On the second day of the second lunar month, it is commonly known as "the dragon looks up". In many places, once the Lantern Festival is over, this year will be over. But in the northeast, it is different. According to the custom in the northeast, this year is over after the second day of February. On February 2nd, in Northeast China, Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Northeast Inner Mongolia, we ate pig's head meat, had haircuts and set off firecrackers. What to eat on February 2 nd in Northeast China?

First, pig's head meat

Folk songs say that "the dragon rises on February 2", and the northeast people have the custom of "eating pig's head on February 2". In ancient times, pig's head was a sacrifice to ancestors and to heaven. In normal times, pig's head could not be eaten casually. Generally, farmers worked hard for a year, and slaughtered pigs and sheep in the third year of the twelfth lunar month.

From this day on, we began to improve the food. Every day, we should see some meat in the food. On New Year's Eve, the whole family had a family reunion dinner, jiaozi on the first day, jiaozi on the fifth day, and Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month. When the first month passed, the year passed, and the festival passed, all the pork killed in the twelfth month was basically eaten. Finally, only one pig head was left, which could only be eaten on February 2. The Dragon King is in charge of rainfall, so farmers should offer the best sacrifices to the Dragon King.

Pig's head meat, although it is very inconspicuous on weekdays, is difficult to be elegant. However, it can be eaten in a variety of ways, which can be processed into all kinds of cooked foods, and can also be used with other raw materials. Whether it is with wine or with meals, it is good and delicious.

1, Sauté ed Pork Head Meat: Clean the green pepper with seeds, slice it and soak it in boiling water; Slice cooked pig's head meat; Heat the pot, add oil, stir-fry the pig's head until it changes color, add chopped green onion and minced garlic until fragrant, add sweet noodle sauce and stir-fry, add white sugar, pour in the green pepper slices, add a little water, stir-fry evenly and thicken with water starch.

2, garlic-flavored pork head: after the garlic seedlings are washed, cut into sections; Slice cooked pig's head meat; Heat oil in the pot, saute ginger slices, then add garlic sprouts and stir-fry until 70% done, add salt, add pork head and stir-fry, add a little water, cover with a little stew 1 min, add monosodium glutamate and stir-fry, and take out.

3, celery fried pork head: celery picked and washed, cut into sections, simmered in boiling water; After the auricularia auricula is swollen with warm water, it is torn into small flowers; Slice cooked pig's head meat; Add oil to a hot pan, stir-fry the pig's head until it changes color, add celery and black fungus, add white sugar and cooking wine and stir-fry until cooked, add refined salt and monosodium glutamate and stir-fry evenly.

Second, jiaozi

Jiaozi is a must-eat food in Northeast China for the Spring Festival, and jiaozi is popular from the first day to the second day of February. Some of jiaozi are shaped like gold ingots, and some are shaped like ears. The dragon looks up and eats jiaozi on this day, which is called "eating dragon ears". "It's better to be comfortable than to be upside down, and it's not as delicious as jiaozi." In the old days, jiaozi was not easy to eat, and jiaozi, which was short of oil and meat during the Chinese New Year holiday, had only a little meat flavor to satisfy its appetite.

Experts say that today's dumplings are filled with a variety of ingredients, from vegetarian dishes and eggs to various meats such as pigs, chickens, fish and shrimps, and there are almost no ingredients that cannot be wrapped in jiaozi. On the day when the dragon looks up, pay attention to eating "jiaozi with meat and vegetables", that is, there are both meat and vegetables in the stuffing, and take the homonym of "meat and vegetables" as "wealth" to send a message that the financial resources in the New Year are rolling.

In the past, when medicine was underdeveloped, it was not easy to cure diseases. Probably people thought that "the dragon looked up" would curb all diseases, and eating "the dragon's ears" would protect his health and eliminate all diseases. Up to now, there is still a jingle that "eat dumplings on February 2, and all diseases are afraid of the dragon running outside".

It should be noted that after eating dumplings, don't drink a lot of tea, because the tannic acid of tea will synthesize a substance with astringency with meat protein, which will slow down intestinal peristalsis, not only easy to accumulate food and abdominal distension, but also easy to affect defecation, which will increase the chance of reabsorption of metabolic toxic substances.

Health Network reminds that people in Northeast China generally don't cut their hair between the first day of the New Year's Day and the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar. It is said that if they cut their hair, they will die, so people in Northeast China are very taboo about this, and no one will cut their hair in the first month. "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up", which means that people will have a haircut on the second day of February, so many people will compete for a haircut on this day for good luck.