Why do you want to eat pancakes on February 2?

There is a folk saying: "On February 2nd, the rain flows and pancakes are spread on the wall", so many places in China have the custom of eating pancakes on February 2nd. Some places will eat noodles, jiaozi and wonton, but this day's diet will be named after dragons. Eating jiaozi is called eating dragon ears, eating spring cakes is called eating dragon forest, eating noodles is called eating dragon beard meat, eating rice is called eating dragon seeds, eating wonton is called eating longan and so on.

The second day of the second lunar month, commonly known as "the dragon looks up", is the day when the dragon king, who is in charge of clouds and rain in the sky, looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase, and then everything will really recover, which means that spring is coming. On this day, there are many traditional folk customs, such as eating jiaozi is called "eating the dragon's ears", eating noodles is called "holding the dragon's beard" and getting a haircut is called "shaving the dragon's head". It is also a custom for every household in our city to eat pancakes on this day.