Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Legend of the origin of the dragon's rise on February 2 nd

Legend of the origin of the dragon's rise on February 2 nd

The second dragon rises in February, also known as "Spring Farming Festival", "Farming Festival" and "Spring Dragon Festival", which is a traditional folk festival in China.

Legend has it that dragons look up, and the origin of "dragons look up" has a touching story!

Legend has it that in ancient times, an emperor made the Jade Emperor in the sky very angry because he delayed the time of offering sacrifices to heaven, so he ordered the Dragon King not to rain on earth for three years.

Since then, there has been a continuous drought, crops in the fields are dying, and the water in the river is almost dry to the bottom. There was no harvest in the field, and there was a famine in the village. Everyone has no food to eat, and everyone is helpless when they are sick. At this time, Qinglong, the youngest son of the Dragon King, couldn't stand it anymore. He couldn't bear to watch the people in the world suffer from disasters and starve. So he took advantage of the jade emperor's dinner to secretly rain the world. The next day, the jade emperor flew into a rage when he learned about it. So he ordered Qinglong to be crushed under a big mountain, and a stone tablet was set up under the mountain, which read: "Qinglong's rainfall violates the rules of heaven and should be punished by the world for generations to come." If you want to climb the Lingxiao Hall again, unless the golden beans bloom. " When the people saw the stone tablet and saw Qinglong suffer, everyone was very anxious. But everyone racked their brains and couldn't think of a way to make beans bloom.

In this way, on the second day of the second lunar month, people take out a lot of soybeans and corn seeds from home for drying. An old man suddenly discovered that these golden soybeans and corn are quite like golden beans. So the old man immediately ran home and asked his wife to fry in the pot to see what would happen to these things. After frying for a while, the moisture in soybeans and corn was not much, and they were all fried, so they all exploded. Only heard the sound of "crackling" coming from the pot. The old man looked, "Ah! The golden beans are blooming! Golden beans are blooming! " Then, Qinglong rushed into the sky and rolled a few times to stretch himself. Suddenly the sky was overcast and thunder rolled. Qinglong circled several times over the heads of ordinary people, thanking them for their help. The people looked up at Qinglong with smiles on their lips. In a short time, the bean-sized raindrops poured down from the sky, and the people were all happy. They let the rain hit their faces and felt the moisture of the rain. In an instant, the earth revived, and a few days later, in the rice fields and mountains, it returned to its former vibrant appearance. The harvest of ordinary people is good, and life is naturally good. Solemnly declare: the answer is for reference only, please don't be blindly superstitious.