What festival is February 2nd?

February 2nd is called Dragon Head Up, also called Spring Farming Festival, Farming Festival and Spring Dragon Festival, which is a traditional folk festival in China.

Traditional customs:

On February 2, most farmers eat "bulging" (rubbing their faces with their hands), commonly known as "pushing the door and pushing the stick". Why eat "bloating"? Some people say that if you eat a "door stick" and hold the door, evil spirits will not enter and you will be safe for one year. Some people say that after the Spring Festival, everyone was bored and confused, ate a "bulging" meal and began to work and live. Some people eat jiaozi on February 2nd, saying that it is to stick the scales and nails of the dragon, so that the dragon can feel refreshed and pray for rain. A few ballads satirize the lazy woman: "After the 23rd day of the first month, the lazy woman was so anxious that there was nowhere to drill. I want to go to heaven again and have no shoes to wear; I want to drill again, but I don't have a knife tip; I'm going to be hanged again, and I can't live without oil on February 2. " There is also a local custom of frying beans on this day. The folk song says, "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up, peas explode in every pot, wake up the dragon king to get up early, and the rain will ensure a bumper harvest." Some people are still burning incense and kowtowing in the nearby Wang Yao Temple, praying for peace.

Local customs:

On February 2nd, in Liaocheng, Tengzhou, Shandong Province, men wanted haircuts. On this day, dragons looked up for haircuts, hoping for good luck in the year. Eating chess pieces and frying beans in Tengzhou Qingdao symbolizes "golden beans blossom".

Stir-fried corn: The legendary tradition of stir-frying corn on February 2nd every year is to commemorate Yi Long's breaking the dogma in order to relieve the suffering of human drought. Legend has it that Yulong was imprisoned by the Jade Emperor because he couldn't bear the people to suffer from drought, and made a rule that only golden beans would be released when they were in bloom. People get together to fry corn because they appreciate Yulong's kindness. Because it looks like golden beans in full bloom, the responsible Taibai Venus made a mistake and released Yulong. The tradition of frying corn on the second day of February every year has also been preserved.