What are the traditional customs on the second day of the second lunar month?

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up. According to folklore, every second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of heavenly sexuality, looks up. On this day, old people are not allowed to take a bath, wash their hair or wash clothes, probably for fear of disturbing the Dragon King.

In fact, there are many folk customs and taboos to avoid "dragons looking up". Due to different regions, customs vary from place to place. Avoid sewing at home on such days, for fear of hurting longan and inviting trouble; Don't carry water, thinking that the dragon will come out for activities at the party, and don't carry water by the river or by the well, so as not to disturb the dragon's actions and lead to a year-long drought; Taboo building rammer to prevent injury to the "faucet"; Furthermore, it is unlucky to avoid grinding, thinking that grinding will squeeze the faucet. As the saying goes, "grinding is a tiger, grinding is a dragon", and people with stone mills will set up fans on this day to facilitate "leading the way to heaven" ...

In most areas, adults and children shave their heads (especially boys) on February 2, which is called "cutting off the tap". It is said that getting a haircut on this day can bring good luck for a year, and it also means missing good luck.

On February 2nd, there are many kinds of delicious food in various places, including Longlin (spring cake), Longxu (noodles), Longer (jiaozi), Zi Long (rice), longan (wonton), dragon head (pig head), shredded dragon skin (scallion cake), popcorn and fried beans.

In the folk, in order to let the Dragon King walk in the clouds and rain, on the second day of February, offerings will be placed in front of the Dragon Temple and a grand sacrifice ceremony will be held. In addition to offering sacrifices to the Dragon King, Naji often holds various activities, such as dragon dancing, shaving the dragon head, putting on dragon lanterns, wearing dragon tails, and opening ceremony. No matter what kind of activities, they are all carried out around the belief in the Dragon King, and they all place people's hopes for a better life.