round shape. After they are cooked, they are rolled in bean yellow powder, because this process is very unique to the sea.

The dialect is called "Lei", so the winter solstice round is called "Leiyuan".

6. Mochi Mochi is a specialty of Zhejiang and Jiangxi. It is also a traditional snack of Fujian people and an offering by Fujian people during their sacrifices.

Mochi can be dried in the shade and then steamed, pan-fried, grilled or stir-fried.

7. Winter wine-making tradition. Gusu people drink winter wine on the night of the winter solstice. Winter wine is a kind of rice wine brewed with sweet-scented osmanthus and has a pleasant aroma.

In the supermarkets in the streets and alleys of the ancient city of Suzhou, winter wine is piled up like a "hill". Winter wine, which is only brewed once a year, is fragrant, sweet and refreshing.

8. Red bean and glutinous rice In the Jiangnan water towns, there is a custom of the whole family gathering together to eat red bean and glutinous rice on the night of the winter solstice.

Red bean glutinous rice is a home-cooked dish made with glutinous rice and peanuts as the main ingredients, and bacon, salt, and chicken powder as ingredients.

9. Nine-layer cake Nine-layer cake is a sweet rice cake with exquisite workmanship.

The folk method is to soak white rice, grind it into gouache with a stone mill, stir it into a slurry, add sugar water, put a thin layer of gouache on a copper plate, heat and steam it, and then add powder layer by layer to nine layers.

The steamed nine-layer cake has distinct layers, is soft and delicious.

10. Sweet Potato Soup In Ningbo’s traditional customs, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat delicacies during the Winter Solstice.

"Fan" and "fan" have the same pronunciation. In the understanding of Ningbo people, eating sweet potatoes during the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year.