1, stir-fried beans

In addition to having a good haircut, February 2 also means eating fried beans at home, which means "golden beans bloom, the dragon king ascends to heaven, the clouds disperse and the grains are abundant." Fried beans are also called "scorpion claws" because after the second day of the second lunar month, all kinds of bugs and scorpions will appear. It is said that people who eat scorpion claws can "suppress poisonous insects".

Soybeans are fried with soybeans, and corn is fried with soybeans. Soybeans are carefully selected, soaked in saccharin before frying, and can be fried in a large pot after a little airing. It is necessary to master the temperature. If fried too much, it will taste burnt, and if fried too lightly, it will not be crisp. At that time, there were few doctors and medicines in rural areas, and people lacked medical knowledge. Meningitis and encephalitis are often prevalent in spring, so people say that eating fried beans can prevent them.

2. Pig head

In addition to frying sugar beans on February 2, there is another custom in Yantai that has to be mentioned, that is, eating pig's head. On the second day of the second lunar month, when the dragon looks up, every household should cook pig's head, because the first and fifteenth days of the first month are over, and February 2 is the last festival of the Spring Festival. Generally, pigs and sheep slaughtered by farmers on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month are basically eaten after the first month, leaving only pig heads, so they are eaten on February 2nd. And sacrifice the pig's head to the ancestors. Make a good start to the year and pray for good weather that year.

Step 3: chess pieces

Many places in Shandong have the custom of eating fried beans and chess pieces on February 2. Eating chess pieces on February 2nd symbolizes Long Lin. It is shaped like a diamond with two sharp corners. It is made of flour. First roll the dough into pancake shape, then cut it into diamond-shaped pieces the size of a fingernail, dry it, and fry it in a pot. Specific practices vary from place to place, some with sugar or saccharin, which is a dessert, some thick and small, and some slightly larger and thinner.

There is also a kind of "mung bean chess piece", which belongs to a kind of porridge. Just like frying chess pieces, the rolled pancakes are cut into diamonds, but they are not fried, so they don't need to be dried. Instead, the mung beans cooked in the pot are rotten and put in for cooking, which represents Longlin and longan.

4, lazy dragon

There is also a kind of food called "lazy dragon" on February 2, also called "Wolong". Its method is to roll the mixed noodles into a big pancake, then mash the tofu and mix it with chopped green onion, sprinkle salt on the cake, roll it up and press the two ends together, put the long stuffed noodle dragon in the outer ring of the steamer, and then make a smaller noodle dragon in the same way and put it in the middle of the steamer. This kind of cage can steam out two face dragons, which are called "lazy dragons" or "Wolong" because they lie in the cage.

When people eat it, they cut it into pieces of different sizes as needed. People eat lazy dragons to wake them up and make them rain and nourish the earth. Chess pieces and baked beans are only eaten on February 2 nd. Many places generally eat lazy dragons, but when they are eaten, they are called tofu rolls.

5.rice cake

On February 2, we must eat rice cakes in the holiday diet. Leaving a piece of rice cake for this day means climbing higher and higher. Old people say that some people in the family belong to dragons, so they should eat steamed cakes instead of fried cakes on this day, so as not to hurt the "dragon claws"

6, pancakes

On February 2nd, there are also the customs of "pancakes to smoke insects" and "beating beams to drive away rats". Sometimes, all kinds of poisonous insects start to move around. On February 2, people eat the pancakes and fried rice cakes left over from the first month, which are called pancake fumigation, to remind people not to be hurt by poisonous insects, and at the same time, they use pancakes, fried rice cakes and other forms to pin people's insect-killing psychology.

7. Noodles

In many places, we still eat "Longxu Noodles" on February 2nd, that is, we cut noodles into very slender pieces, especially many elderly people eat Longxu Noodles to live longer.

What food do Shandong people eat on February 2?

"On February 2 nd, if you eat peas, you will have a good harvest and won't get sick." Many people can't recite that old proverb, but the established habit has been passed down to this day.

On the second day of the second lunar month in China, dragons look up. In many places in Shandong, on the second day of the second lunar month, a family should stop all housework, especially needlework, so as not to "hurt longan". If you don't want to wash it, I'm afraid you'll "hurt the dragon's skin." On the night of the first day of February, if there is a stone mill at home, it is said that it should not affect the "faucet". Only in this way can "rain flow everywhere, and there is no need to eat and wear for a year".

Dragon Head Raising Day (Dragon Head Raising Festival)

In coastal areas, the custom of "cutting dragons" has been circulating on February 2, and adults and children have to shave their heads, which is called "shaving their heads". Boys especially need a haircut, which is called "cutting the tap". It is said that a haircut on this day can bring good luck for a year.

In the Yellow River Delta, there is also the custom of "putting dragon lanterns". Many people tie reeds or stems to boats, insert candles or put small oil bowls dug with radishes, and put them in rivers or bays to light the way for dragons.

The eastern inland areas pay more attention to "February 2", and one of the important folk activities is to surround the granary. On the morning of the second day of the second lunar month, the villagers get up early. The housewife took out a basket of firewood and the remaining plant ash from under her cooker, took a small shovel and shoveled some plant ash. People walk with their hands and draw circles on the ground. The circles around the warehouse are large and small, ranging from three to five, and the list is not double. After the warehouse was surrounded, the food at home was piously placed in the middle of the warehouse and deliberately scattered on the periphery of the warehouse to symbolize the bumper harvest of that year.

However, the most indispensable thing on February 2 is the custom of eating fried beans, which is widely spread in Shandong. In the morning, people fry beans with salt or sugar, which is called "frying scorpion claws".

In Shandong, many supermarkets prepared all kinds of fried beans more than half a month ago, including broad beans, soybeans, popcorn, green beans, peas and other varieties, as well as fried chess pieces made of flour and eggs, with different tastes.

"On February 2 nd, the new rain was fine, and the grass sprouted for a while; The light shirt is thin and the horse is young, and the cross is full of words. " From the poems of Bai Juyi, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, we can know that as early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a folk custom of "February 2" in China. February was designated as the birthday of Baihua in the Song Dynasty, and it was called "outing festival" in the Yuan Dynasty, which has continued to this day.