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Traditional Chinese Festival Information Spring Dragon Festival (Dragon Heads Up) According to folklore, every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King in charge of clouds and rain in the sky raises his head.

From now on, the rain will gradually increase.

Therefore, this day is called "Spring Dragon Festival".

There is a folk proverb widely circulated in northern my country: "On February 2, the dragon raises its head; when the big warehouse is full, the small warehouse flows."

Whenever the Spring Dragon Festival comes, in most parts of northern my country, every household carries lanterns and goes to the well or river to fetch water on this morning. When they return home, they light lamps, burn incense and make offerings.

In the old days, people called this ceremony "Yintianlong".

On this day, every household also eats noodles, fried cakes, and popcorn, which are likened to "carrying dragon heads", "eating gentian", "golden beans bloom, the dragon king ascends to the sky, clouds spread rain, and the grain is abundant" to show auspiciousness.

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The origin of the Spring Dragon Festival is a myth circulated among the people in northern my country: Wu Zetian became emperor and angered the Jade Emperor, who ordered the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas not to rain on earth for three years.

Soon, the Dragon King who was in charge of Tianhe listened to the cries of the people and saw the tragic scene of people dying of starvation. He was worried that his life in the world would be cut off, so he disobeyed the Jade Emperor and made rain fall on the world.

When the Jade Emperor learned of this, he brought the Dragon King down to earth and pinned him down under a mountain to suffer. A monument was erected on the mountain: "The Dragon King's rainfall violates the rules of heaven, and he shall be punished by the human world for eternity; if he wants to return to Lingxiao Pavilion, he will not be able to return to the Lingxiao Pavilion until the golden beans bloom."

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

On the second day of February of the next year, when people were drying corn seeds, they thought that the corn was like golden beans. When they were fried, they bloomed. Isn't it just golden beans blooming?

Every household pops corns, sets up a table in the yard, burns incense, and offers flowering "golden beans".

The Dragon King looked up and knew that the people were saving him, so he shouted to the Jade Emperor: "The golden beans are blooming, let me out quickly!" When the Jade Emperor saw the golden beans blooming in every courtyard in the world, he had to send an order to the Dragon King to return.

Heaven continues to bring clouds and rain to the world.

Since then, people have formed a habit of popping corns every second day of February.

In fact, after the second month of the lunar calendar, the "rain" solar term comes, the lack of rain in winter ends, and the rainfall will gradually increase. This is originally a characteristic of the monsoon climate in North China.

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month: Chinese Valentine's Day (the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month is called "Chinese Valentine's Day". According to Chinese folklore, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge on the Tianhe River on this night. Later, it was customary for women to thread needles and beg for skill from the Vega on this night. The so-called begging for skill,

That is, threading a needle with colored thread toward Vega under the moonlight. If it can pass through seven needle eyes of different sizes, it will be considered a "skill". The farmer's proverb says, "On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it is clear and bright, and the rice is harvested by grinding the sickle."

It is the time to sharpen the sickle and prepare to harvest early rice.) The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: Laba Festival (In ancient times, the "gods" sacrificed were called Laba, so the twelfth lunar month was called the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it was an old custom to drink Laba porridge. Legend has it that

Sakyamuni attained enlightenment and became a Buddha on this day, so the temple would cook porridge for Buddha on this day, and it has been a custom among the people until today.) Spring Dragon Festival (dragon raises its head). According to folklore, on the second day of the second lunar month,

It is the day when the Dragon King in charge of clouds and rain in the sky raises his head.

From now on, the rain will gradually increase.

Therefore, this day is called "Spring Dragon Festival".

There is a folk proverb widely circulated in northern my country: "On February 2, the dragon raises its head; when the big warehouse is full, the small warehouse flows."

Whenever the Spring Dragon Festival comes, in most parts of northern my country, every household carries lanterns and goes to the well or river to fetch water on this morning. When they return home, they light lamps, burn incense and make offerings.

In the old days, people called this ceremony "Yintianlong".

On this day, every household also eats noodles, fried cakes, and popcorn, which are likened to "carrying dragon heads", "eating gentian", "golden beans bloom, the dragon king ascends to the sky, clouds spread rain, and the grain is abundant" to show auspiciousness.

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The origin of the Spring Dragon Festival is a myth circulated among the people in northern my country: Wu Zetian became emperor and angered the Jade Emperor, who ordered the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas not to rain on earth for three years.

Soon, the Dragon King who was in charge of Tianhe listened to the cries of the people and saw the tragic scene of people dying of starvation. He was worried that his life in the world would be cut off, so he disobeyed the Jade Emperor and made rain fall on the world.

When the Jade Emperor learned of this, he brought the Dragon King down to the mortal world and forced him to suffer under a mountain. A monument was erected on the mountain: "The Dragon King's rainfall violates the laws of heaven and he shall be punished by the human world for eternity. If you want to return to Lingxiao Pavilion, you will have to wait until the golden beans bloom."

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

On the second day of February of the following year, when people were drying the corn seeds, they thought that the corn was like golden beans. When they were fried, they bloomed. Isn't it just golden beans blooming?

Every household pops corns, sets up a table in the yard, burns incense, and offers flowering "golden beans".

The Dragon King looked up and knew that the people were saving him, so he shouted to the Jade Emperor: "The golden beans are blooming, let me out quickly!" When the Jade Emperor saw the golden beans blooming in every courtyard in the world, he had to send an order to the Dragon King to return.

Heaven continues to bring clouds and rain to the world.

Since then, people have formed a habit of popping corns every second day of February.

In fact, after the second month of the lunar calendar, the "rain" solar term comes, the lack of rain in winter ends, and the rainfall will gradually increase. This is originally a characteristic of the monsoon climate in North China.

Cold Food Festival falls on April 4th every year, the day before Qingming Festival.

Legend has it that this festival commemorates Jie Zitui in the Spring and Autumn Period.