The legend of the dragon raising its head on the second day of February and the meaning of shaving the dragon's head

The second day of February is a day related to dragons. It is a day when people pray to the dragon for rain, good weather and good harvests.

According to folklore, during the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wu Zetian abolished the Tang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty. If she angered the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor decreed that the Jade Dragon, which was in charge of rainfall in the Tianhe River, would not be allowed to rain on the earth for three years.

Zhi secretly sucked in the water from the Tianhe River. In an instant, the sky was covered with dark clouds, thunder and lightning, and a heavy rain began. Streams in the mountains flowed to the farmland, the ponds were filled with water, and the wheat seedlings planted by the people also disappeared.

With the morning rain, the people happily bowed to God!

The Jade Emperor found out about the Jade Dragon's private rain. The Jade Emperor was furious and ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to suppress the Jade Dragon under the mountain. He also set up a sign that read, "The Dragon King's rainfall violates the rules of heaven and will be punished for the rest of the world. If you want to

Return to the Lingxiao Palace, except when the golden beans bloom."

In order to save the Dragon King, people looked for blooming golden beans everywhere.

The next year, on the second day of February, people were drying the golden corn seeds. Suddenly they remembered that the corn was like golden beans. When they were fried and bloomed, weren't they golden beans?

A table was set up in the courtyard to burn incense and offer "flowering golden beans" for the Jade Dragon and the Jade Emperor to see.

The Jade Dragon knew that the people were saving it, so it shouted loudly to the Jade Emperor: "The golden beans have bloomed, let me out!" The people were grateful to the Jade Dragon for the rain, and every household burned incense and prayed to the sky every day, begging the Jade Emperor to release the Jade Dragon.

The Jade Emperor was moved by his sincerity. On the second day of February, the Jade Emperor released the Jade Dragon and ordered the Jade Dragon to return to heaven, where he was named the Dragon King of the East China Sea and continued to bring clouds and rain to the world.

This day became the day when the dragon raised its head and soared into heaven. From then on, in order to be grateful to the Jade Dragon, the common people went to the Dragon King Temple to worship the Jade Dragon on the second day of February every year.

Since then, people have formed a habit. Every February 2nd, people pop corns and some fry beans.

Adults and children also recite: "On February 2, the dragon raises its head, the big warehouse is full, and the small warehouse flows." It means to wish for a good harvest and a full warehouse in that year.

Seasonally speaking, on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, winter has passed. Spring returns to the earth, and everything wakes up. It is the time for crops to be sown, and the earth is thirsty for the moisture of rain.

In Chinese culture, the dragon is an auspicious object that controls wind and rain. There is a saying that "it will not rain unless the dragon raises its head." Therefore, the dragon's head is a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness.

In the north, the second day of February is also called the Qinglong Festival. After this day, the New Year is truly celebrated. After the winter, spring plowing begins. Therefore, as the saying goes: "On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head, and everyone in the small household uses plowing oxen."

There is a local saying in my hometown: "After the New Year's meal, look at the fields." That is to say, starting from the second day of February, I hope for a good harvest in the year!

Good weather!

On the second day of the second lunar month, in my hometown, there has always been a custom of "shaving the dragon's head". Adults also want to get a haircut on this day, which means good luck and a new look in the new year.

The second day of February is also the day when adults give newborns haircuts, commonly known as "head shaving".

In my hometown, newborns are very particular about shaving their heads for the first time. They invite a barber to come to their home. In the countryside, the barber is called "Hair Barber." After shaving the newborn's lanugo, the parents have to give the barber a red envelope, called "Happy Hair Barber."

"Money", and even cook a table of side dishes to express gratitude to the barber.

After the shaver shaves off the newborn's hair (commonly known as lanugo), he also shaves the newborn's eyebrows. To be honest, it is called shaving with "shallow eyelids", which indicates that the newborn will be generous and discerning when he grows up.

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