The Winter Solstice is an important solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar and also a traditional festival for the Chinese nation. The winter solstice is commonly known as "Winter Festival," "Long Day," "Asian Year," etc. There is a custom of eating dumplings in the Winter Solstice in northern China. As the saying goes: "The winter solstice, eat dumplings."But the South is to eat sweet soup balls, winter solstice eat sweet soup balls, a symbol of family harmony, auspicious.
Different local food, but the most common is to eat dumplings.