What are the customs of February 2nd?

Customs on February 2 include wearing a dragon's tail, eating spring pancakes, and scattering ashes.

1, wear dragon tail

February 2 wear dragon tail is a traditional custom of February 2, people believe that the dragon is a sacred beast, wear dragon tail can pray for blessings, this day, people will wear dragon costumes, wear dragon hat, eat dragon scale cake, burn incense to pray for blessings. This custom represents people praying for the blessing of the dragon to welcome the new year.

2, eat spring cakes

Eat spring cakes is one of the customs of the second month of the lunar calendar, Beijing people to eat spring cakes to meet the arrival of the new year, spring cakes than roast duck to be larger, tough, and can be rolled into a variety of dishes to eat together, eat spring cakes is the symbol of hope for a new year, life is full of hope and joy.

3, scattering ash

Spreading ash is one of the important parts of the custom of the dragon head, people with firewood ash or lime scattered in front of the door, intended to stop the door to avoid disaster, in order to pray for a new year of peace and prosperity, at the same time, scattering ash is also a symbol of people praying for a bumper crop and prosperous fortune.

Origin of the custom

Ming and Qing dynasties called this day "dragon head-raising" day, because the second day of the second month of the Lunar Calendar in the "hibernation" before and after the festival, snakes, earthworms, frogs and many other animals, once the winter is over, it will be the first time. Animals, a winter will enter a state of hibernation without eating, drinking or moving, this is the "hibernation", wait until around February 2, the weather is warming up, some insects and animals seem to be the spring sunshine and spring thunder from the sleep awakened in general, so this festival is called "hibernation "

The people of the country were very happy with the weather around February 2nd.

People's legend of the big dragon is actually not, the kind of dragon is in the snake, earthworms, etc., based on our ancestors imagined processing out of the first two days of February around the spring back to the earth, people expect the dragon out of the town of all the harmful pests, looking forward to a bumper harvest, which is the "February 2, the dragon raised its head," the saying.