February 26 is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar. Folk say that this day "dragon head", symbolizing the return of spring, everything recovered. So, "dragon head" is what it means? Astronomical experts have explained this. Tianjin Astronomical Society, Zhao Zhiheng explained that "February 2, the dragon carries the head" this said and ancient astronomy. Experts, ancient China used twenty-eight hosts to indicate the position of the sun, moon and stars in the sky and determine the season. Twenty-eight hosts in the corner, hyper, 氐、房、心、尾、箕seven hosts form a complete dragon constellation, in which the corner of the host is similar to the dragon's horns. Every February, after the spring breeze, dusk, "Dragon Horn Star (i.e., Horn Custody star and Horn Custody two stars)" from the eastern horizon, so called "Dragon Head Raising". According to Tianjin, Jiangsu two astronomical experts, the sky "dragon head" at the same time, spring is slowly coming to earth, the rain will be more. At this time of the year, the earth back to green, spring plowing from south to north began one after another. The folk proverb "February 2, the dragon carries the head; big warehouse full, small warehouse flow", sent people pray for the dragon blessing, blessing the wind and rain, the strong desire of a good harvest.
February 2, "dragon head-raising" farmers pay more attention to
Xinhua Hohhot, March 19 (Xinhua Zhang Lina) the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is China's traditional folk festival "Dragon Festival", also known as the "Green Dragon Festival", the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is China's traditional folk festival "Dragon Festival", also known as the "Green Dragon Festival". "Green Dragon Festival". China's folk cultural heritage rescue project working committee member of the Hadaqi just said, because of the folk legend of "February 2" and the dragon, coupled with the "hibernation of a plow soil, the equinox of the earth through", so the farmers on this day is quite a lot of preoccupation, they put the simple wishes The first thing you need to do is to put your trust in the mundane things you do and pray for a better year.
In accordance with some of the old customs in the north of China, "February 2" morning after getting up, the farmers will find a long pole to knock the beams, the "dragon" to wake up, and then use the grass ash to the well to lead a "gray dragon ", and then use grain chaff from the well platform to the water tank to lead back a "golden dragon"; breakfast rice cakes and pork, spring pancakes for lunch, but also to eat fried beans; days near dusk, every family should use the stove in the ash around the house to spread a circle, called the community, in order to all the evil spirits and plagues are blocked on the outside, where there are relatives far away from home, this circle must leave a mouth, meaning that it is expected to return home early.
This day, everyone should get a haircut, which means that the "dragon head" good luck to children haircut called "shaving the dragon head"; women are not allowed to move the needle and thread, for fear of injuring the "dragon's eyes"; People also can not pick water from the well, the first day of the water urn to pick their own home full, otherwise it touches the "dragon head".
Folklore "February 2, the dragon raised its head; large warehouse full, small warehouse flow", this day, farmers are full of prayers for the year, they are excited about the upcoming spring planting, praying for the legendary "dragon" at this time to raise its head, shake body under a The people are excited for the coming spring planting and pray that the legendary "dragon" will raise its head and shake its body to send a rain to moisturize the soil.
Food customs on February 2
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is said to be the day when the dragon raises its head, and is also known as the "Spring Dragon Festival". There is a folk song that goes like this: "February 2, the dragon raises its head, the big barn is full, the small barn flows." On this day, people worship the Dragon King with many delicacies in the hope that it will spread rain and sweet rains.
Ordinary people in this day to eat noodles, spring pancakes, popcorn, pork, etc., different regions have different food, but most of them are related to the dragon, and generally add the name of the food "dragon" title, such as eating dumplings called to eat the "dragon ear"; eating spring pancakes called eating "dragon scale"; eating noodles called eating "dragon beard"; eating rice called eating "dragon son"; eating wontons called eating "dragon eyes "
These are the most important of all.
Eating spring pancakes is called "eating dragon scales" is very graphic, a spring pancake larger than the palm of the hand is like a piece of dragon scales. Spring cake has toughness, rolled inside many dishes. Such as soy sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, soy sauce duck, etc., cut into thin shreds with a knife, with several kinds of home-style fried vegetables such as shredded meat fried leeks and sprouts, shredded meat fried spinach, mung bean sprouts cooked in vinegar, veggie fried vermicelli, spreading eggs, etc., rolled into the spring pancake, dipped in thinly shredded green onions and drizzled with sesame oil to eat the noodle sauce, it is really fragrant and refreshing. When eating spring pancakes, the whole family sits together, put the branded spring pancakes in the steamer, eat as you take, hot, happy.
The second day of February to eat popcorn has a legend.
According to legend, when Wu Zetian became emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that rain would not be allowed to fall on earth for three years. However, the Jade Dragon, who was in charge of the Heavenly River, could not bear to see the people suffer and starve, and secretly sent down a heavy rain, and when the Jade Emperor learned of this, he knocked the Jade Dragon out of the Heavenly Palace and pressed it under a big mountain. A monument was erected under the mountain, which reads: "The Dragon King violated the rules of heaven by sending down rain, and was subjected to a thousand sins on earth. If you want to climb back up to the heavenly palace, unless when the golden bean blossoms." In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for the blossoming golden beans. To the second day of February of the next year, people are turning the golden corn seeds, suddenly remembered, this corn is like gold beans, fried flowers, is not the golden bean blossom? So every family popcorn, and set up in the yard burning incense, for the "blossom of the golden beans", specifically for the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor to see. The dragon king knew that this is the people in the rescue it, shouted to the Jade Emperor: "Golden beans bloom, let me out!" The Jade Emperor took a look at the golden bean blossoms opening in every yard on earth, and had to summon the Dragon King back to the Heavenly Court to continue to raise clouds and spread rain on earth. Since then, the folk formed a custom, every February 2 this day, people popping corn flower, there are also fried soybean.
The second day of February to eat pig's head meat also has a saying.
Since ancient times, offerings to the gods always use pigs, cows and sheep three animals, and later simplified for the head of the three animals, the pig's head is one of them. According to the Song Dynasty, "Qiu Chi notes" recorded a story: Wang Zhongling after the pacification of Sichuan, very hungry, so broke into a small temple in the countryside, but met a drunken monk, Wang Zhongling angry, want to be chopped, but the monk did not fear, Wang Zhongling was very strange, turned to him to ask for food, not long ago, the monk offered a plate of "steamed pig's head". "Steamed pig's head" and wrote a poem about it: "The mouth is long and hairy and shallow with fat, long to the mountains to eat medicine seedlings. Steam has been wrapped in banana leaves, cooked with apricot paddle water. Red and fresh is elegantly called gold plate Ting, ripe and soft can really be jade chopsticks pick. If there is no hairy root to compare, the felt root is the same as the vine." Wang Zhongling ate steamed pig's head, listening to the funny and chic "pig's head poem" is very happy, so, the monk was named "Purple Venerable Master". It seems that the pig's head is really a delicacy it, but also is the turn of the tide for the auspicious sign of peace and prosperity. Today there is a famous dish called "grilled pig face", after the selection of materials, cleaning, spray roasting, washing and soaking, soy sauce and other twelve steps, after more than ten hours of cooking, to be served on the table. There are three kinds of "grilled pig's face", one is eaten in its original flavor; the second is dipped in sauce; the third is rolled pancakes to eat. Each way of eating has a different flavor. "Pork face" is fat but not greasy, meat and bones are separated, sticky and delicious, and it brings beauty and brain-health effects to modern people. "Eating modern "pork face" on February 2 and reminiscing about the ancient history of food and drink is really a perfect experience of blending the contemporary with the historical.
Today is the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, also known as the "Spring Dragon Festival", the northern part of our country is circulating "February 2, the dragon raised its head; large warehouse full, small warehouse flow" folk proverb. But according to folklore experts, today, in addition to shaving the head, to eat a lot of things, such as eating pork today, but many people do not know.
February 2 is the last festival of the Spring Festival, the Spring Festival is over, Lunar New Year to kill the pork are basically eaten up, and finally only a pig's head is left to stay in February 2, "dragon head" that day to eat. According to the northern custom, today every family should eat noodles, fried oil cake, etc.; many Beijingers also have in the "February 2" to eat spring cake custom. In addition, "February 2" also have the custom of eating pork
February 2 dragon food customs
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, folklore is the day of the dragon's head, also known as the "Spring Dragon Festival". There is a folk song that goes like this: "February 2, the dragon raises its head, the big barn is full, the small barn flows." On this day, people worship the Dragon King with many delicacies in the hope that it will spread rain and sweet rains.
Ordinary people in this day to eat noodles, spring pancakes, popcorn, pork, etc., different regions have different food, but most of them are related to the dragon, and generally add the name of the food "dragon" title, such as eating dumplings called to eat the "dragon ear"; eating spring pancakes called eating "dragon scale"; eating noodles called eating "dragon beard"; eating rice called eating "dragon son"; eating wontons called eating "dragon eyes "
These are the most important of all.
Eating spring pancakes is called "eating dragon scales" is very graphic, a spring pancake larger than the palm of the hand is like a piece of dragon scales. Spring cake has toughness, rolled inside many dishes. Such as soy sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, soy sauce duck, etc., cut into thin shreds with a knife, with several kinds of home-style fried vegetables such as shredded meat fried leeks and sprouts, shredded meat fried spinach, mung bean sprouts cooked in vinegar, veggie fried vermicelli, spreading eggs, etc., rolled into the spring pancake, dipped in thinly shredded green onions and drizzled with sesame oil to eat the noodle sauce, it is really fragrant and refreshing. When eating spring pancakes, the whole family sits together, put the branded spring pancakes in the steamer, eat as you take, hot, happy.
The second day of February to eat popcorn has a legend. Legend has it that when Wu Zetian became emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that no rain would fall on earth for three years. But the Jade Dragon in charge of the Heavenly River could not bear to see the people suffer and starve, and secretly sent a heavy rain, the Jade Emperor was informed, the Jade Dragon in charge of the Heavenly River was knocked down from the Palace of Heaven, and pressed under a big mountain. A monument was erected under the mountain, which reads: "The Dragon King violated the rules of heaven by sending down rain, and was subjected to a thousand sins on earth. If you want to climb back up to the heavenly palace, unless when the golden bean blossoms." In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for the blossoming golden beans. To the second day of February of the next year, people are turning the golden corn seeds, suddenly remembered, this corn is like gold beans, fried flowers, is not the gold beans blossom? So every family popcorn, and set up in the yard burning incense, for the "blossom of the golden beans", specifically for the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor to see. The dragon king knew that this is the people in the rescue it, shouted to the Jade Emperor: "Golden beans bloom, let me out!" The Jade Emperor took a look at the golden bean blossoms opening in every yard on earth, and had to summon the Dragon King back to the Heavenly Court to continue to raise clouds and spread rain on earth. Since then, the folk formed a custom, every February 2 this day, people popping corn flower, there are also fried soybean.
The second day of February to eat pig's head meat also has a saying. Since ancient times, offerings to the gods always use pigs, cows and sheep three animals, and later simplified for the head of the three animals, the pig's head is one of them. According to the Song Dynasty "Qiu Chi notes" recorded a story: Wang Zhongling after the pacification of Sichuan, very hungry, so broke into a small temple in the countryside, but met a drunken monk, Wang Zhongling angry, want to behead, which know that the monk is not afraid of, Wang Zhongling is very strange, turn to him to ask for food, not long ago, the monk offered a plate of "steamed pig's head", and the monk was not afraid to eat. "Steamed pig's head" and wrote a poem about it: "The mouth is long and hairy and shallow with fat, long to the mountains to eat medicine seedlings. Steam has been wrapped in banana leaves, cooked with apricot paddle water. Red and fresh is elegantly called gold plate Ting, ripe and soft can really be jade chopsticks pick. If there is no hairy root to compare, the felt root is the same as the vine." Wang Zhongling ate steamed pig's head, listening to the funny and chic "pig's head poem" is very happy, so, the monk was named "Purple Venerable Master". It seems that the pig's head is really a delicacy it, but also is the turn of the tide for the auspicious sign of peace and prosperity. Today there is a famous dish called "grilled pig face", after the selection of materials, cleaning, spray roasting, washing and soaking, soy sauce and other twelve steps, after more than ten hours of cooking, to be served on the table. There are three kinds of "grilled pig's face", one is eaten in its original flavor; the second is dipped in sauce; the third is rolled pancakes to eat. Each way of eating has a different flavor. "Pork face" is fat but not greasy, meat and bones are separated, sticky and delicious, and it brings beauty and brain-health effects to modern people. "Eating modern "Pork Face" on February 2 and reminiscing about the ancient history of food and drink is a perfect experience of blending the contemporary with the historical.
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Dragon Carrying the Head on the Early February
Dragon Carrying the Head on the Early February of the Old Calendar. Celebrity Liu Dong's "Emperor Beijing Scenery" said: "February 2, said the dragon carries the head, fried New Year's Day festival Yu cake, smoked bed bed, said, smoked bugs; said to lead the dragon, bugs do not come out also." As the saying goes, "the dragon does not raise his head, the sky does not rain", the dragon is the auspicious thing, and the master of the rain." Spring rain is as expensive as oil", people pray for the dragon to raise the head of the clouds for rain, moisturize everything. At the same time, February 2 is just before and after the hibernation, a hundred bugs, disease prone to birth, people pray that the dragon head out to suppress the insects.
The old Beijingers had the saying "February 2nd, shine the beams, scorpions, centipedes have no place to hide". People out of the dragon head out of the clouds and rain and the power of the town of insects pray, February 2 this day will try to use the dragon to call food and various activities. Such as eating cakes called eat "dragon skin", eat small dumplings called eat "dragon ear", eat noodles called eat "dragon beard", eat rice called eat "dragon child". Children shave their heads on this day called "shaving the dragon head", women do not do needlework on this day, said to avoid injuring the "dragon's eye".
The Green Dragon Festival
The second day of February, commonly known as the Green Dragon Festival.
The origin of the Green Dragon Festival is related to the "hibernation" of the 24 solar terms. After the hibernation, the earth is revived, Yang Qi rises. Shanxi proverbs say "February 2, the dragon raises its head".
Jinan region that this day is the day of the green dragon activities, avoid going to the river, well water, so as not to bring back the dragon eggs. In the river, wells and labor, pay close attention to the quiet, as far as possible, do not make noise, so as not to startle the green dragon, the good years of rain and wind destroyed.
Jinbei region on this day, the prevalence of "Si Qianlong". In the morning, before the sun rises, every family carries a teapot to the river or well to draw water. According to the projections of the year several dragons to rule the water, in the teapot put a few coins or coins. After drawing water, they would pour a trail of water back to their homes and pour all the remaining water and money into the water tank, and the money dragon would be drawn home, which meant that they would be rich in a year. When the money dragon is cited, it is especially forbidden to speak, so as not to frighten away the money dragon.
Some places in northwestern Jinzhou, cited the money dragon, choose a large tree or a large stone, sprinkled with gray thread around a circle. Then use the red line to tie a copper coin, the first will be placed in the ash coil, the hand pull the line home, covered with a container that is completed.
Jindongdong region of the introduction of money dragon, is to use the stove ash, sprinkle a curved gray line, from the door all the way to the kitchen, around the water tank can be a circle.
As the saying goes, "Sting over, a hundred insects Su." Qinglong Festival, folk popular many activities to drive away poison. "Yangcheng County Records" recorded: "Hundred hibernation first startled, hanging Tianshi charm to ward off insects and poisons." In the morning, when people get up, avoid saying the word "up", I'm afraid that all the poisonous insects also rise in response to the sound. Jinnan region folk like to cook cranberry soup, sprinkled all over the house wall cracks, corners, the bottom of the bed mat, under the bed, so-called "ban a hundred insects". Some villagers also gather and carry the statue of the god to the door of each house and sprinkle rice soup into the courtyard, which means that the plague will be avoided and dispersed. In front of people's doors, they surrounded with lime. Folk custom in Southeast China painted a medicine gourd containing snakes, scorpions, centipedes, centipedes, centipedes, spiders and other five poisonous pests, and pasted it on the wall, which is said to be "to ward off all insects". There are also beans, wheat flour rolled into a light twist form, buried in the soil, called "fumigation centipede". In Jinzhong area, it is the folk custom to shoot dustpan in every house, and the nursery rhyme is "February 2, shoot dustpan, fleas and ticks dare not go to the bed". Lime is used to put a line around the toilet and the door to get rid of the plague. In Lvliang area, it is customary for every family to sweep their houses. In the northern part of the country, it is customary to "paste the wolf's mouth" with sugar or millet dough and paste it around the mouth of the god Erlang Barking Dog.
Qinglong Festival, in some places in southern Jin called "flower tide". People carry wine and food, to the countryside, choose a place to sit around, but also singing and dancing, drinking, also known as "spring", "trekking". Southeast Jin used to use broomcorn millet powder to make pancakes, condolences to women. Jinzhong children used to fly kites. Some counties are concerned about this day to play the ash cellar, sacrificial land god. Jinbei region like to eat noodles, vermicelli, called picking the tail of the dragon. And to eat cake paste wolf mouth and eat pears to defeat the fire, playing dirty gas. Lvliang area like to eat pancakes, known as "uncovering the dragon skin". Jinnan this day must eat sesame flowers, deep-fried noodle cake, called "gnawing the dragon bone". Northwest region of Jinbei is concerned about the Qinglong Festival, a big social fire Yangge, the base of the fire, the spectacle is like the Lantern Festival in other places.
Qinglong Festival, northern Jin folk talk about eating zaowang master before the date mountain. A family of several people, the jujube mountain cut into several pieces, per capita a share, the top of the three pointed part of the parents to enjoy.
Recheng Hehe Qinglong Festival, there is a stick to more than a thousand years of ancient meeting, can be called strange custom. It is said to have begun in the Han Guangwu Emperor years, so far has been more than 1800 years, to commemorate the East Yue Emperor Huang Feihu water merit and the three societies to celebrate, so it is also known as the "three societies can". On this day, the mountain people have fun and carnival, and the most precious treasures in their respective homes are on display, also known as the folk "bright treasure will be", take the treasure can drive away evil spirits to avoid disaster meaning, and hope that the year is a smooth wind and rain, a bumper crop. At that time, the women dressed in colorful costumes, singing traditional folk songs, men are playing rugged and tough gods and goddesses of heaven, earth and civil servants, the eight immortals, common gods, etc., or riding horseback sedan chair, ride cattle, carry poles; or naked, the waist tie wild cloth; or cloth pants, carrying guillotine, ice cream, rough purlin, stone mill, a great show of masculinity. It is called "Hehe Erzhang" in local theater. The atmosphere of the social fire is made up of gongs and drums, and the striking method is simple and primitive, commonly known as "skimming gongs and drums". The traditional programs include lion juggling, dry boat running, stilt walking, and carrying people on their backs, etc. The whole event starts from the outskirts of the village. The whole event starts from the outside of the village and goes on until it ends at the old Taishan Temple site.
Past folklore, after the Qinglong Festival, the whole "New Year" is considered to be over.
Spring Cake
Spring Cake Beijing folk food, a very thin pancake, also known as pancake. Every year, on the day of the first spring, Beijingers eat spring cakes, which is called "biting spring".
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the day when the dragon raises its head, as the old Chinese proverb says ("February 2, the dragon raises its head"), and on this day, Beijingers also eat spring pancakes, which are called "Eating Dragon Scales".
Spring pancakes than eating roast duck pancakes to be large, and tough (Beijingers called to have "bone strength"), because to roll a lot of vegetables to eat. In the old days, when eating spring pancakes, it was important to go to the box store to call "Su Pan" (also known as box dishes). The box store is the meat store, the store sends people to deliver the dishes to the home.
The box is divided into compartments to put smoked tripe, pine nuts tripe, stove meat (a kind of hanging oven roast pork), clear sauce meat, smoked elbow, sauce elbow, sauce mouth strips, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc., to eat when you need to change the knife and cut into thin threads, with a few other kinds of home-style fried vegetables (usually shredded meat fried leeks and sprouts, shredded meat fried spinach, vinegar cooking mung bean sprouts, veggie fried vermicelli, eggs, etc., if you have a freshly marketed "pheasant neck leeks" stir-fried lean meat, coupled with stalled eggs, is more fresh and flavorful), rolled together into the spring pancakes to eat. Accompanied by finely shredded green onions and soy sauce drizzled with sesame oil (roast duck with sweet noodle sauce).
When eating spring pancakes, the whole family sits together, put the branded spring pancakes in the steamer, eat as you take, in order to eat a hot. If you eat spring cakes on February 2, Beijing people also pay attention to the married girl to take home.
Donkey roll
A kind of bean flour cake, Beijing halal flavor snacks. Steamed yellow rice (or glutinous rice) kneaded into a ball, sprinkled with fried soybean noodles, and then add the red bean filling, rolled into long strips, sprinkled with sesame, cinnamon and sugar to eat, due to the Qing Dynasty food stalls are now selling "donkey rolls", with the production of soybean noodles with the sprinkle, as if the countryside donkeys rolled around on the ground sticky soil, so the name is this witty.
Old Beijing custom, people always like in the second month of the lunar calendar to buy "donkey rolls" to taste, and therefore operate this food vendors and cart vendors, to the Tianqiao market, the white food stalls and "rice cake tiger" (Tiger Zhanfu) do the most famous
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar.
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "Green Dragon Festival". Folk saying "February 2, dragon head". One is to say, at this time, the recovery of all insects, suitable for farming; the second is to say that the dragon Shi rain, praying for a year of abundance. Traditional customs in this day to fry "material beans", "scattered green ash", "around the warehouse". This day, or Zoucheng traditional hills ancient meeting.
Material beans, that is, soybeans, also known as "scorpion claw". Beans have salty and sweet points, salty beans first soybeans with salt juice impregnated soaked, fried with slow fire, generally fried to the grains of beans issued a bang, bean skin cracks can be fried; sweet beans soaked in sugar water, and then fried, some in the grains of beans will be cooked, directly to the sugar. Zou Dongshan District, individual places with peanuts instead of beans. There is a local custom of frying the beans before the sun does not come out. Legend has it that you can eat scorpion claws without getting stung by a scorpion.
Surrounding the warehouse to be held before dawn, peasant women in the yard, the gate, the yard with grass and wood ash painted hoarding ladder, playing gray Tun, sprinkle grains. Around the warehouse, with green ash (grass ash) into a circle, large sets of small, less than three circles, more than five circles, around the single not around the double. It means that we hope that the grain is full and the harvest is plentiful.
February 2 this day not from the well water (some places, such as the sun can come out), for fear of "angry dragon king"; not moving the needle, for fear of stabbing the "dragon's eye"; women do not comb their hair inside the house, and more are not allowed to use a long rope, so as not to fall on the house of snakes (commonly known as "long worm"), centipedes, scorpions and so on. February 2, the territory of most residents still have the custom of eating fish, known as "smoked insects". During the Republic of China, this day for the end of the year, "social fire" to stop, all walks of life is more or less this day to start, resume normal production and work.
The second day of the second month of the old calendar, the dragon carries the head. Celebrity Liu Dong's "Emperor Beijing Scenery" said: "February 2, said the dragon head, fried New Year's Day Festival Yu cake, smoked bed bed, said, smoked bugs; said to lead the dragon, bugs do not come out." As the saying goes, "the dragon does not raise his head, the sky does not rain", the dragon is the auspicious thing, and the master of the rain." Spring rain is as expensive as oil", people pray for the dragon to raise the head of the clouds for rain, moisturize everything. At the same time, February 2 is just before and after the hibernation, a hundred bugs, disease prone to birth, people pray that the dragon head out of the town to suppress the poisonous insects.
The Green Dragon Festival
The second day of February, commonly known as the Green Dragon Festival.
The origin of the Green Dragon Festival is related to the "hibernation" of the 24 solar terms. After the hibernation, the earth is revived, Yang Qi rises. Shanxi proverbs say "February 2, the dragon raises its head".
Jinan region that this day is the day of the green dragon activities, avoid going to the river, well water, so as not to bring back the dragon eggs. In the river, wells and labor, pay close attention to the quiet, as far as possible, do not make noise, so as not to startle the green dragon, the good years of rain and wind destroyed.
Jinbei region on this day, the prevalence of "Si Qianlong". In the morning, before the sun rises, every family carries a teapot to the river or well to draw water. According to the projections of the year several dragons to rule the water, in the teapot put a few coins or coins. After drawing water, they would pour a trail of water back to their homes and pour all the remaining water and money into the water tank, and the money dragon would be drawn home, which meant that they would be rich in a year. When the money dragon is cited, it is especially forbidden to speak, so as not to frighten away the money dragon.
Some places in northwestern Jinzhou, cited the money dragon, choose a large tree or a large stone, sprinkled with gray thread around a circle. Then use the red line to tie a copper coin, the first will be placed in the ash coil, the hand pull the line home, covered with a container that is completed.
Jindongdong region of the introduction of money dragon, is to use the stove ash, sprinkle a curved gray line, from the door all the way to the kitchen, around the water tank can be a circle.
As the saying goes, "Sting over, a hundred insects Su." Qinglong Festival, folk popular many activities to drive away poison. "Yangcheng County Records" recorded: "Hundred hibernation first startled, hanging Tianshi charm to ward off insects and poisons." In the morning, when people get up, avoid saying the word "up", I'm afraid that all the poisonous insects also rise in response to the sound. Jinnan region folk like to cook cranberry soup, sprinkled all over the house wall cracks, corners, the bottom of the bed mat, under the bed, so-called "ban a hundred insects". Some villagers also gather and carry the statue of the god to the door of each house and sprinkle rice soup into the courtyard, which means that the plague will be avoided and dispersed. In front of people's doors, they surrounded with lime. Folk custom in Southeast China painted a medicine gourd containing snakes, scorpions, centipedes, centipedes, centipedes, spiders and other five poisonous pests, and pasted it on the wall, which is said to be "to ward off all insects". There are also beans, wheat flour rolled into a light twist form, buried in the soil, called "fumigation centipede". In Jinzhong area, it is the folk custom to shoot dustpan in every house, and the nursery rhyme is "February 2, shoot dustpan, fleas and ticks dare not go to the bed". Lime is used to put a line around the toilet and the door to get rid of the plague. In Lvliang area, it is customary for every family to sweep their houses. In the northern part of the country, it is customary to "paste the wolf's mouth", and use sugar or corn dough to paste it around the mouth of the god Erlang's barking dog.
Qinglong Festival, in some places in southern Jin called "flower tide". People carry wine and food, to the countryside, choose a place to sit around, but also singing and dancing, enjoy drinking, also known as "spring", "trekking". Southeast Jin used to use broomcorn millet powder to make pancakes, condolences to women. Jinzhong children used to fly kites. Some counties are concerned about this day to play the ash cellar, sacrificial land god. Jinbei region like to eat noodles, vermicelli, called picking the tail of the dragon. And to eat cake paste wolf mouth and eat pears to defeat the fire, playing dirty gas. Lvliang area like to eat pancakes, known as "uncovering the dragon skin". Jinnan this day must eat sesame flowers, deep-fried noodle cake, called "gnawing the dragon bone". Northwest region of Jinbei is concerned about the Qinglong Festival, a big social fire Yangge, the base of the fire, the spectacle is like the Lantern Festival in other places.
Qinglong Festival, folk in northern Jinbei region to eat Zao Wang Wang before the date mountain. A family of several people, the jujube mountain cut into several pieces, per capita a share, the top of the three pointed part of the parents to enjoy.
Recheng Hehe Qinglong Festival, there is a stick to more than a thousand years of ancient meeting, can be called strange custom. It is rumored to have begun in the Han Guangwu Emperor years, so far has been more than 1800 years, to commemorate the Dongyue Emperor Huang Feihu water merit and the three societies to celebrate, so it is also known as the "three societies can". On this day, the mountain people have fun and carnival, and the most precious treasures in their respective homes are on display, also known as the folk "bright treasure will be", take the treasure can drive away evil spirits to avoid disaster meaning, and hope that the year is a smooth wind and rain, a bumper crop. At that time, the women dressed in colorful costumes, singing traditional folk songs, men are playing rugged and tough gods and goddesses of heaven, earth and civil servants, the eight immortals, common gods, etc., or riding horseback sedan chair, ride cattle, carry poles; or naked, the waist tie wild cloth; or cloth pants, carrying guillotine, ice cream, rough purlin, stone mill, a great show of masculinity. It is called "Hehe Ergang" in local theater. The atmosphere of the social fire is made up of gongs and drums, and the striking method is simple and primitive, commonly known as "skimming gongs and drums". The traditional programs include lion juggling, dry boat running, stilt walking, and carrying people on their backs, etc. The whole event starts from the outskirts of the village. The whole event starts from the outside of the village and goes on until it ends at the old Taishan Temple site.
Past folklore, after the Qinglong Festival, the whole "New Year" is considered to be over.
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "dragon head", also known as the "Green Dragon Festival" or "Spring Dragon Festival". In the old days there are many taboos on February 2nd. Some places taboo married women back to her mother's home, there is a "February 2 stepped on the mother's barn, not dead father-in-law died in-laws," said, some places are the opposite, to pick up their daughters back to the mother's home to live a few days, to talk about the words of love, "February 2, the dragon carries the head, the family to pick up the girl v. grievances. There are also places in this day every family will be stone mill on the fan support up, called "dragon head", and the whole day does not push the mill, for fear of pressure on the dragon head. Some places get up early to steam cakes, to wish the spring dragon stings. Some places steamed buns, called "steamed dragon eggs", eat noodles, called eating "dragon beard noodles", eat cake, called eating "dragon scale cake. But there are places this day do not eat noodles, do not eat millet rice, because the noodles are "dragon beard", millet is "dragon seeds", for fear of eating affect the health of the dragon. In the old days, more than in the dragon head this day haircut, small children are also enrolled in school on this day, known as "accounted for the ao head", there will be strings of round color cloth hanging in the children's hats, known as the "small dragon tail", and in some places there is a dragon lamp and other recreational activities.
People in the past usually regarded February 2 as the termination of the series of annual festivals, from then on to stop a variety of recreational activities, began to resume normal business, resistance to live the long work began to work, the general farm began to try the plow. In some places, there is a custom of sacrificing to the God of the land on this day, which means that the spring production is about to start and ask the God of the land to take care of it.
Speaking of February 2, it is related to the dragon's head. There is an article that says on the second day of February, the dragon god will wake up from his slumber, and people burn incense and offer sacrifices, praying that the dragon god will raise his head and spring will come, and that the clouds will bring rain, and the grains will be plentiful, and the country will be prosperous and at peace. Again, the Chinese people are looking forward to a better life!
Chinese festivals are very rich in activities, and designed to arrange the corresponding food. February 2 this day, some places to eat noodles, called dragon beard noodles, pancakes called dragon Lin, dumplings and called dragon teeth ...... are close to the dragon body. Only Tianjin, this day to eat fried stuffed, the beautiful name of fried dragon Lin. Taiwan has a female writer called Liu Fang, wrote "the art of eating" a monograph on Tianjin cuisine, said "cooking prawns section, foreign accent stewed fish, paste meat and potatoes boiled small fish, fried grasshoppers, fried vegetables and noodles, pots and pans of vegetables, pan-fried stuffy, pancakes and 馃zi馃zizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizizi" for Tianjin cuisine. It seems very incomplete and inaccurate. Read the old-timers cooking in Tianjin in 1977 compiled "Tianjin recipes", cold, hot, soup dishes, as many as 1117, of course, does not include pot dishes, fried stuffed son, that is, but Tianjin has a unique flavor of snacks only. But in any case, fried stuffed son for Tianjin unique specialty food, is certain.
Smothered for the starch boiled into the "jelly". High-quality stuffing should be boiled with mung bean flour, through the bright, non-stick and non-stick. Frying stuffed with too much oil is not necessary, otherwise it is difficult to fry into both sides of the yellow Ga. The seasoning for the mulled pork is made with sesame paste, vinegar, salt and appropriate water, and then put in garlic paste. Eat fried stuffed with pancakes, pancakes are even better; and then fried a plate of eggs, a plate of bok choy, green beans and vegetables, spinach or saucy on the dried spices, are refreshing and fragrant meal
Ancient people believe that the dragon for the king of the aquatic world, by the Jade Emperor's order, the exercise of the Secretary of the rain of the duty, the shape of its nine: the head of a snake, horns like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like a cow, neck like a horse, belly like a mirage, scales like a carps, claws like eagles, palms like tigers, can be big and can be small, can rise and can be hidden, can be a big, can be a big, can be a small, can rise and can be hidden. Small, can rise hidden, can travel freely in the sea, land, air and three worlds. Big is swallowing clouds and spitting mist, small is hidden hiding shape, rise is soaring in the universe, hidden is lurking within the waves. Therefore, people will coincidentally pious and solemn worship of the dragon, to the dragon to beg for peace and prosperity, a long time ago, the dragon has become the people's ideal of "the long of the bugs", is to get rid of disasters and auspicious symbols of prosperity of the gods.
Celebration of the second day of February dragon head, generally three days, from the beginning of the first month of the 30th, to the end of the second day of February, the second day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day. During the period to avoid meat and vegetarian three days, most of the villages are invited to the theater troupe singing, there are individual villages set off fireworks, to send the Dragon King ascending to heaven, and pray for good weather. The second day of February, adults and children to shave their heads and cut their hair, this custom is called "shaving the dragon's head, the main rich". Eat more pasta. Such as: "eat sugar cakes, open the dragon skin days sweet; eat the Dragon Shun noodles, rice flour warehouse full of the whole year". Avoid moving knives, scissors and needles, for fear of injuring the dragon body, cutting the dragon vein, stabbing the dragon's eyes. Avoid eating food with skin, for fear of giving birth to snake skin children.