On February 2nd in Shaanxi, every household in rural areas eats popcorn, fried corn beans and fried chessboard beans. Peas are not only given to family members, but also to relatives. Eating fried peas is also called "biting insects", that is, as the saying goes, "biting insects does not hurt teeth." Every year, on the second day of the second lunar month, people in Huayin, Shaanxi Province cut the cakes offered to the gods, such as scorpions and scorpions' tails, and dried them in a pot for children to eat, thinking that this is good for children.

Shaving your head and getting a haircut is auspicious. "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up." People in Shaanxi think it is the most auspicious to cut your hair on February 2nd, and shave your boy's head on February 2nd, so that children can live as easily and happily as donkeys without saddles.

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up:

Dragon Boat Festival

In the past, 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. However, in many areas, especially in the south, people still regard the second day of February as the "land public sacrifice day" and hold social sacrifices to worship the land god.

Sprinkle ash

Sprinkling ash in front of the door is called "blocking the door to prevent disasters"; Scattering ash in the corner is intended to "destroy the insects"; Scatter the ashes in the yard, make them into circles of different sizes, and symbolically put some whole grains, which are called "hoarding" or "smashing ash" to wish a bumper year; Sprinkle ash on the edge of the well and call it "Huilong" for good weather.