On February 2nd, diet is of certain importance, because people believe that "Rowen has great wealth", so the diet on this day is mostly named after dragons. Eating spring cakes is called "eating dragon forest", eating noodles is called "eating dragon beard meat", eating wonton is called "eating longan", eating jiaozi is called "eating dragon ears", cooking noodles and wonton together is called "eating dragon balls", and eating scallion cakes is called "tearing dragon skin".
In some places, there are customs of eating longan, dragon beard meat, dragon tongue, dragon ear, dragon skin, dragon son, dragon egg, spring cake and pig head meat. Everything carries symbols and meanings related to dragons. All these have pinned people's strong desire to pray for the dragon's blessing. ?
Linyi people celebrate February 2, and farmers begin to prepare raw materials for fried sugar beans. On the morning of February 2, every household fried peanuts and soybeans with sugar. Some places are called sugar beans, some places are called scorpion beans, and some places are called popcorn.
In the past, they used to cook their own food, but now it's different. There is usually no home cooking. Supermarkets in urban and rural markets were filled with all kinds of sugar beans around February 2, about a dozen or more. Buy while eating, sweet and delicious. On February 2, farmers will put all kinds of candied beans on the table to celebrate this festival.
Other activities
1, mining dragon gas
Shi Mao in the morning (between 5: 00 and 7: 00), the first Shi Mao in Uzuki, is a good luck to go out and take a deep breath in the East.
Step 2 scrape the tap
Refers to the second day of February, when children have a haircut, it is called shaving "happy head" to bless children to grow up healthily and get ahead when they grow up; Adults get haircuts, say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, hoping to bring good luck and a smooth new year.
Step 3 lift the dragon boat
In ancient times, the Dragon Head-raising Festival was a day to worship the dragon god. On this day every year, people will go to the Dragon Temple or the riverside to burn incense and sacrifice to the dragon god, praying that the dragon god will turn clouds into rain and bless the harvest. When the dragon heads up, there will be a "Dragon Boat Lift" in some parts of China, inviting the dragon to come out of the water and praying for all the best.