What are the traditional festivals related to farming culture in China?

The second day of the second lunar month, commonly known as the dragon looks up. Folklore is the day when the dominant dragon in the sky looks up, also known as the Spring Dragon Festival. Yuan, chairman of the Hebei Folk Association, said that the dragon's rise reflected the festival of ancient farming culture in China. Every household in rural Hebei eats salty food and sets off firecrackers to set off the festive atmosphere. In Shijiazhuang and its surrounding areas, people will choose to shave their faucets on this day for good luck. Have you ever eaten roast pig before?

Yuan said that the saying that the dragon looked up on February 2 was a psychological portrayal of China's ancient ancestors praying for blessing. In ancient times, agriculture was the lifeblood of the country. Calendars and festivals introduced in ancient times all serve farming, and dragon-related sacrificial activities will be held on February 2, expecting good weather. Around the beginning of February, just at the beginning of the year. Spring warms the earth, and the rain gradually increases, which is suitable for spring ploughing. After February 2, farmers will stop all kinds of cultural and recreational activities and start to put into production.

According to some old customs in northern China, after getting up in the morning of February 2, farmers will find long poles to knock on the beams to wake up the "dragon", then use plant ash to lead a "grey dragon" to the well platform, and then use chaff to lead a "golden dragon" from the well platform to the water tank; Eat rice cakes and pig's head meat for breakfast, spring cakes and fried beans for lunch; Near dusk, every household should spread a circle around the house with the ashes from the stove chamber, which is called a society around, in order to keep out all evil and disasters. Anyone who has relatives far away from home should leave a message in this circle, expressing his expectation that they will return to their hometown as soon as possible.

On this day, everyone has to have a haircut, which means "the dragon looks up" and is auspicious. It is called "scraping the faucet" to give children a haircut. Women are not allowed to move needle and thread, for fear of hurting the "dzi beads"; People can't draw water from wells either. They should fill their water tanks on the first day, or they will touch the tap. Folklore "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; On this day, farmers are full of hope for the new year. They are excited about the coming spring ploughing and sowing, and pray that the legendary "dragon" can raise its head and shake its body and soak it in the rain to moisten the soil.