When does the Dragon Raise its Head? What does the dragon eat when it raises its head?
The Dragon Raises its Head on the Second Day of the Second Month every year is a traditional festival in my country. When it comes to traditional festivals, people must think of time and food. Many festivals in my country have foods with special significance. So let’s find out when the Dragon Raises its Head? What does the dragon eat when it raises its head?When does the Dragon Raise its Head?The Dragon Head Raising Festival is on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year, commonly known as the Blue Dragon Festival. Legend has it that this is the day when the dragon raises its head. It is a traditional festival in urban and rural China. People celebrate the Dragon Head Festival to show respect to the dragon and pray for rain, so that God will bless and ensure a good harvest. At the same time, the second day of the second lunar month is said to be the birthday of the God of Land, called "Land Birthday". In order to wish the God of Land a happy birthday, some places have the custom of holding "Land Meetings": every family collects money to celebrate the birthday of the God of Land, goes to the Land Temple to burn incense and offer sacrifices, beats gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers. In the Zhuang ethnic group areas in the north-central part of Guangxi, there is a saying that "the dragon raises its head on the second day of the second month, and the dragon tails off on the second day of the eighth month."Dragon Raising Time in 2021March 14, 2021, Lunar calendar, February 2, 2021, Sunday, conflict with Rabbit (Xin Mao)Why do we cut our hair when the dragon raises its head?1. Send good wishesThe Dragon Raising its Head is a traditional Chinese festival. This day has a very auspicious meaning in traditional sayings. The "dragon" here refers to the seventh star of the Eastern Azure Dragon among the twenty-eight constellations. At the beginning of the first month of spring every year (when the Big Dipper points to the east), the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon. 2. Hence the name “Dragon Raising its Head” February 2nd, the day when the dragon raises its head, belongs to the beginning of the Mao month in mid-spring. Mao belongs to the wood element and its hexagram is Zhen. Nine two is in the mutual Zhen of Lin hexagram, which indicates that the dragon has left its latent state and has appeared on the surface, showing its head, which is a sign of growth. Tips: There are many activities related to "Dragon Raising its Head", but no matter which way, they all revolve around the beautiful belief in the Dragon God. It is an activity where people place their hopes for survival. What does the dragon eat when it raises its head?1. Eat scallion pancakes when the dragon raises its headIn some places, the cakes eaten on February 2 are called "dragon scale cakes", while in Luliang area, people eat pancakes or scallion pancakes on this day, which is called "peeling the dragon skin". In Taiyuan area, people eat dumplings in addition to pancakes on this day, which is called "eating dragon ears". Some people also eat pancakes with hecai, which means eating dragon heads. People in southern Shanxi must eat fried dough twists and fried dough sticks on this day, which is called "gnawing dragon bones." 2. Eat dumplings when the dragon raises its head Some dumplings are shaped like ingots, and some are shaped like ears. Eating dumplings on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head is called "eating dragon ears." “Nothing is more comfortable than lying down, and nothing is more delicious than dumplings.” On the day of “Dragon Raising its Head,” people pay attention to eating “meat and vegetable dumplings,” which means that the filling contains both meat and vegetables. The homonym of “meat and vegetables” is “wealth,” which means prosperity in the new year. 3. The Dragon Raises its Head and the Donkey Rolls According to the old Beijing custom, people always like to buy and taste "Ludagun" on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. Donkey rolls made of soybean flour and red bean paste have a round shape, which symbolizes "money rolling in". 4. Eat fried cakes when the dragon raises its head 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. The method is to grind millet into yellow rice, and then grind the yellow rice into flour, which is yellow rice flour. The yellow rice cake made from yellow rice flour has four characteristics: "yellow, soft, chewy and fragrant". There are two ways to eat it, one is "vegetarian cake" and the other is "fried cake". 5. Dragon Head-raising Spring Pancake It 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. The custom of eating spring pancakes on the second day of the second lunar month originated in the Qing Dynasty. The pancakes are filled with meat such as braised pork elbow, pork head, and duck, as well as vegetables such as leeks, radishes, and bean sprouts. |
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