When is the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2nd? What are the customs?
Introduction: The Dragon Raising its Head Festival is a traditional festival in my country, and the dragon is a mysterious mascot in China, so people will not take the Dragon Raising its Head Festival lightly. For more details about the lunar calendar for February 2018, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation!When is the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2nd?The Gregorian calendar time of the Dragon Raising its Head on February 2nd is different every year.This year's Dragon Raising Time: The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar of 2018 is March 18, 2018, which is a Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. Pisces (solar calendar) What are the customs?Eating pig heads has been a tradition since ancient times. Offering sacrifices to gods always required the use of pigs, cattle and sheep. Later, it was simplified to the heads of the three animals, and pig heads were one of them. Another story recorded in "Qiuchi Notes" of the Song Dynasty: After Wang Zhongling pacified Bashu, he felt very hungry, so he broke into a small village temple, but met a drunk monk. Wang Zhongling was furious and wanted to kill him, but the monk showed no fear. Wang Zhongling was very surprised and turned to ask him for food. Soon the monk presented a plate of "steamed pig's head" and wrote a poem for it: "It has a long mouth, short hair and fat, and has been eating medicinal seedlings in the mountains for a long time. It is wrapped in banana leaves when steamed, and poured with apricot juice when cooked. The red and fresh one is called Jinpanting, and the cooked and soft one is worthy of being picked with jade chopsticks. If there is no hair root to compare, the felt root should eat rattan sticks." Wang Zhongling was very happy while eating the steamed pig's head and listening to the witty and unique "pig head poem", so he named the monk "Purple Robe Master". It looks like the pig's head is really a delicious dish, and it is also an auspicious symbol of turning danger into safety and rising to a successful career. Nowadays there is a famous dish called "Braised Pig's Face", which goes through twelve steps including selecting ingredients, cleaning, spray roasting, washing, soaking, and sauce making, and takes more than ten hours of cooking before it can be served on the table. There are three kinds of "braised pig's face": one is to eat it plain; the second is to eat it with sauce; the third is to eat it rolled in pancakes. Each way of eating it has a different taste.There are certain dietary requirements on the day of eating dragon food . Because people believe in the "power of dragons", most of the food on this day is named after dragons. Eating spring pancakes is called "eating dragon scales", eating noodles is called "holding dragon whiskers", eating rice is called "eating dragon seeds", eating wontons is called "eating dragon eyes", eating dumplings is called "eating dragon ears", cooking noodles and wontons together is called "dragon holding beads", eating pig heads is called "eating dragon heads", and eating scallion pancakes is called "tearing dragon skin". There is also a custom of "dragon raising its head and eating pig's head" on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. People are buying pig heads in hopes of a good omen for the new year. These customs embody people’s good wishes to pray for the dragon’s blessing, good weather, and a good harvest. On February 2, the dragon raises its head, so it is natural to eat some traditional dragon-related food, a feast with auspicious meanings, to make a good start for the new year. People don’t shave their heads in the first month of the year. Most people wait until the second day of the second month to do so, which is called “shaving the dragon’s head”. In the old days, there was a saying among the people: people had to shave their heads before New Year’s Eve because shaving was not allowed in the first month of the lunar year. Why? It is said that "if you get a haircut in the first month of the lunar year, your uncle will die." Since it concerns the lives of your mother's family, it is a serious matter and cannot be taken lightly. Therefore, in Beijing, the barber shop business is very slow during the first month of the year. Everyone is looking forward to the day of "February 2, the Dragon Raises its Head". Summary: The above is [When does the Dragon Raise Its Head on the Second Day of the Second Month? What are the customs? 】, I hope the entire content can be helpful to everyone! |
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