Why did you shave your head on February 2?

February 2, commonly known as the dragon looks up, means to shave his head on this day. A child's haircut is called "Happy Head". When the dragon looks up, it will bless the children to grow up healthily and get ahead when they grow up. Adults get haircuts, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck and a smooth new year.

Dragon Head Raising (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, it is said that dragons look up, which is a traditional festival in China. Celebrate the "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for the dragon and pray for rain, so that God can bless the harvest. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. In ancient astronomy, China used 28 nights to represent the positions of the sun, the moon and the stars in the sky, and to judge the seasons. After the spring breeze in February, the "Dragon Horn Star" appeared from the eastern horizon at dusk, so it was called "Dragon Head Up".

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The third day of the second lunar month is Wenchang's birthday. In the old days, it was a good omen for the dragon to look up. Dressing in cinnabar means bright eyes and bright mind, and I wish the children grow up to be literate. The opening ceremony is the first gift of life, and it is the traditional form of enlightenment education in China to let children begin to read.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Longtaitou