1, Kitchen God
February 2nd is not only the Dragon Head-raising Festival, but also the birthday of the Land Lord. Land birthday is also called social day festival. Social days are divided into spring social days and autumn social days. In ancient times, the Spring Festival Society was the fifth day after beginning of spring and the Autumn Society was the fifth day after beginning of autumn. The ancients believed that everything was native, and the land god was one of the widely worshipped gods. People think that the land god is in charge of grain growth and local peace, and people in many places worship the land god on social days.
Step 2 eat dragon food
Pay attention to diet in North Renye Fang on February 2nd. On this day, most people eat in the name of 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 meat, dragon ear meat, dragon skin meat, dragon seed meat and dragon eggs, as well as eating spring cakes and pig head meat.
Step 3 scrape the tap
It refers to the haircut on the second day of February, and it is called "happy haircut" to give children a haircut. When the dragon looks up, it will bless the 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.
Festival source
The seven-night cycle of the Black Dragon is consistent with the farming cycle of one year. At the beginning of spring ploughing, Seven Nights of the Black Dragon began to rise slowly on the eastern horizon, and the bright dragon-rhinoceros horn beam was first exposed. In summer, crops grow and the black dragon hangs high in the southern night sky. In autumn, when the crops are harvested, the black dragon begins to fall in the west. Everything is hidden in winter, and the black dragon is hidden under the northern horizon.
The ancients called the seven nights in midsummer of the black dragon "seeing dragons in the fields" on the eastern horizon, and called the seven nights in midsummer of the black dragon "flying dragons in the sky". In addition, there are "kanglong regrets" and "leaderless", which correspond to the astrology of each season respectively.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Dragon Head Up