Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - When did the dragon look up?

When did the dragon look up?

The dragon looks up on the second day of the second lunar month, 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, moon and stars in the sky and to judge the seasons. In the twenty-eight lodging houses, the horn, sound, rafter, room, heart, tail and dustpan constitute a complete dragon constellation, among which the horn is like the dragon's horn. After the spring breeze in February, the "Dragon Horn Star" appeared from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it was called "Dragon Head Up".

In terms of solar terms, 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 also, everything comes from the ground, is an elephant with hair growth, representing vigorous vitality. For example, in the Law Book, Mao said, "Mao is a word." Rich vocabulary. "

Therefore, hair refers to the meaning that everything comes out of the ground, that is, all flowers and trees come out of the ground as hair, which also represents vitality and vitality. Therefore, February is also a month when energy is generated and vitality begins, indicating that a year's farming activities are 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 of spring. The so-called "spring thunder". In the dormant season, spring thunder began to sound, and hibernating insects were awakened by thunder and broke out one after another. Daqiang divination is the news divination of Uzuki (February). "Mao" means lush. Maowuxing belongs to wood, and wood is the main source of growth and development. Therefore, the shocking solar terms corresponding to Daqiang hexagrams mean that everything is thriving and full of vitality, and there will be a beautiful scene of spring blossoms on the earth.