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February 2nd Dragon Heads Up Day

February 2 Dragon Heads-up English: Dragon Heads-raising Day

Today's February 2 Dragon Heads-up Customs One: Shaving the Dragon Heads

Every year, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, that is, the day of the folk dragon heads-up, this day is to shave their hair, regardless of the North and South have the custom, can not be in the first month of the haircut, the second month of the haircut is said to be shaving the Dragon Heads, if this day will make people lucky, so you can see a lot of barbershop business today is very good. If this day shaving the dragon's head, it will make people lucky, lucky stars, so you can see a lot of barber stores today business is very good. Your hair is longer, you may want to take a cut today, February 2, dragon head, children and adults shaved head, for a good luck, good luck naturally come.

Today's February 2 dragon custom two: eat dragon meat

Mainly refers to pork, to put it bluntly is to eat the meat on the head of the pig, this place of meat taste strong, and eat up is not greasy, especially suitable for wine to eat, if you do not have time to make the pork, you may want to go to the brine meat store to buy a little bit, but also to discuss a good luck to eat pork is also known as to eat a dragon's head, implying that the lift! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular products in the world.

Today's February 2nd Dragon Rising Customs 3: Sacrifice society

South of a custom, many people may not know, this day is actually the birth of the land god, sacrificing society is also sacrificed to him, the folk have always believed that the land is the beginning of everything, the land is the birth of all things, including our food, clothing, housing, transportation, and wealth, the sacrifice of the society for the businessman, is a particularly important day, I hope to be blessed by the god of wealth, in the new year, in the new year, the god of wealth, the god of wealth, the god of wealth, the god of wealth, the god of wealth, the god of wealth. The festival is a particularly important day for businessmen, who hope to be blessed by the God of Wealth, and to have their wealth roll in the new year, whether it is positive or negative wealth, all towards them.

Today's February 2 dragon custom four: dragon dance

Dance dragon lantern is a traditional Chinese dance, just now not as popular as before, remember that time, as long as there are important things, will be dancing dragon and lion dance, this dance dragon's dragon body, will be housed in the temple of the Dragon King, and so on the important festivals, the dragon and dragon body and the dragon head to pick up the dance, as long as it is a dragon dance team, go to where it will not be worried about food, it is not a good thing. Where will not worry about food, it is also a form of people praying for the blessing of the Dragon King.

Today's February 2nd Dragon Rising custom five: smoked insects

Smoked insects it is not really to smoked insects, but refers to the February 2nd of a kind of pancake, people call this cake smoked insects, the Ming Dynasty in the "Good Food Jiliao" in China there is this statement, the stalls for the pancakes, Ming said smoked insects.

Today's February 2nd Dragon Rising custom six: playing ash hoard

In the folk tradition of a custom, the second morning of February, people with grass ash, inside the yard to draw a circle, called the "ash hoard", and then also in the ash hoard, sprinkle a handful of grains, implying that the new year grain full of silo, full of silo, wind and rain, year of harvest, this custom, this custom is not a good idea, it is a good idea.

This custom is especially common in the north, such as Henan, Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei and other places, there is this custom.