When is the Dragon Raising its Head Festival in 2019? What traditional food is eaten during the Dragon Head Festival?
Introduction: Dragon Raising its Head is an important traditional festival in our country. So when is the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2, 2019? What traditional food do we eat during the Dragon Head Festival? Spring is a season of vitality and revival, but the weather changes greatly. Shuimoxiansheng.com has summarized the festivals and solar terms in February of the lunar calendar in 2019. You are welcome to check it out!What is the date of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2, 2019?What is the date of Dragon Raising its Head in 2019: Friday, March 8, 2019The Dragon Raising its Head Festival is on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year. The Dragon Raising its Head Festival is also known as the "Spring Farming Festival", "Farming Festival" and "Spring Dragon Festival". In ancient China, the Twenty-Eight Mansions were used to indicate the positions of the sun, moon and stars in the sky and to determine the seasons. After the vernal equinox, the "Dragon Horn Stars (i.e., Spica I and Spica II)" would appear on the eastern horizon at dusk, hence the name "Dragon Raising its Head." What traditional food is eaten during Dragon Head Festival?Eating fried noodle flags on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head : On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, people in Zibo have the traditional custom of eating fried noodle flags. The so-called noodle flags are noodles cut into diamond shapes, 3-2 cm long and wide. The dried noodles are heated and fried with white clay to make fried noodles.Eating fried beans on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head : On the second day of the second month in the northwest, people in Minxian County, Gansu Province and other places have the habit of eating fried beans, which indicates the beginning of spring every year. At the second day of the second month fair in Minxian County, people who come to the fair buy large yellow pears to take home to honor their elders, so the "second day of the second month" temple fair is also called the "yellow pear fair." Eating noodles on the day of the dragon raising its head : Northerners like to eat a bowl of "dragon beard noodles" on the second day of the second lunar month 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. According to legend, there was a chef in the imperial kitchen of the Ming Dynasty who, on the day of the beginning of spring, made a kind of noodles as thin as hair, which looked like dragon whiskers. The emperor's appetite was whetted and he was very pleased, and he praised the noodles endlessly. From then on, this kind of fried pastry became a very fashionable snack. Eating dragon beard noodles on the second day of the second lunar month has the beautiful meaning of "everything goes smoothly and as you wish". Eating dumplings on the day when the dragon raises its head : Some dumplings are shaped like ingots, and some are shaped like ears. Eating dumplings on the day when the dragon raises its head is called "eating dragon's 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. Eating fried cakes on the day of the Dragon Raising 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". Eat pig's head when the dragon raises its head : The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival for the people, and there is a custom of "eat pig's head when the dragon raises its head". People are buying pig heads in hopes of a good omen for the new year. Eat scallion pancakes when the dragon raises its head : In some places, the pancakes eaten on the second day of the second month are called "dragon scale pancakes", while in Luliang area, pancakes or scallion pancakes are eaten 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." Eating spring pancakes on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head : Eating spring pancakes is a tradition on the day of the Beginning of Spring, and it is also a tradition on the second day of the second lunar month. Eating spring pancakes on the day of 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 February 2 originated in the Qing Dynasty. The pancakes are filled with meat such as braised pork elbow, pork head, and duck with camphor tea, as well as vegetables such as leeks, radishes, and bean sprouts. Eating mustard rice on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head : There is a custom of eating mustard rice on the second day of the second month. There is a rhyming saying in the local dialect, which means that if you eat mustard rice on this day, you will not get skin diseases for a whole year. This has some scientific truth to it, because mustard is rich in vitamins and chlorophyll, which are good for the skin. The dragon raises its head and eats popcorn : When Wu Zetian became the emperor, this angered the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor ordered the four dragon kings not to rain on the earth within three years. However, one yellow dragon disobeyed the order. When the Jade Emperor found out, he sent it down to the mortal world and pressed it under the stupa. He said that if it wanted to return to heaven, it would have to make its "golden beans bloom". In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for flowering golden beans. On the second day of the second month of the following year, when people were turning over and drying corn seeds, they suddenly remembered that corn was like golden beans. If they were fried, they would bloom. Isn't this the same as "golden beans blooming"? So every household popped popcorn, set up an table in the yard, burned incense, and offered the blooming "golden beans". Eating donkey rolls on the Dragon Raising its Head : It is an old Beijing custom that people always like to buy and taste "donkey rolls" 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". Eating fried noodles on the day of the Dragon Raising its Head : In the northern part of She County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every household eats fried noodles at noon on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. Fried noodles are made by tearing the noodles into small pieces and then mixing them with shredded meat, shredded fried tofu, shredded spring bamboo shoots, green vegetables, etc. and stir-frying them together. Because the fried noodles look like worms, it means that everyone works together to fry the worms and eat them all. Eating "Waist-Supporting Cake" on the Day of the Dragon Raising its Head : The Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions retain the custom of eating "Waist-Supporting Cake" on the day of the second lunar month. It has the meaning of supporting the waist, meaning that after eating the cake, there will be no back pain in the year. The new wave of annual fortune in 2019 has already changed. Calculate your own fortune in advance, correct your mistakes if there are any, and encourage yourself if there are none, so that the new year will be smooth and safe. To calculate your new fortune in 2019, please click on the [Premium Calculation] below to learn about your new fortune. I wish you peace and happiness in the new year! |
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