Why is the dragon raised on February 2 nd? What do you mean, the dragon looks up?

1, Dragon Head Up, a traditional festival in China, which falls on the second day of the second lunar month, also known as Spring Plowing Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival. , is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the Eastern Black Dragon and Seven Nights. At the beginning of mid-spring, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up". The day when the dragon looked up was between the Uzuki's fright and the vernal equinox; Hair, hair also, everything comes from the ground, is an elephant with hair growth, representing the exuberance of vitality. As the dharma book says: "Mao is also a word, and everything is also a word." Mao is one of the twelve branches of the Ganzhi calendar. The five elements belong to wood, and the hexagrams are "earthquakes". 1992, the divinatory symbols shook each other, and the earthquake turned into a dragon, indicating that the dragon had escaped from the latent state, surfaced and made a mark. "Dragon Head Up" is a reflection of ancient farming culture in China on festivals, which indicates that the spirit of the sun will emerge from the ground, spring thunder will suddenly move, rain will increase, temperature will rise, everything will be full of vitality, and spring ploughing will begin. Since ancient times, people have also regarded the season when dragons look up as a day of blessing and good luck.

2. In Yuan Dynasty, "the second day of February" was called the day when the dragon looked up. February of the lunar calendar has entered the mid-spring season, and "February 2" is between the "rain", "shock" and "vernal equinox" of the 24 solar terms. Since ancient times, people have celebrated dragons on the day of "Dragon's Head Raised" in mid-spring, in order to pray for dragons to eliminate disasters and bless them, with good weather and abundant crops. The second day of the second lunar month is not only the "Dragon Head-raising Festival", but also the "Social Day Festival" for the birthday of the Earth God. February 2nd in the south (the fifth day after beginning of spring in ancient times) still follows the custom of offering sacrifices to the land gods. Such as Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, there are both customs similar to the Dragon Head Festival and the new "February 2" custom, which mainly worships the land gods.