The legendary story of how to worship the dragon and look up at the dragon king

On the day when the dragon looked up, in fact, different regions had different customs and cultural heritages. So what is the most suitable for people to do on this day? Is there an inseparable connection between the dragon head and the dragon king? If people need to worship the Dragon King on this day, what should they pay attention to?

Why did the dragon raise its head to sacrifice to the dragon king?

As the saying goes, "it won't rain until the dragon looks up." The dragon is auspicious and the master of weathering rain. "Spring rain is as expensive as oil", and people pray for dragons to raise their heads to make rain and moisten everything. At the same time, February 2 is just before and after the fright, and all kinds of insects are ready to move, which is prone to epidemics. In ancient times, China people divided organisms into five categories: caterpillars (furry animals), feather insects (birds), ostriches (crustaceans), scale insects (scaly fish and winged insects) and humans. Dragons are the length of scale insects. When dragons come out, all kinds of insects hide. Therefore, the saying that two dragons raise their heads on the second day of the second lunar month is to use Rowen to subdue insects that are ready to move, with the purpose of praying for a bumper harvest in agriculture and the safety of people and animals.

How does the dragon look up and worship the dragon king?

On February 2nd, there was a certain emphasis on diet, because people believed that "Rowen made a fortune", the weather was favorable and the crops were bumper, so the diet on this day was named Dragon. Eating spring cakes is called "eating dragon forest", eating noodles is called "helping dragon whiskers" and eating rice is called "eating dragon seeds"; Eating wonton is called "eating longan" and eating jiaozi is called "eating dragon ears". All this is to wake up the Dragon King and pray for a good year and a good harvest.

What's the point of paying homage to the Dragon King on February 2nd?

I have to eat a pig's head this day. In ancient times, pig's head was a sacrifice to ancestors and heaven. In normal times, pigs can't eat casually. The average farmer works hard for a year and kills pigs and sheep after the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. From this day on, we began to improve food. Every day, we should see some meat in our food. On New Year's Eve, the whole family has a family reunion dinner, with jiaozi on the first day, jiaozi on the fifth day and Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month. After the first month, the new year, and the festival, all the pork killed in the twelfth month was basically eaten. In the end, there is only one pig head left, which can only be eaten until February 2. The Dragon King is in charge of rainfall, so farmers should offer the best sacrifices to the Dragon King.