Northerners say that "the solstice in winter is the solstice in summer in jiaozi", while southerners say that "the solstice in winter is when my mother eats glutinous rice balls and grows one year sweeter".

In winter solstice, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in the north.

People in northern China have the custom of eating jiaozi. The choice of stuffing in jiaozi from winter solstice is directly related to the implication, and the most common leek stuffing indicates the meaning of long-term wealth. The most common Chinese cabbage meat stuffing means "hundred treasures". The reason for eating jiaozi in winter comes from Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Henan, who misses poor villagers. On the day of winter solstice, he set up a medical shed in the open space of Dongguan, Nanyang, and gave the poor people "cold-dispelling and charming ear soup" ("charming ear" is now a jiaozi), which made people feel warm. Therefore, the custom of eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter continues to this day. Lentinus edodes sandwiched in jiaozi from winter solstice have the most health-preserving effect. Wrapped in dumpling stuffing means to drum up wealth, that is, to drum up and protrude. The shape of mushrooms is like an upward arrow, indicating that they are full and represent drum wealth. Finally, there is the recent rise of sauerkraut stuffing, which is said to mean calculating wealth. Celery stuffing means diligence and wealth, which means that diligence is frequent and frequent. It is called diligence and wealth.

In the winter of solstice, there is a custom of eating glutinous rice balls in the south.

Eating glutinous rice balls was established in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. On the solstice of winter, it is necessary to "make dumplings" or "make dumplings". These are also officially recorded in historical materials. The history says that "on the winter solstice, powdered glutinous rice is a pill, which is called' glutinous rice balls'". After jiaozi is wrapped up, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to the gods and ancestors, and then the whole family will eat around. This is called "adding years". Therefore, it is very old to eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter.

Eating dumplings is a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an essential food from winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "the winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older".