What are some of the folk activities related to dragons?

1. The Dragon Raises Its Head on February 2

On or around the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is one of the sixty-four festivals of hibernation. It is said that the dragon, which has passed through the winter eye, is awakened by the rumbling spring thunder on this day and raises its head. So the ancients called the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar for the Spring Dragon Festival, also known as the Dragon Head Festival or Green Dragon Festival. Therefore, on this day, people go to the river to worship the Dragon God. The Chinese National Customs and Records - Shouchun Yearly Records: "On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, incense is burned on the banks of the water in order to sacrifice to the Dragon God."

2. Lantern Festival Dragon Dance

Legend has it that a long time ago, there are a lot of ferocious birds and beasts, all around the harm to people and livestock, people organized to fight them, there is a bird of God trapped for the lost and landed on the earth, but accidentally was unknowingly hunters to shoot dead. When the emperor knew it, he was very angry, and immediately sent a decree, ordering the heavenly soldiers to come to the earth on the 15th day of the first month to set fire to the human and animal properties on the earth to be burnt to death. The emperor's daughter is kind-hearted, can't bear to see the people suffer innocently, so she risked her life and secretly drove the auspicious clouds to the earth, and told the news to the people. When the people heard the news, it was as if a thunderbolt had rung over their heads. They were so scared that they didn't know what to do. After a long time, an old man came up with an idea, saying, "On the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of the first month, every family will put up lanterns, light firecrackers, and set off fireworks at home. In this way, the Heavenly Emperor will think that people have been burned to death".

3., Dragon Boat Racing

The origin of Dragon Boat Racing was originally a ceremony to sacrifice to the God of Water, in order to eliminate disasters and pray for good luck, and later attached to the townspeople to prop up the boat to look for Qu Yuan's body, has been to the present day, the Dragon Boat Race has become the most popular folklore activities of the Dragon Boat Festival