The origin of "February 2nd,Dragon-head-raising Festival"
Today is the second day of February of the lunar calendar. Chinese folk is commonly known as "dragon's head". On this day, people will carry out colorful folk customs and sacrifice activities to pray for this year to be able to make a smooth wind and a grain. So why is this festival born? How can people celebrate on this day? Let's learn about Chinese traditional festivals- "Dragon-Head-Raising Festival"。
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Folk legend
There are many legends about the "February 2". One of the legends explained: The East China Dragon King has a daughter like a jade, born in the second day of February. One day, the little dragon girl quietly slipped out of the Dragon Palace to the world, and she was catching the droughts of the world, and her plants were dry. Seeing this scene, the Dragon Girl had a compassion. So she took out a handful of red beans from the bag of her belt and sprinkled it in the field. The sky was dense in the sky, the electric flashes were thunderous, and there was a heavy rain. After the rain, the crops of hundreds of miles were green. The Dragon King learned that he was very angry afterwards. He thought that the Dragon Girl would rain in private and rejoiced. The dragon mother missed her daughter very much. On the second day of the second day of February of the little dragon girl, she always surfaced, looked up, and cried. Her cry became thunderous, and her tears became rainy, so there was a legend of "February 2nd, Dragon-Head-raising".
Folk Culture
From ancient times to the present, many of the customs of February 2nd have been circulated, and many of them are related to dragons.
Dragon food
The festivals are always separated from food. FEBRUARY 2ND will be crowned on the title of "Dragon" no matter what they eat. Eating dumplings is called "eating dragon ear", eating rice is called "eat dragon", eating ravioli is called "eating longan", noodles are called "lifting dragon's beard", eating frying cakes "eat dragon gangsia" For "keel", the cake also made a dragon -scale, called "dragon -scale cake".
Shaving
On this day, the haircut is called "shaving the dragon head" or "shaving head". By "the dragon's head" to bless the child's healthy growth, when he grows up, he will make a head -up; I wish the adults a good head and a good photo of the blessing. That is, the "February 2nd Folk head, which has a spiritual head for a year."
For thousands of years, the form of folk customs is constantly changing, but people's longing for a better life is eternal. These customs and stories are not only tradition and culture, but also to carry a spiritual wealth. Inspired by inspiration -live up to spring, the future is expected.
