On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and shaved his head. Why is February 2nd "Shaving Day"?

On February 2 nd, the "head-shaving faucet" will bless the children to grow up safely and healthily when the dragon looks up. "Shaving the head" will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck.

Longteng is the second day of the second lunar month. It is said that this day is the day of Dragon Teng. This was the first "re-cultivation" in China's Fuxi period. On February 2nd every year, "Huang Niang sends rice and cultivates it with her own hands" to take care of an acre of land. Later, the Yellow Emperor and Yao Shunyu imitated the previous kings. Zhou Wuwang not only inherited this traditional practice, but also implemented it as a very important national policy. On February 2nd, a large-scale party was held to let all officials in the military and civilian fields personally sow an acre of land. This is a historical legend of the Dragon Head Festival.

On the second day of February, spring returns to the earth, which is a good time to plant crops. The earth is looking forward to rain, and the dragon is the mascot in China culture. As the saying goes, it won't rain until the dragon looks up, so it is a symbol of recovery and good luck. In folk customs, people choose to have their hair cut on this day, hoping to bring good luck. This is people's good wishes and blessings, hoping that shaving and cutting hair will bring good luck.

Hair is cut on February 2nd, but it is generally not cut in the first month in northern China. It is said that if they cut their hair in the first month, they will die, but this is actually an unfounded legend. "Dead uncle" is the homonym of "homesickness". In the early Qing Dynasty, the Han people generally commemorated the Ming Dynasty by not having a haircut in the first month, but did not dare to confront the Qing government that publicly issued the "haircut order", so they had this view.

Northerners cannot shave their heads in the first month. People are afraid of "dead uncles", but people without uncles will not be jealous of them. But with the good development of today's society, more and more people shave their heads this month.