What are the traditional customs of Dragon Head Carrying

The Dragon's Head Raising Day in 2021 is the second day of the second month of the Lunar Calendar, Sunday, March 14 on the solar calendar.

In the north, the second day of February is also called Dragon Head Raising Day, also known as the Spring Dragon Festival. In the south, it is called Treading Green Festival, and in ancient times, it was called Pick Vegetable Festival. People celebrate the Dragon's Head Festival to honor the dragon and pray for rain, so that the Old Heavenly Father will bless and protect them in the coming year to fight a good harvest and smooth sailing.

Chinese folk believe that the dragon is auspicious, in charge of clouds and rain, and the lunar calendar "February 2" this day is the dragon wants to ascend to heaven. From the festival, the lunar calendar, the beginning of February, is in the "rain", "hibernation" and "spring equinox" between many parts of our country has begun to enter the rainy season. This is the law of nature, but the ancients believed that this is the work of the "dragon". Moreover, the dragon has a very high status in the minds of the Chinese people, not only is the auspicious thing, but also the master of the wind and rain. Therefore, it is said that "February 2, the dragon carries the head".

Two, the dragon head why cut hair?

In Chinese folklore, there has been a "February 2, the dragon raised its head" saying, as the saying goes, "February 2 shaved the dragon's head, a year have the spirit of the head."

The dragon has a very high status in the minds of the Chinese, not only is the auspicious thing, but also the master of the wind and rain. The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the day when the stinging dragon rises to the sky, and folk believe that shaving one's head on this day will make one red and lucky.

Children's haircut, called shaving "head of joy", by the dragon's head of the auspicious time, blessing the children grow up healthy, grow up to be outstanding; adult haircut, is a symbol of the old and welcome the new, hope to bring good omen, good luck.

Therefore, the folk proverb says, "Shave the dragon's head on February 2, and you'll have a spiritual head all year long". Every day, the family barber store is full of customers, business is booming.

Three, what are the customs of dragon head?

1, sacrificing to the gods: February 2 is both the Dragon Heads Festival is also the birth of the landlord, in the south, people will be sacrificed to the land god on this day, praying for the blessing of this year's bumper crop.

2, eat dragon food: eat dragon food, that is, in the lunar calendar on the second day of February, people in the north will eat some of the name with "dragon" food. Generally eat dragon food is divided into, spring cake for "eat dragon scale", noodles for "eat dragon beard", wontons for "eat dragon eyes", dumplings for "eat dragon ear

3, picking the dragon gas: 5:00 to 7:00 in the morning), go out and face the east and inhale y, implying the absorption of dragon gas.

4, draw money dragon: in northern China, people will choose a large tree, with the stove smoke on the ground to draw a dragon, and then tie a red line with a copper coin, the line back home, covered with a container that is, we call this draw money dragon. The purpose of doing so has two, one is to invite the dragon back, Xingyunbu rain, pray for a good harvest; two is the dragon came, the pests will hide.