What does Cixi eat on the winter solstice?

Eating jiaozi in winter solstice is a traditional custom of Cixi people, also called jiaozi, and eating jiaozi in winter solstice is also called "jiaozi in winter solstice". Tangyuan stuffing is thin, glutinous but not sticky; White and crystal clear, sweet and delicious; Now, jiaozi can be eaten all year round, not only in winter solstice.

Eating rice cakes from the late Qing Dynasty to the first day of the Republic of China until now, Cixi people like to eat rice cakes on the solstice of winter. On the solstice of winter, we will make three kinds of rice cakes with different flavors. In the morning, we eat rice cakes mixed with sesame powder and sugar. At noon, we eat fried rice cakes with pickles, winter bamboo shoots and shredded pork. For dinner, we have mustard seed rice cake, shredded pork and shredded bamboo shoots soup. Eating rice cakes on the solstice of winter is good luck to get old.