Cantonese people eat barbecue and ginger rice on the solstice in winter. On this day, most Cantonese people have the custom of eating meat and "adding vegetables" during the winter solstice. In Chaoshan area, there is a folk saying that "Winter Festival Pills, once eaten, celebrate the New Year", commonly known as "Adding New Year". Hakkas believe that the taste of water is the most mellow in winter solstice, so it has become a custom for Hakkas to make wine in winter solstice. ?

People in Hangzhou eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. From the late Ming and early Qing dynasties to the present, people in Hangzhou like to eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter. In winter solstice, you can cook rice cakes with different flavors, eat rice cakes in winter solstice and get old, which is auspicious. In Sichuan, it is the solstice to eat mutton soup in winter, and mutton is the first tonic in winter. In the area around the two lakes, red beans and glutinous rice must be eaten on the solstice in winter. ?

In some areas in the south, eating the winter solstice ball is more popular, which means reunion. On the morning of winter solstice, every household grinds glutinous rice flour, and uses sugar, meat, radish, fruit and shredded radish as stuffing to make winter solstice meatballs, which are not only eaten at home, but also given to relatives and friends as a symbol of blessing.

In fact, eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter is a traditional custom in China, which is more common in Jiangnan. There is also a folk saying that "eating jiaozi is one year older".

Auspicious implication of various dumpling fillings;

Celery stuffing means diligence and wealth, so it is diligent and rich in jiaozi;

Diligence: that is, diligence and diligence; Often diligence (frequency) is constantly flowing, which is called diligence. It is a blessing to endless material wealth; It is also a blessing for hard work and pragmatism.

Leek stuffing-meaning long wealth, so it is called long wealth jiaozi;

Long time: that is, over time, it is called long-term wealth. Long-term prayer is a kind of material wealth; It is also a blessing to eternity, hoping that people will live for a long time-health, harmony, happiness and happiness.