China beginning of winter eats jiaozi, mutton soup, ginger duck, stewed chicken with sesame oil, sweet and sour hairtail and other foods. In southern China, people like to eat chicken, duck and fish in early winter. Beginning of winter, Fujian Province, will eat stewed meat such as dog meat, mutton and pork chops that day; In Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places, people think that beginning of winter "raises winter", and beginning of winter will kill chickens or ducks and stew them for his family.

Suzhou and Changzhou in early winter have the custom of eating bacon paella. This is mainly because the weather becomes cold after winter, and the locals think that salty is the first of the five flavors and is more nourishing. Bacon paella is mainly composed of vegetables and fat bacon after autumn, cooked with new rice of that year. It is said that this kind of bacon dish is delicious and salty.

"Not as delicious as jiaozi" and "Eat jiaozi in big festivals and small festivals". If there is any diet that can represent the food culture of China people, it must be jiaozi. On this day in early winter, most northern areas will eat jiaozi to celebrate, mainly because jiaozi comes from the saying of "sexual intercourse time". People think that beginning of winter is the turn of autumn and winter, and jiaozi can't help eating it. This custom continues to this day.

There are different styles about eating jiaozi in different places. For example, in early winter, you must eat jiaozi stuffed with pumpkin. However, because it is difficult to buy pumpkins in early winter, many people buy pumpkins in the season when they are on the market and store them for eating in jiaozi at the beginning of winter.