Where is the custom of eating jiaozi on the winter solstice? I come from Gansu. There is no such thing in my hometown.

It is a custom for northerners to eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter, while southerners usually eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter.

Eating jiaozi is also 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 saying among the Han people that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi.

The ancients had a poem: "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty." "Circle" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating jiaozi on the solstice in winter symbolizes family harmony and good luck.

In winter solstice, most parts of the province are used to eating jiaozi. It is said that eating jiaozi won't freeze your ears on the winter solstice.

The tradition in mountainous areas is to eat cakes. Prosperous boiled rape root rice soup in southern Shanxi. Some places still eat wonton, which is called "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice noodles".

It is said that eating glutinous rice balls from winter solstice in some areas in the south is developed from red beans and glutinous rice.

Eat wonton soup from winter solstice in Sichuan.

In winter in Guangxi, we eat tofu buns, fry tofu into a hollow, and steam the meat.