What do you eat in winter in the south of solstice? Food is abundant on the solstice in winter.

1, eat Ciba: According to the tradition in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, the solstice in winter will be Ciba, which is very grand and attended by many people. In Yunnan, there is also the custom of eating Ciba from the winter solstice. And whenever ancestor worship or major festivals, or weddings and funerals, we should make Ciba. So in my hometown, Ciba is called "Big Ciba", and now jiaozi is called "Little Ciba" with a little disdain.

2. Eating jiaozi: This 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".

3. Eat red beans and glutinous rice: In the water town in southern China, it is a custom for the whole family to get together to eat red beans and glutinous rice at night from winter to Sunday. According to legend, * * * Gong was a troubled wit who died in the winter. Become a plague ghost after death and continue to harm the people. However, this epidemic ghost is most afraid of red beans, so people cook red beans and glutinous rice on the solstice in winter to drive away the epidemic ghost and prevent disasters.