jiaozi and chicken soup are generally eaten during the winter solstice in Hubei, and glutinous rice balls are generally the traditional food for southerners to spend the winter solstice. Eating jiaozi on the winter solstice is not forgetting the kindness of Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", in "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction". Up to now, there is still a folk song in Hubei, which says, "No one cares if you freeze your ears on the winter solstice.".

Hubei people pay attention to reunion and excitement on the winter solstice, so they also like to drink chicken soup on the winter solstice, and drinking chicken soup near the end of the year symbolizes peace and tranquility. Among them, the main labor force has to eat chicken feet, which means "grasping wealth in the New Year", and "promising young people" have to eat chicken wings, which means that they can fly high, and when they are family members, they eat chicken heads, which means "getting ahead".

There is also the habit of eating black rice around Hunan and Hubei, and you must eat red bean glutinous rice on the winter solstice. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can nourish the healthy qi of human body. After eating it, it will cause fever all over the body, which plays a role in keeping out the cold and nourishing. It is most suitable for eating in winter.