On February 2 nd, the dragon looks up, a traditional folk festival of the Han nationality, which is popular in most parts of the country on the second day of the second lunar month; China has different customs and activities on February 2nd, which are also called Flower Festival, Walking Festival, Lai Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, Qinglong Festival and Dragon Head-up Day. On February 2nd, there are many customs about dragons looking up, such as scattering ashes to recruit dragons, helping dragons, smoking insects to avoid scorpions, shaving faucets and avoiding acupuncture longan, so it is called Dragon Looking Up Day. In the north of China, there is a popular folklore that the second day of the second lunar month is the day when the Dragon King, who is in charge of the heavenly nature, looks up. After that, the rain will gradually increase. Therefore, this day is called "Spring Festival". It is widely spread in northern China: "On February 2, the dragon looked up; The big warehouse is full and the small warehouse flows. " Folk proverbs. The second day of the second lunar month is a "festival" handed down from the old capital. Not only in Beijing, but also in China and other parts of the world, Chinese people still keep this "message". According to folklore, Yi Long opened his eyes in early February, the dragon looked up in early February, and the dragon sweated in early February. Since the beginning of the new year, when "spring strikes six or nine heads", when we meet in old streets and squares, we will definitely say "February 2" and say that "February 2" is the date of speech, ceremony and order. Dong Er's appointment in the third month of winter really made the aggrieved young and old in the hut feel flustered. I told you that dragons sleeping in the soil are restless and can't sleep, so what are you waiting for? Then stop chatting in the house and get some air outside! The old people who talked about children, ceremonies and them began to sort out and tell what this late-born dragon or a "child bud" dragon looked like, how it opened its eyes, how it looked up, and how it sweated and turned over. At this juncture, the women in charge hold the head of the first day of February and are busy taking off their winter clothes for people of all ages in the family. According to the old rules, you can't work from the first day to the third day, and you can't use scissors and needles. Kind-hearted women, especially elderly women, shouted and were afraid in the first few days. The whole family must not touch things like knives and scissors, or even pile up taboo things behind their backs. No matter how anxious, angry and important you are, you can't find out where to put things from that old lady's mouth. If you are in a hurry, the old lady will get angry. She will shout, "What are you doing with that family? Aren't you afraid of blinding longan? " Cut the dragon skin? "If we push harder, her old lady will say angrily," Where am I? I hid in a mouse hole. Go find it! "You say, what do you think? Can that mouse talk? Cotton trousers are hard to turn into trousers, and cotton-padded jackets are hard to turn into jackets. The woman in charge is very hard, and there are seven or eight mouths at home. Just after the new year, I haven't recovered yet, and I am busy changing seasons on February 2. Needless to say, it is impossible to get up early and stay up late, light a lamp and light oil! To tell the truth, to tell the truth, the old lady is very attentive to February 2. It is said that "on February 2nd, I bumped into a beam, and the scorpion swam and the earthworm (centipede) didn't go down the wall. "The houses in ancient capitals and quadrangles should have a history of hundreds of years. The old house provides a place for insects and ants to find warmth. Who is not afraid to stay indoors? Something falls from the beam, even if a scorpion pulls a tiger (gecko), it will scare your soul away. Knocking on the door, muttering, waking up the living things on the beam is to let you move, don't oversleep and fall! " Sweep the bottom of the pot on February 2, saving firewood and fire. When Dong Er comes down, leaves, firewood and bituminous coal used for heating, cooking and fire will stain the bottom of the pot with thick black ash. It's not a bad thing to have a general cleaning this season. As for Fermi, it's not a bad thing. It should be easy to say. Your family has a large population, so you can't eat less when sweeping the bottom of the pot! "Sweep the mat on February 2, and it will be clear and cool until the end of the year." In winter, kangs are warmer than those in the open air. Money bugs (millipedes) and tide bugs are hidden in the seams, corners and quilt bottom of the kang. From time to time, old men and women scare young boys and girls who are not sensible and criticize the mysterious words of this bug crawling everywhere, in order to scare those fearless children who dare to play with anything. But after February 2, the bugs will live. If they bite them, it will be unlucky at the beginning of the Lunar New Year. At this time, there are two kinds of insects that must be eliminated, namely, turtles and bedbugs. They hide in the wall, in the gap of the fence, and in the broken cotton wool of the kang. Although one of them is hungry, the other one is hungry, with two layers of skin. Don't believe it, they are still alive and angry. In a month or two, the water turtles, male with wings and female with wings, quickly ran away. That bug, somehow, crawled on people in the middle of the night to suck blood and ate a red lantern the size of a soybean. Liuliufen, which has long been ignored, is their fatal nemesis. February 2 is really full of mom's comments, speeches and gifts, but old people like it endlessly, and young people like it so much. Otherwise, there will be so many children in the Year of the Loong! In fact, the dragon is a kind of spiritual inheritance, and ordinary people just find some topics. In addition, you can speak energetically only if you eat well. On the 23rd day of the first lunar month, after eating the last broth in the coming year, we should plan how to spend February 2nd. In the first month, no matter how many chickens, ducks and fish you have at home, it is good to eat less or spend money on it. By the 23rd, Mary must "clean up". Think it's luck? Or is it too hot to stay? I can't tell you about it in any case. But there is one thing you must understand. It will arrive on February 2 nd in a few days. It's obvious what you ate that day and how you spend it every year without thinking about it. "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up", if you say it, you have to add color to the dragon. Why do you say eat first, eat well, and take it off when it's hard? You see, old ladies, 18 kinds of martial arts have been used. Lantern Festival is dzi; Noodles are dragon whiskers; Fire is the dragon's tongue; Jiaozi is a dragon ear; Pancakes are dragon skins; Rice is a dragon; Steamed bread is a dragon egg. The most puzzling thing is, put on a few pairs of chicken feet, saying it's dragon feet. The dishes that add to the fun are: mustard sprouts stir-fried soybean mouth, the homonym of mustard is "borrowing money", and soybean mouth (not soybean sprouts) stands for "golden beans"; The old salted egg cut open the oil pan and called "financial resources rolling in"; The last tofu is named "tofu"; The cabbage head specially left is peeled and washed, which is used to wrap the dishes and rice on the table and eat it. This is called "wealth protection". Don't say goodbye to eating "Bao Cai", but eat a picture with it. Why March 17 is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and there is a folk saying that "the dragon rises on February 2". Why did the dragon look up on February 2? Folklore experts explain this. According to Wang Laihua, a professor at Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences, this folk custom is related to festivals. Around the first day of February, it was a "shock". Many animals, such as frogs, snakes, earthworms, etc., go into hibernation in winter, which is called "entering the sting". Around February of the following year, the weather turned warmer, and some insects gradually ended their hibernation and began to go out. It seems to be awakened from sleep by bright spring days or deafening spring thunder, so this festival is called "Jing Zhe". Wang Laihua said that the legendary dragon was imagined by our ancestors on the basis of snakes and earthworms, so the people also called snakes "little dragons". Around February 2, snakes, earthworms, etc. End hibernation and start activities. Folk believe that the dragon is a symbol of the son of heaven, an auspicious thing, and the master of storms, and "February 2" is the day when the dragon will ascend to heaven and start activities, so it is called "February 2, when the dragon looks up". So, why not "February 1st" or "February 3rd"? Folklore experts explained that this is related to our preference for even numbers in folklore. Folklore experts said that in ancient China, especially before the Qin and Han Dynasties, all the days of 1 month 1 day, February 2nd, March 3rd, etc. were regarded as days when heaven and earth were in sympathy and communication. Therefore, on such days, people need to do more prayers, sacrifices or commemorative activities to achieve happiness, well-being and good luck. On February 2, the dragon looked up. It is said that there was no rain in Guanzhong area for a long time in ancient times, and the Jade Emperor ordered Donghai Dragon to scatter rain. Xiaolong is playful and dives into the river and never comes out again. A young man went to the cliff to collect "dragon water" to muddy the river. Xiaolong emerged from the river to compete with the young man. Xiaolong was defeated and had to sow rain. In fact, the so-called "dragon heads up" means that after hibernation, all insects begin to wake up. So as the saying goes, "On February 2nd, dragons looked up and scorpions and centipedes appeared." There is also a saying "February 2nd" called Spring Dragon Festival. Xu Shen's "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" records: "The dragon, the length in the scale, can be quiet and bright, thin and huge, long and short, reaching the sky in the vernal equinox and diving in the autumn equinox." This may be the earliest record of the custom of the Spring Festival. According to legend, when Wu Zetian was emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it was forbidden to rain on the earth for three years. However, Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from disaster and starvation, and a heavy rain came secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he buried the Jade Dragon in charge of Tianhe under a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a monument stands, which reads: Rain of the Dragon King violates heaven and should be punished by the world for generations. If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom. In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, people were drying golden corn seeds, and it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, which had blossomed after being fried. Isn't it the golden bean that blooms? So every household popped popcorn, put on record and burned incense in the yard, offering "flowering golden beans" to the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a message to the Dragon King, asking him to return to heaven and continue to give sex to the world. Since then, people have formed a habit. On February 2nd every year, people pop popcorn and some fried beans. Adults and children still read: "On February 2, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed." In some places, kitchen waste ash is scattered in the yard to form a big circle, and whole grains are put in the middle, which is called "hoarding" or "filling the warehouse". It means to wish the grain a bumper harvest and a full warehouse. During festivals, the names of foods in various places are generally labeled as "dragons". Eating jiaozi is called eating "dragon ears"; Eating spring cakes is called eating "Longlin"; Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard meat"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called eating "longan". On February 2nd, ordinary people eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn, pork head and so on. Different regions have different foods, but most of them are related to dragons. Generally, the name of food is added with the title of "dragon". For example, eating jiaozi is called eating "dragon ears"; Eating spring cakes is called eating "Longlin"; Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard meat"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called "longan" and eating spring cakes is called eating Longlin. A spring pancake bigger than the palm of your hand is like a piece of Long Lin. Spring cakes are hard and contain many dishes. Such as sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc. Cut them into filaments with a knife and stir-fry them with some home-cooked dishes, such as fried shredded pork with leek, fried shredded pork with spinach, mung bean sprout vinegar, vegetarian fried vermicelli and scrambled eggs. , and rolled into spring cakes, dipped in shredded onion and sesame oil noodle sauce, really delicious and refreshing. When eating spring cakes, the family sits around, puts the baked spring cakes into the steamer and takes them while eating. Hot and happy. There is a legend about eating popcorn on the second day of February. According to legend, when Wu Zetian was emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it should not rain on the ground for three years. However, Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from disaster and starvation, and a heavy rain came secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he buried the Jade Dragon in charge of Tianhe under a mountain. There is a monument at the foot of the mountain, which reads: "The rain of the Dragon King violates heaven and should be punished by the world for generations. If you want to climb the peak tower again, unless the golden beans bloom. " In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were turning golden corn seeds, it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, and it blossomed as soon as it was fried. Isn't it golden beans? So every household popped popcorn, put on record and burned incense in the yard, offering "flowering golden beans" to the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world blooming, he would send a message to recall the Dragon King to heaven and continue to send clouds and rain to the world. Since then, people have formed a custom. On the second day of February, people pop popcorn and fry soybeans. There is also a saying that pig's head meat is eaten on February 2. Since ancient times, pigs, cows and sheep have been used to worship the gods, and later it was simplified to the head of the three animals, and the pig head is one of them. According to a story recorded in Qiu Chi's Notes in the Song Dynasty, Wang Zhongling was very hungry after pacifying Bashu, so he broke into a temple in a small village, but he met a drunken monk. Wang Zhongling was furious and wanted to cut it, but he didn't know that the monk was afraid. Wang Zhongling was very surprised and asked him for food. Soon the monk presented a plate of "steamed pig's head" and wrote a poem for it: "The monk said that when steaming, the banana leaves were wrapped and watered with apricot paddles when cooked. Red, fresh and elegant, called Jin panting, ripe and soft, really like jade. If there is no comparison between hairy roots, felt roots will eat vines. " Wang Zhongling ate steamed pig's head, and was very happy to hear the funny and unique "pig's head poem", so he named the monk "Master of Purple Clothes". It seems that the pig's head is really delicious, and it is also an auspicious symbol of turning the corner and making rapid progress. Now there is a famous dish called "roast pork face", which can be served after twelve steps, such as selecting ingredients, cleaning, spraying, soaking, making sauce and cooking for more than ten hours. There are three kinds of "roast pig face", one is the original taste; The second is to dip in the sauce; The third is to roll pancakes to eat. Every way of eating has a different taste. "Roasted pig's face" is fat but not greasy, the meat and bones are separated, and it tastes delicious, which brings beauty and brain-strengthening effects to modern people. Eating modern "pork noodles" on February 2 nd and recalling the history of ancient catering is really a perfect experience of blending contemporary and history. Eating mustard rice on the second day of the second lunar month is a popular custom in Wenzhou. It is said that eating mustard rice will not cause scabies. In the old society, ordinary people lived in poverty and had a weak sense of health. In addition, there are many patients with skin diseases (such as scabies), who are easily infected. Mustard contains a lot of chlorophyll and vitamin C. Regular consumption of vegetables rich in chlorophyll and vitamin C can improve autoimmune ability and enhance resistance, which is good for human skin. Therefore, there is a saying that eating mustard rice does not cause scabies. It is said that this custom has an interesting legend. One day, Emperor Qianlong visited the people incognito and went to a farmer's home in southern Zhejiang. He found that Zhang Man, who had read many poetry books when he was young, could not go to Beijing to catch the exam because of his poor family, so he had to study hard at home. Zhang was hospitable and invited Emperor Qianlong to have a light meal. Just as he was preparing to cook, Zhang found that there was not enough rice in the rice jar and there was nothing to eat. Zhang had a brainwave, and the plan came to mind. Tell his wife to prepare the fire first, go out from the back door and peel a handful of green and tender mustard in the garden, add some seasoning and cook a pot of white mustard rice. Emperor Qianlong was used to eating delicacies. By noon, he was already hungry. When he smelled the delicious mustard rice, his appetite increased greatly, and he ate it with relish and praised it. He even asked how to cook this green rice with white inside. Zhang's wife replied, "This is called mustard rice, and it won't cause scabies after eating it." On this day, it happens to be the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, and the custom of eating mustard rice on the second day of February has been handed down since then.