The custom of winter in northern Japan?

The winter solstice in the north is one of the traditional festivals in China, with rich and colorful customs. The following is an answer to the northern winter solstice custom:

1. Solstice in Winter jiaozi: Northerners like to eat jiaozi on the Solstice in Winter. Jiaozi symbolizes reunion and auspiciousness, because it is shaped like the ancient gold ingot in China. At family gatherings, relatives will wrap jiaozi together to show the unity and warmth of the family.

2. Eat glutinous rice balls: Koreans like to eat glutinous rice balls on the solstice in winter, which is a dessert made of glutinous rice flour. Eating glutinous rice balls symbolizes reunion and beauty, because it is shaped like perfection and reunion. Families will get together and enjoy the sweetness and warmth of glutinous rice balls.

3. Winter solstice sacrifice: Winter solstice is also an important day to sacrifice ancestors and gods in the northern region. People will place offerings at home or in ancestral temples, burn incense to worship their ancestors, and pray for a safe and bumper harvest in the coming year. This is an important ceremony to inherit and carry forward the family culture.

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