When is February 2, 2023?

February 2, 2023 is February 2 1 of Gregorian calendar, which belongs to the rain solar term.

February 2nd, also known as Dragon Head Up, is a traditional festival in China, also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival. Dragon refers to the seven-night astrology of the eastern black dragon on the 28th night. At the beginning of mid-spring, the dragon horn star rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called the dragon looks up.

The rise of dragons stems from the worship of natural phenomena, which is related to ancient people's understanding of the operation of stars and farming culture. Although the rise of the dragon has a long history, it only became a national festival after the Yuan Dynasty and appeared in literature.

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In ancient times, in some places in northern China, there were customs of hoarding grain, inviting Tian Long, knocking on beams, having a haircut, frying braised pork, eating noodles, jiaozi, candied beans, pancakes and avoiding needlework on February 2nd.

For Najib, the food eaten on the second day of February is named after dragons. Face is not face, but Longxu Noodles. Jiaozi is called Dragon Ear and Dragon Horn. Rice is called dragon seed; Pancakes are branded into scales, called Longlin cakes; Noodles and wonton are cooked together, called Longnazhu; Eating pig's head is called eating dragon's head; Eating scallion cake is called tearing dragon skin.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dragon Head Up