Spring Festival (Dragon Head Up)

According to folklore, every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of heavenly sexuality, looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is called. Spring Dragon Festival? . Is it widely circulated in northern China? On February 2, the dragon looked up; Big warehouse full, small warehouse flow. ? Folk proverbs.

Whenever the Spring Festival comes, in most parts of northern China, every family carries lanterns to fetch water from wells or rivers in the morning, and when they get home, they light a fire, burn incense and offer offerings. In the past, people called this ceremony? Tianlong? . On this day, every household will eat noodles, oil cakes and popcorn. Turn on the tap. 、? Eat gentian? 、? Golden beans bloom, the dragon king ascends to heaven, Yun Qi rains, and the grain is abundant? , to show good luck.

There is a fairy tale about the origin of the Spring Dragon Festival in northern China: Wu Zetian became emperor, which annoyed the Jade Emperor and told the Four Seas Dragon King that it was forbidden to rain on the earth for three years. Soon, the Dragon King, who was in charge of Tianhe, listened to the cries of the people, watched the people starve to death, and worried that human life would be cut off, so he went against the jade emperor's will and sent rain for the sky. When the Jade Emperor learned that he had knocked the Dragon King to the ground, he was put under a big mountain and a monument was erected on the mountain. The rain of the Dragon King violated heaven and should be punished by the human world. If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom? .

In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were drying corn seeds, they thought the corn looked like golden beans. It blooms when it's fried. Isn't it golden beans? Popping popcorn in every household and setting up a case in the yard to burn incense for those who have already blossomed? Golden beans? . The Dragon King looked up and knew that someone had saved him, so he called to the Jade Emperor. The golden beans are blooming, let me out quickly! ? ; As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a letter to the Dragon King and continue to send clouds and rain to the world. Since then, people have formed a habit. On the second day of February, people eat popcorn.

In fact, after February of the lunar calendar, it rains? When the solar term comes, the lack of rain in winter ends, and the rainfall gradually increases, which is originally the characteristic of the monsoon climate in North China.