What festival is February 2 nd, and what are the customs?

February 2 is the dragon's head rising (the second day of the second lunar month), also known as Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival, Qinglong Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, which is a traditional folk festival in China. "Dragon" refers to the astrology of the oriental black dragon in seven of the twenty-eight lodges. At the beginning of mid-spring every year, the "Dragon Horn Star" rises from the eastern horizon, so it is called "Dragon Head Up".

The customs include offering sacrifices to the country gods, eating dragon food, picking dragon's breath, shaving the dragon's head, carrying the dragon boat, dancing the dragon, plowing the cow, writing with a pen, drawing dragons, lighting dragon lanterns, knocking on the dragon's head, hoarding food and trematodes.

Historical evolution on February 2

Dragon is a magical creature, and ancient people in China and other East Asian regions thought it lived in the sea. It is the master of clouds and rain, and the master of weathering rain. It is often used to symbolize good luck. It comes from the worship of natural phenomena and is related to the understanding of stars in ancient astronomy and farming culture. In farming culture, "the dragon looks up" means the sun is shining and the rain is increasing.

As the position of the black dragon rises in the sky for seven nights, there will be more rain. When the black dragon rises completely in seven nights, that is, when the rainy season gradually increases. It is precisely because the position of the Black Dragon for seven nights corresponds to rainfall that people think that the Dragon is in charge of rainfall, which in turn determines the harvest of crops, and the harvest of crops determines people's living standards. Therefore, the dragon has become the most important "totem" in farming society. The purpose of ancient people's observation of celestial phenomena is to determine the time and thus provide services for agricultural production.