Understanding of February 2nd Dragon Heads Up

The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, Dragon Head Raising, also known as the Spring Plowing Festival, Agricultural Festival, Green Dragon Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, etc., is a traditional Chinese folk festival of "honoring the dragon and praying for rain". Legend has it that Wu Zetian abolished the Tang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty as the emperor, which angered the Jade Emperor so much that he ordered the Dragon King not to let it rain for three years. The Dragon King, who could not bear to see the suffering of the people, secretly sent down a heavy rain. The Jade Emperor was informed that the Dragon King will be beaten out of the Palace of Heaven, under the pressure of the mountain, the people feel the Dragon King rain deep grace, praying to the sky every day, and finally moved the Jade Emperor, the Dragon King will be released on the second day of the second month of February, so there will be a "February 2, the dragon raised its head," said.

As the saying goes: the dragon rises on the second day of February. Ancient astronomy, ancient China with twenty-eight hosts to indicate the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky and determine the season, every spring equinox, dusk, "Dragon Horn Star (i.e., the corner of the hosts of a star and the corner of the hosts of the second star)" from the eastern horizon, it is known as the "Dragon Heads Up".

On February 2, the head was raised, and the rain was like oil. The year is bright, and the year is full of good harvests.

Because the "dragon heads up", it means the end of hibernation, the recovery of all things, head high, raise eyebrows, so since ancient times people also February 2 this day, as a day of resignation and welcome the new, turn to the day of good luck! What are the auspicious and interesting customs of this day, let's take a look!

1, pick the dragon gas

morning dawning (between 5:00 and 7:00), this is the dawning of the dawning of the dawning of the month of dawning, go out and face the east and inhale six deep breaths, meditating on a ball of green from the top of the head of the hundred points down to the dantian, full of internal organs, the whole group of green wrapped around the whole body, and then walking to the east to walk a hundred paces.

Then encountered pedestrians on the road to smile and salute, can absorb the wealth and prosperity. This is the first auspicious.

2, shaving the dragon's head

Therefore, the folk proverb says, "February 2 shaving the dragon's head, a year have the spirit of the head". On this day, every barber store is full of customers, business is booming.

Children's haircuts, called shaving "head of joy", by the auspicious time of the dragon's head, blessing the children to grow up healthy and successful when they grow up; adult haircuts, the symbol of the old and welcome the new, and hope to bring good omen, good luck.

3, put the dragon lantern

The Yellow River Delta and some areas along the river and the custom of "dragon lantern". Many people make small boats out of reeds or broomcorn stalks, put in candles or small oil bowls made of daikon radish, and then in the evening, put them into the river or the bay and light them up, so as to light the way for the dragons. The festival is a way of entertaining the audience and conveying good wishes at the same time.

4. Surrounding the Granary

On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, villagers in many northern regions get up early and the housewife pulls out a basket of wood ash from the bottom of the stove and shovels some of it with a small shovel, then draws a circle on the ground.

The circle around the warehouse, big set of small, less than three circles, more than five circles, around the single not around the double. Surrounding the warehouse, the home of the grain reverently placed in the middle of the warehouse, but also intended to be scattered in the periphery of the warehouse, to symbolize the year's bumper harvest.

5, festival society

Southern "February 2" still follow the custom of the festival society, such as in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions, both similar to the Dragon Head Raising Festival customs, but also to the main custom of the festival society of the new "February 2" customs.

Because "the ground carries all things", "gathering wealth in the ground", the south of China generally worship the land god, also known as "social", "social god! ", "God of Earth", "God of Fude", the Hakka people called "Land God". The main purpose of the "February 2" festival is to worship the land and gather people for social drinking, to entertain people by honoring and entertaining the gods.

The God of the Land, also known as the God of Fude and the God of Society, is one of the folk beliefs in China. The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the birth day of the Land God.

The God of Land is a local protection deity in folk beliefs. In traditional Chinese culture, sacrificing to the God of the Earth means sacrificing to the earth, and in modern times, it is mostly a way of praying for good luck, peace, and a good harvest.

6, the opening ceremony

The third day of February for the birthday of Wenchang, Wenchang is the master of the God of fame, the day of the literati to worship Wenchang, and to seek success in the imperial examinations to the first, in the day to worship the God of Wenchang, so that the God of Wenchang to bless the child's success in school, the high school examination.

The opening of the brush is the beginning of writing, the ceremony is mainly to worship the statue of Confucius, teaching the most basic principles of life, the gift of the four treasures of literature and so on. This activity has now been revived in many places.

Wenchang Emperor in charge of the fate of the examination, dominate the scholar's fame and fortune, than Confucius is also popular with the readers.

7, knocking on the dragon

Part of the Northeast in the morning of February 2, with a long pole to hit the beams, called "knocking on the dragon". Wake up the dragon, blessing a side of peace.

Adults and children also read: "February 2, the dragon carries the head, large warehouse full, small warehouse flow." Some places in the yard with the stove ash spread a large circle, the grains and cereals in the center, called "playing hoard" or "fill warehouse", wishing a year of grain abundance, the warehouse is full.

8, lead money dragon

Dragon Division water, water and wealth. Some areas prevailed in the February 2 this day "draw money dragon", of course, the way to lead is slightly different. For example, some in the kettle placed a few ancient money or coins, to the home near the well, flowing river or lake to play a pot of water, all the way back to the home of the fine sprinkler, will be the pot of water and coins poured into the water of the tank, which means that the dragon leads to the home by the water trail; some of the copper pull the red line home in the urn; some of the coal ash for the introduction of money.