glutinous potato fried dumplings

The Winter Solstice, commonly known as the "Winter Festival", is an important solar term in the China lunar calendar. On this day, the northern hemisphere has the shortest day and the longest night. After the winter solstice, the day will become longer day by day and the night will gradually become shorter. In ancient times, Chinese people had a saying that "when the cathode reaches, yang qi begins to grow, the sun reaches south, the day reaches short, and the sun's shadow reaches long, so it is called the Winter Solstice." In "Qing Jialu", there is also "The Winter Solstice is as big as the year" The saying is enough to see that the ancients attached great importance to the Winter Solstice. In the land of China, colorful winter solstice eating customs have been passed down.

Dumplings are eaten on the winter solstice in the north; people in Suzhou eat wonton to remember Xi Shi on the winter solstice; people in Ningxia eat "brains"(mutton powder soup dumplings) on the winter solstice in Chaoshan area; glutinous rice is eaten on the winter solstice in Jiangnan water towns; families in Shanghai eat rice balls on the winter solstice; people in Hangzhou eat rice cakes three times a day.