What are the customs of winter solstice in Yancheng?

1. There are customs such as eating jiaozi, eating glutinous rice balls, burning paper to worship ancestors, drinking pumpkin soup and eating pumpkin pie from winter solstice in Yancheng.

2. Eat jiaozi: In winter solstice, jiaozi should be thin-skinned, stuffed, pinched and uncooked, and jiaozi should have pork, mutton, beef and chicken.

3. Eating glutinous rice balls: Eating glutinous rice balls is an ancient traditional festival custom in China, which means reunion and peace.

4. Burning paper to worship ancestors: ancestor worship is a traditional custom, and it is the four major festivals to worship ancestors in traditional Han festivals.

5. Drink pumpkin soup: Before sunrise in the morning from winter solstice, every family will drink pumpkin soup, cook with red beans and pumpkins, and replace porridge with soup.

6. Eat pumpkin pie: pumpkin pie is a food with pumpkin as the main material. The main raw materials are pumpkin, glutinous rice flour, condensed milk, milk, bread crumbs, sugar and stuffing.