What are the main customs of February 2?

On February 2nd, the customs of carrying the dragon head mainly include offering sacrifices to the kitchen gods, eating dragon food, collecting dragon breath, shaving the dragon head, carrying the dragon boat, making cattle work, writing with a pen, attracting dragons, lighting dragon lanterns, knocking on the dragon head, hoarding food, trematodes and so on. February 2nd is not only the Dragon Head-raising Festival, but also the birthday of the Land Lord. It is believed that landlords are in charge of grain growth and local peace. Therefore, people in many places will worship the land gods on social days, such as burning incense, beating gongs and drums and setting off firecrackers.

The custom of raising the dragon's head on February 2.

Dragon heads up, the second day of the second lunar month, also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival, Spring Dragon Festival and so on. , is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the Eastern Black Dragon and Seven Nights. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".

In our country, there is a saying that "on February 2, we worship the village community;" The dragon looked up and prayed 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 if the dragon doesn't look up." "

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 he ate on the second day of February was named "dragon" and the noodles were called "Longxu Noodles" instead of "noodles". Jiaozi is called "Dragon Ear" and "Dragon Horn", and everything takes symbols and meanings related to dragons.