China people's tradition, what to eat in winter solstice night?

The traditional custom of winter solstice is to eat jiaozi in the north and glutinous rice balls in the south.

There is an old saying that the solstice in winter is longer than one year. Due to the regional differences and the changes of the times, the winter solstice with local characteristics has formed in various places, and there are also different winter solstice cuisines all over the country, such as eating jiaozi from winter solstice in Wuxi. Green balls, meatballs, vegetable lard jiaozi, etc. Jiaozi made of glutinous rice flour has a soft and salty taste.

In addition, there is a folk saying that "winter solstice wonton, summer solstice", so many places such as Suzhou will eat a bowl of steaming wonton on winter solstice. Although they are all in the south, most people in Hangzhou usually eat rice cakes on the solstice in winter, instead of jiaozi and wonton. The most different is Ningxia. On the solstice of winter in Yinchuan, Ningxia, we will drink beef noodles and eat jiaozi with mutton noodles.