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What to eat on Dragon's Head

Pork, dumplings and noodles.

Pig's head meat - lifting the dragon's head on the second day of February, the most and the hottest stores in business are barber stores and brisket stores. On the day of the second day of February, many folk places have the custom of eating pig head meat, people will go to buy some pig head meat to eat dumplings - eating dragon ear dumplings as a traditional food, in our country's food culture plays a very important role. On February 2, the day the dragon rises its head, dumplings are given another title, "dragon's ear", and eating them is called "eating dragon's ear". Noodles, which are long and thin noodles with dragon's whiskers, have the meaning of longevity and health in traditional Chinese culture, such as "longevity noodles" for birthdays, which are of course a part of the traditional food on February 2, when the dragon rises its head.

The second day of the month, the dragon raises its head, the wind and rain good year." After the lively Lantern Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival comes, which is often called "Dragon Head Raising". It is a traditional festival.