Why eat beans on February 2 when the dragon rises up

The reason why beans are eaten on February 2 is because it is the beginning of spring plowing.

The custom of eating beans on February 2, according to folklore from the Tang Dynasty, this day is the beginning of spring plowing, the emperor will go to the fields to help the plow, the empress will go to the fields to send food for them, is to do for the people as an example. And folk fried bract beans have divination meaning in it, the size of the bract beans blossom foretells the new year's harvest.

From then on, the folk formed a habit, every February 2 this day, people will pop corn flower, there are also fried beans. Adults and children also read: February 2, the dragon carries the head, big warehouse full, small warehouse flow. Some places in the yard with the stove ash sprinkled into a large circle, the grains and cereals in the middle, known as hoarding or fill the warehouse. The intention is to wish the year a bumper crop, the warehouse is full.

The Origin of the Dragon Heads Up on February 2

Dragon Heads Up (February 2 on the lunar calendar), also known as the Spring Plowing Festival, the Agricultural Festival, the Green Dragon Festival, the Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival. Dragon refers to the twenty-eight constellations in the east of the Canglong seven constellations astrological signs, every year in mid-spring at the beginning of the month of Mao (Dou refers to the due east), the Dragon Horn star rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called the Dragon Carrying Heads.

The appearance of the seven dragons and rainfall correspond to each other, the ancients believe that the dragon is in charge of rainfall, and rainfall determines the farming harvest, the farming harvest determines the standard of living, the dragon has become the most important totem of the farming society. In farming culture, the dragon's head is a sign of the birth of Yang Qi, rainfall increases, and all things are full of vigor.