1, eat glutinous rice balls
Eating glutinous rice balls is a traditional custom of the winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an essential food in the winter solstice, and "round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating tangyuan in the winter solstice is also called "winter solstice round". There is a folk saying that "one year older after eating glutinous rice balls".
2. Eat roasted meat and ginger rice
Some places in the south want to eat roasted meat on the winter solstice. On the winter solstice, roasted meat becomes an indispensable delicacy on the table of Guangdong and Guangxi, which means adding vegetables to add years. On the winter solstice, Wuchuan people have the custom of "eating ginger rice" on the winter solstice.
3. Eat sweet potato soup
In the traditional customs of Ningbo, sweet potato soup is one of the must-eat delicacies in the winter solstice. "Fan" and "Fan" are homonyms. In Ningbo people's understanding, eating sweet potatoes on the winter solstice means "turning over" all the bad luck of the past year. Tangguo, similar to dumplings, is much smaller and has no stuffing. Tangguo is also called a dumpling, which means "reunion" and "perfection". There is also a saying in old Ningbo that "you are one year older after eating soup".
4. Eat jiaozi
In many parts of northern China, it is customary to eat jiaozi on the winter solstice every year. The northern part of China wants to eat jiaozi on this day because jiaozi means "cooling off the cold". So far, there is a folk saying that "nobody cares if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".
5. Eat mutton soup
On the winter solstice every year, the Chengdu-Jianyang Expressway connecting Chengdu, Sichuan Province ushered in a busy time of the year. People drove into jianyang city, which is located on the east side of Longquan Mountain, just to find a steaming bowl of mutton soup.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Winter Solstice