What is the best thing to do on the Dragon Raising Day in February 2021? What is the best thing to eat?
I believe everyone is familiar with the Dragon Raising its Head Festival. When this festival comes, in addition to some traditional customs and activities, there will also be some food customs. Follow the editor to learn about what is the best thing to do on February 2, 2021 when the Dragon Raises its Head? What is the best thing to eat?What is the best thing to do on the Dragon Raising Day in February 2021?The Dragon Raising its Head on February 2, 2021 falls on the second day of the second month in the lunar calendar, which is March 14 in the Gregorian calendar.Dragon Qi In the morning at Mao time (between 5 and 7 o'clock), on the first Mao day of Mao month, go out, face east and take a deep breath, this is auspicious. Shaving faucet It refers to haircutting on the second day of the second lunar month. For children, haircut is called "shaving a happy head". It takes advantage of the auspicious time of the dragon raising its head to bless the children to grow up healthily and become successful when they grow up. For adults, haircut is to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck and smooth sailing in the new year. It is said that getting a haircut on February 2nd will bring good luck for the whole year. In addition, there is a custom in Linyi not to get a haircut in the first month of the year, so many people get a haircut on February 2nd. There is a saying that goes: "On February 2nd, the dragon raises its head, and adults and children should get a haircut." Dragon Sacrifice In the past, the Dragon Head-raising Festival was a day for worshiping the Dragon God. On this day every year, people would go to the Dragon God Temple or the waterside to burn incense and offer sacrifices to the Dragon God, praying for the Dragon God to create clouds and rain and bless a good harvest for the year. However, in many areas, especially in the south, people also regard the second day of the second lunar month as the "birthday of the God of Land" and hold community sacrifices to worship the God of Land. What is the best thing to eat?Eat spring pancakesIt is customary to eat spring pancakes on the day of the Beginning of Spring, and it is also customary to eat spring pancakes on the second day of the second lunar month. Eating spring pancakes on the Beginning of Spring is called "biting spring", and eating spring pancakes on the second day of the second lunar month is called "biting dragon scales", which is named because the spring pancakes are round and thin, like scales. Eat pancakes Eat pancakes, pancakes are the afterbirth of the Dragon King. Eating pancakes is to prepare for the Dragon King's disaster, and throwing pancakes is to bury the Dragon King's afterbirth. Eating pig heads On the day of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2, people pay attention to food and drink as before, especially eating pig heads, which are called dragon heads. But during the Republic of China period, people seldom heard of eating dragon teeth, dragon hair, and dragon scales. In addition, some places had slight changes, adding new things like soy sauce or tomato juice to make it more Westernized, which was a feature of the times. On this day, farmers make vegetable balls called "eating dragon eggs" and noodles into soup called "eating dragon whiskers". Eat fried cakes In some areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating fried cakes on the day of the Spring Dragon Festival, which is called "eating dragon gall". The fried cake is golden in color, so it is very vividly called dragon's thorn. Eat noodles People in the north like to eat a bowl of "dragon beard noodles" on February 2 to bring good luck. Dragon beard noodles evolved from Shandong stretched noodles. They got their name because the stretched noodles are as thin as hair and when put into boiling water they look like a silver dragon entering the sea. The Origin of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2There are many different folk stories about the origin of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2. There is a mythological story that says that it had not rained in Guanzhong area for a long time, so the Jade Emperor sent the Dragon King of the East China Sea to sow rain to relieve the drought. However, the little dragon was playful and soon forgot about this task and had a great time playing in the river. There was a brave man among the people. After learning about this, he went to the edge of the cliff, disturbed the river water to obtain the "dragon-subduing water", and fought with the Dragon King. He then defeated the Dragon King and made him make it rain.In addition, there is another fundamental theory that due to the influence of my country's traditional farming culture, astronomy in ancient times developed very well. Not only were there twenty-eight constellations, but the ancient working people could also judge seasonal weather changes based on the positions of the stars. Among the twenty-eight constellations, seven of them can completely form a dragon shape. Around the second month of the lunar calendar every year, the first and second stars of the seven constellations will rise from the eastern horizon, just like the head of a dragon slowly rising, so it is called "the dragon raising its head". |
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