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When did the dragon look up?

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looks up, which is called "the dragon looks up" by the people.

In ancient China, twenty-eight nights were used to indicate the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky and to judge the seasons. In the twenty-eight lodges, the horn, sound, rafters, room, heart, tail and dustpan form a complete dragon constellation, in which the horn is like the horn of a dragon. After the spring breeze in February, the "Dragon Horn Star" appeared from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it was called "Dragon Head Up".

As far as solar terms are concerned, the second day of the second lunar month is between "rain", "fright" and "vernal equinox", and many places in southern China have begun to enter the rainy season. After beginning of spring and the rain, it is the third solar term in spring and the beginning of Uzuki. Hair, hair, and everything come out of the ground. This is an elephant with hair growth, representing vigorous vitality. For example, in the Book of Dharma, Mao said, "Mao is a word." Rich vocabulary. "

Therefore, hair means that everything comes out of the ground, that is, all plants and trees come out of the ground for hair, which also represents vitality and vitality. Therefore, February is also a month when energy is produced and vitality begins, indicating that a year of farming activities is about to begin. In mid-spring, the dragon looks up and everything recovers like oil. There are twelve months in a year, one month corresponds to a divination, and Uzuki (including the two solar terms of Jing Zhe and Vernal Equinox) corresponds to a thunder divination.

The divination of Dazhuang hexagrams is that the sky begins to thunder, and the thunder rings in the sky, which is very vivid. Sting is the first thunder in spring. The so-called "spring thunder". During the period of fright, spring thunder began to sound, and hibernating insects were awakened by thunder and broke out one after another. Daqiang divination is Uzuki's information divination (February). "Mao" means lush. The five elements of hair belong to wood, and wood is the main source of growth and growth. Therefore, the solar terms corresponding to Daqiang hexagrams mean that everything is thriving and full of vitality, and there will be a beautiful scene of spring blooming on the earth.