1. Qingdao eats noodles, fried cakes and spring cakes on February 2nd.
2. The dragon looks up, which is commonly known as the Qinglong Festival on the second day of the second lunar month. Legend has it that it is the day when the dragon looks up. It is a traditional festival in rural areas of China and is called the "Dragon Head Festival". As the saying goes: "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, and everyone worked as a farmer." At this time, the sun be the spirit rises, the earth thaws, and spring ploughing will begin, which is the time to transport manure for ploughing.
3. Legend has it that this festival originated in the period of Fu Xishi, the head of san huang. Fu Xishi "attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry, and cultivates the fields". On February 2nd every year, "the imperial mother delivers meals, and uses her own horse to plough", and she takes care of herself. Later, Huangdi, Tang Yao, Yu Shun and Xia Yu followed the example of their predecessors.
4. People in the Tang Dynasty have regarded the second day of February as a special day, saying that it is a day to "welcome wealth", and to eat "fruit to welcome wealth" on this day means to eat some snacks. The court of the Song Dynasty also had special activities on this day. When the Song people carefully recorded the Southern Song Dynasty in Old Wulin, there was a "dish picking" royal banquet in the palace on the second day of February.
5. At the banquet, plant fresh vegetables such as lettuce in some small Dendrobium (measuring device with small mouth and big bottom), write their names on silk and put them under the Dendrobium for everyone to guess. According to the result of the guess, there are rewards and punishments. This activity is both an early adopter and an entertainment, so at that time, "the palace is also more effective." However, these "February 2" activities in the Tang and Song Dynasties were not associated with the "Dragon Rise". In Beijing, there are many customs on February 2, such as "February 2, look at the beams, scorpions and centipedes have nowhere to hide"!
6. On this day, people should drive away pests, light candles, and drive away scorpions and centipedes according to the beams and walls. As soon as they see the light, these insects fall down and are eliminated. On this day, folk food is often named dragon to get lucky. For example, eating dumplings is called eating "dragon's ears", eating rice is called eating "dragon's son", eating wonton is called eating "dragon's teeth", and steamed cakes are also made into Long Lin shapes on the surface, called "Long Lin cakes". On this day, women should avoid needlework in order to avoid hurting the dragon's eyes.
7. in the yuan dynasty, February 2 was clearly "the dragon looked up". When describing the customs of Dadoucheng, Analysis of Tianjin Records mentioned that "February 2nd is the day when the dragon rises". On this day, people eat noodles, which is called "Longxu Noodles". And pancakes, called "Long Lin"; If jiaozi is included, it is called "Dragon Tooth". In short, it should be named after the dragon body.