Will the dragon look up? What does Dragon Head Up Day mean?

1 is a good day for the dragon to look up. Dragon Head Raising, also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the oriental black dragon in seven of the twenty-eight lodges. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called the dragon looks up. The dragon looked up at the beginning of mid-spring, and the five elements of "Mao" belonged to wood, and the divination was "earthquake"; In 1992, when the divinatory symbols shook each other, it indicated that the dragon had escaped from the latent state and appeared on the surface, gradually revealing its horns. It was an elephant with hair growth. In farming culture, the dragon looks up to show that the sun is shining, the rain is increasing, everything is full of vitality, and spring ploughing begins. Since ancient times, people have also regarded the Dragon Rise Day as a good day to pray for good weather, exorcise evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and accept good luck.

2. In China, people think that the dragon is an auspicious thing and the master of weathering rain. The dragon looks up, indicating that the sun is shining and everything is full of vitality. Therefore, since ancient times, people have held rituals of offering sacrifices to dragon gods and praying for rain to release them, in order to have a good harvest in a year, and regard the season when dragons look up as a good day for good luck. In China, there is a saying that "on February 2, people worship the village community; The saying that dragons look up and pray for a bumper harvest; August 2, village hall; The saying that the dragon tail sends the dragon back. In terms of solar terms, the first day of February in the lunar calendar is between "rain", "fright" and "vernal equinox", and many places in southern China have begun to enter the rainy season. As the saying goes, "it doesn't rain until the dragon looks up." In ancient times, the dragon was the god of the sea, in charge of rainfall, and the amount of rainfall was directly related to the harvest of a year. Therefore, in order to make the dragon god make clouds and rain, when the dragon looks up, he should confess in front of the dragon temple, hold a grand worship ceremony, and sing a big drama to entertain the dragon; Worship the dragon and pray for rain, release it, so that a good year can be a smooth harvest; There are also some places where there is an important activity "Dragon Boat Rowing" on the Dragon Head Festival.

3. Taboo on February 2nd: In ancient China, dragons were regarded as sacred by the ancients, which means. "Dragon title" is therefore taboo, so as not to hurt the black dragon and affect the luck of the whole year. Women are forbidden to use needles and scissors on this day, because the black dragon will look up at the world on this day, and using things with needles and sharp edges will stab longan. Women usually say when they get up, "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. If the dragon doesn't look up, I will look up. " .