What does the custom of rainy solar terms eat? The last few days of the solar term are what the folks say, "On February 2nd, the dragon rises". People are eating dragon beard cakes and thinking of the dragon that was punished and crushed at the foot of the mountain because of drought and rain.

According to the old custom in the northern region, on February 2, everyone should have a haircut, which means "the dragon looks up" and is auspicious. It is called "scraping the tap" to give a haircut to children. Women are not allowed to move needle and thread, for fear of hurting the "dzi beads"; People can't draw water from wells either. They should fill their water tanks on the first day, or they will touch the tap. Ordinary people eat noodles, spring cakes, popcorn, pork head and so on. On this day. 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 eating "longan"