Is 2022 the same day that the dragon looks up? Traditional customs of solar terms.

Is 2022 the same day that the dragon looks up?

No, every other day.

Dragon Head Raising (the second day of the second lunar month), 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 "Dragon Head Up".

Sting, also called gas sting, is the third of the 24 solar terms. When the sun reaches 345 degrees, it will cross the Gregorian calendar on March 5-6. Sting reflects the phenomenon that natural creatures germinate and grow under the influence of rhythm changes.

The origin of dragon head festival

Dragon Head Festival, also known as Spring Dragon Festival and Spring Flower Festival, is one of the traditional folk festivals in Zhengzhou. According to folklore, during the reign of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, people were punished for not raining for three years for offending the Jade Emperor. Rivers and ditches on the earth dry up, trees wither and seedlings die, making it difficult for people to live. The Dragon King in charge of Tianhe couldn't bear to rain on the second day of the second lunar month, so he was punished. People provided the Dragon King with fried popcorn and beans in return for saving his life, so they moved the Jade Emperor and let the Dragon King continue to rain for the world. Later, on February 2nd, the Dragon King was sacrificed, which became a festival.

After the spring breeze in February every year, "Dragon Horn Star" will appear from the eastern horizon at dusk. At this time, the whole body of the black dragon is still hidden below the horizon, and only the horns are exposed, so it is called "the dragon looks up".

In fact, the rise of dragons means that after hibernation, all kinds of insects wake up, and after the solar terms such as beginning of spring, rain and fright, many places in China begin to enter the rainy season, which is also a natural law. But in ancient times, "Dragon" occupied a high position in people's minds, was the embodiment of auspicious omen, and was also the master of storms, so people generally thought it was the contribution of "Dragon".

Shocking traditional customs of solar terms

Eat pears

There is a custom of eating pears in surprise. Stunning solar terms, warm and cold at first, dry climate, it is easy to make people feel thirsty and uncomfortable. Therefore, people have the custom of eating pears in shock.

Mongolian skin

Thunder is an important feature of solar terms. The ancients imagined Thor as a bird's beak, a winged god, holding a hammer in one hand and knocking on many drums around his body in the other, making a rumbling thunder. On this shocking day, Raytheon played drums in the sky, and the world also took this opportunity to cover the drums.

The article "Swinging People" in Volume 40 of Zhou Li said: "Whoever beats the drum starts to stab it." Note: "Sting, even in Meng Chun, stinging insects begin to smell thunder and act;" Drum, like also beat; Take it. I don't know. "It can be seen that not only the ecology of various insects adapts to the operation of the four seasons, but also human beings, as the soul of all things, should adapt to the weather, so that all can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Defeat the villain

Hong Kong and Macao have always had the custom of "beating villains". Legend has it that the white tiger is the god of words and right and wrong, and it will come out for food on this day every year. Criminals were made waves by evil villains during the year, which hindered their future development and led to various difficulties. So everyone should buy a piece of paper, including paper tiger, auspicious paper, villain paper and so on, to "beat villains".

Sacrifice the white tiger to solve right and wrong

There is a folk saying in Guangdong that "sacrifice the white tiger to resolve right and wrong". It is said that the white tiger is the god of tongue, and it will come out to feed and hurt people on this day every year. The so-called "white tiger sacrifice" is a paper tiger with yellow and black stripes for sacrifice.