What to do on February 2, the Dragon Raising its Head? What are the customs and traditions of the Dragon Raising its Head?
The dragon raises its head around the Jingzhe solar term. When the dragon raises its head, it means that mid-spring has arrived. So, what are the customs and activities when the dragon raises its head on February 2? What are you all doing? Let’s find out together. 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 should we do on February 2nd, when the dragon raises its head?1. There is a folk saying that goes "Shave the dragon's head on the second day of the second month, and you will have a spirited spirit for the whole year." Getting a haircut on this day is called "shaving the dragon's head" or "shaving the happy head". The elders hope to take advantage of this auspicious time when the dragon raises its head to bless their children to grow up healthily and become successful when they grow up; adults get a haircut to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck. In addition, the reason for shaving one's head on February 2nd is because there is a popular belief that "if you don't shave your head in the first month of the lunar calendar, your uncle will die." But it would be very uncomfortable not to have a haircut for a month, so everyone gets a haircut in early February after the first month of the lunar year. Moreover, they were not allowed to have their hair cut because their heads were too heavy to lift, and they could not “raise their heads like the dragon”. The ban was not lifted until the second day of the second lunar month. However, this saying is actually a rumor. The "dead uncle" in it is actually a homonym of "missing the past", which expresses people's nostalgia for the past year. 2. Pick up the "girl" Another important custom on February 2 is to pick up the "girl", that is, the girl's family takes back her married daughter, so there is a saying "On February 2, bring the girl back". People in northern Jiangsu have many etiquettes. Among them, a "girl" cannot live in her parents' home during the first month of the lunar year. After visiting her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings on the second day of the lunar year, she must return to her husband's home on the same day. But on the second day of the second month, her parents would come to take their daughter back to stay for a few days. First, she had been busy for a long time in the first month of the year and was quite tired, so they wanted to take her back to her parents' home to have a good rest; second, the new year had just begun and they would be busy again, so they wanted to reward her. 3. The custom of scattering ashes has a long history and is still popular in many rural areas today. The ash used for spreading ash is generally wood ash, but some people also use lime or rice bran. The specific practices vary from place to place, but generally speaking: scattering ashes in front of the door is called "blocking the door to ward off disasters"; scattering ashes in the corners is meant to "ward off insects"; scattering ashes in the yard to make circles of varying sizes, and symbolically placing some grains, called "enclosing the granary" or "making ash storage", to pray for a good harvest; scattering ashes beside the well is called "attracting the dragon back", in order to pray for good weather and good harvests. The way of spreading the gray line varies from place to place. Generally, it starts from the well, spreads all the way to the kitchen, and surrounds the water tank. The gray line is winding and continuous, which is quite interesting. 4. Stir-fried scorpion beans: The most popular custom on this day is stir-fried scorpion beans. In Weixian, Laizhou and other places, it is called "Baojie", which sounds like "baozhe". It is said that if you eat fried scorpion beans, you will not be stung by scorpions for a year. In Yuncheng and other places, it is called "Fried Scorpion Claws". Children sing as they eat it: "After eating scorpion claws, there is no need to kill scorpions." Scorpion beans are usually fried with soybeans. Some scorpion beans are coated with sugar flour, some are soaked in salt water, and are crispy and delicious. Others stir-fry noodle chess pieces and scorpion beans together, and there are many varieties. Eating scorpion beans can not only ward off scorpions, but some people also say that whoever eats the scorpion claws of the seven families will live a long life. Except for some areas in Jiaodong, this custom is popular in other places on the second day of the second lunar month. However, in addition to scorpion beans, melon seeds, popcorn, etc. are added. This is a new development of the custom of frying scorpion beans. 5. Dragon worship In the past, the Dragon Head-raising Festival was the day to worship 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. 6. There is a popular proverb in northern China that goes "On the second day of the second month, the dragon raises its head; the big warehouses are full, and the small warehouses are empty." On the morning of the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, villagers in many parts of the north get up early. Housewives take a basket of wood ash from under their stoves, take a small iron shovel to scoop some ash, walk and shake the shovel, and draw circles on the ground. The circles of the enclosure are big inside small, with at least three and at most five, and they surround odd numbers but not even numbers. After the granary is enclosed, the family’s grain is reverently placed in the middle of the granary and intentionally scattered around the outside of the granary, symbolizing a good harvest that year.The ups and downs of fortune represent the ups and downs of an individual’s life. Do you want to know the direction of your future life? Click on the following fine calculation: |
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