What is the holiday custom of winter solstice?

Traditional customs of solar terms from winter solstice include painting nine pictures, making rice wine, eating glutinous rice balls, eating barbecue and ginger rice, and eating jiaozi. Winter solstice is one of the earliest solar terms in China, which was called "short day" or "short day" in ancient times.

In my hometown of Henan, the main custom is to eat jiaozi.

In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "driving away the cold". So far, there is a folk proverb that says "no one will care if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice".