Long-standing agricultural festivals-raising the head of the dragon and raising cattle

Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, people call it "the dragon looks up". It is said that the ancients worshipped dragons on this day and prayed for rain and harvest. In some areas, this day is also worshipped as the birthday of landlords, which shows that this festival has a strong agricultural color. Then let Lao Huang Li introduce to you, is there any connection between the dragon's rise and the cattle that are indispensable for ancient agricultural production?

"On February 2nd, the dragon looked up." Dragon Head Rise is said to have originated in the third and first Fu periods. Fu "attaches importance to farming and farming". On February 2nd every year, "The Yellow Emperor delivers meals and cultivates the fields with his own horses". Later, this custom was carried forward: on February 2 every year, a grand ceremony was held so that all civil and military officials could plow an acre of land. Because the emperor took the lead in farming, February 2 was named "Dragon Head Festival".

The second day of the second lunar month is the time when people return to work in the fields after the Spring Festival. At the beginning of spring ploughing, the proverb of "February 2nd, adjusting cattle" and the custom of training cattle in spring ploughing were circulated in Wudu District. On this day, the farmer drove the cows that had reached the farming age to the idle field, rode on the halter, put on the plow, and roared out a long and high cow song for training.

According to farmers, Niu Gengdi, who was trained on February 2nd, was obedient and ordered to work hard. If this longicorn is successfully adjusted, it will brag about its cattle to others. There is a proverb: "peas are fried on February 2, and my family feeds a big cow."

People love farming cattle, because cattle are farmers' parents. On the 23rd day of the first month of every year, they break good pasta such as steamed bread and flower rolls into pieces and feed them to cows. There is a saying: "On the 23rd day of the first month, old cows and old horses have a day off." But around February 2, cows can't rest if they want to, because there are "spring officials" who go to the countryside to announce that spring has arrived, reminding people that spring ploughing has begun and distributing "Spring Cattle Map".

The so-called "Spring Cattle Map", also known as Spring Post, is similar to today's almanac. There are many carved wooden blocks, and there are always solar eclipses and 24 solar terms, and the positions of spring cattle, awn seeds, financial seeds and western gods are painted. There is a spring cow under the picture of the spring cow. There is a man riding on the back of an ox. This person is like this.