December 22, Winter Solstice.
Winter Solstice customs vary in content and detail depending on the region. Some coastal areas practice ancestral worship. People in the north usually eat dumplings on this day, while those in the south prefer Tang Yuan. However, there are also those who eat rice cakes, roast meats, and ginger rice. Yi Province and some surrounding areas opt for mutton soup to fend off the cold.
Which one is better?
That's hard to say.
Ask Zhou Li, ask Brother Nan, ask Baozi, and their answers will all be somewhat biased.
Only when you ask Huai Xu do you get a relatively fair response—he's neither from the north nor the south; he's not even human.
He's just a simple, meat-loving, Little Demon who eats anything tasty that comes his way.
For him, the mutton soup has a slight edge.
