What are the customs of Quanzhou from winter solstice? What are the customs of winter solstice in Fujian?

People in Quanzhou eat pills on the solstice in winter, calling Yuanxiao Pills "head pills (round)" and winter festivals "tail pills (round)", so that the head and tail are round, indicating that the whole family is happy from beginning to end.

In Zhangzhou area, on the eve of "Winter Solstice", every household should "rub balls" with rice. Meatballs are red and white in color, so it is necessary to pinch a few small and exquisite toys, commonly known as "pinching chickens and bitches". Such as sheep's head, pig's feet, flower fish, litchi, peach, pear, orange and banana, which symbolize prosperity and auspiciousness.

In Fuzhou, "Rice Market" and "Ciba" are both special foods of Fujian's winter solstice festival, with slightly different practices but similar tastes. Ciba is steamed rice and mashed with a stone spoon, which is popular in northern Fujian and is called Ciba. Fuzhou generally uses rice paste to rub directly, which is called "rice time".

Xiamen people have a soft spot for ducks. They eat ducks, salted ducks, sauced ducks, roast ducks and four kinds of marinated ducks all year round, and eat ginger ducks in the winter solstice custom. Ginger duck is made of muscovy duck with red face, fried with incense and stewed with ginger and rice wine. It has the functions of soothing liver and moistening lung, nourishing stomach and strengthening spleen, relaxing muscles and tendons, promoting blood circulation, dispelling cold and resolving phlegm, and is especially nourishing.