On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looks up to eat "Long Lin" (spring cake).
Eating spring cakes is called "eating Long Lin". A spring cake bigger than the palm of your hand is like a piece of Long Lin. Spring cakes are tough and contain many dishes. Such as sauce meat, elbow, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc., are cut into filaments with a knife, mixed with several kinds of home-cooked stir-fried dishes, such as stir-fried leek sprouts with shredded pork, stir-fried spinach with shredded pork, green bean sprouts cooked with vinegar, vegetarian fried vermicelli, spread eggs, etc., and rolled into spring cakes, dipped in shredded onion and noodles sauce with sesame oil, which is really delicious and refreshing. When eating spring cakes, the whole family sits around, puts the baked spring cakes in the steamer, and takes them as you eat them. It's hot and happy.
On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looked up to eat "Gentiana" (fried oil cake).
In some areas such as Beijing and Tianjin, people have the custom of eating fried cakes on the Spring Dragon Festival, which is called "eating gentian". The fried cake is golden in color, and it is very vivid to be called Gentiana. The practice is to grind the millet into yellow rice, and then grind the yellow rice into flour, that is, yellow wheat. The yellow rice cake made of yellow wheat has four characteristics: yellow, soft, strong and fragrant. There are two ways to eat it, one is vegetarian cake, and the other is fried cake. Fried cakes are more particular. Datong's fried cakes have three characteristics: small size, thin skin and many patterns. There are three kinds of patterns: bean stuffing, sugar stuffing and vegetable stuffing. There are four kinds of bean fillings: adzuki bean, cowpea, lentil and kidney bean. There are two kinds of sugar fillings: brown sugar and white sugar, plus green silk, rose, walnut kernel and preserved fruit. Vegetable stuffing includes mung bean sprouts, yam and carrot stuffing; There are ground vegetables, dried tofu and yam stuffing; There are yam, bitter herbs and leek stuffing. No matter what kind of oil cake is filled, it is fragrant inside and crisp outside, which is well known.
On February 2 of the lunar calendar, the dragon looked up to eat "dragon ears" (jiaozi)
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. Nowadays, there are many kinds of stuffing for dumplings, from vegetarian dishes and eggs to all kinds of meat such as pigs, chickens, fish and shrimps, and there are almost no ingredients that can't 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.
On the second day of the second lunar month, dragons raise their heads to eat "dragon whiskers" (noodles).
"Longxu Noodles" is one of the varieties of traditional banquet pastry in northern China, which evolved from Shandong pulled noodles and has a history of more than 300 years. According to legend, there was a chef in the imperial kitchen of the Ming Dynasty. On that day in beginning of spring, he made a noodle as thin as hair, just like a dragon beard. The emperor's appetite was wide open, and he was very happy and full of praise. Since then, this fried fine point has become a very fashionable snack. Longxu Noodles's February 2 eclipse has a beautiful meaning of "smooth and smooth, smooth and happy".
On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looks up to eat "Dragon Son" (rice).
Because the rice grains are distinct and shaped like a dragon, people in many places also have the custom of eating rice on the day of "the dragon looks up", taking the beautiful meaning of having more children and more happiness, more good luck and more happiness.
On the second day of the second lunar month, dragons raise their heads to eat "longan" (wonton).
Because wonton is plump, it looks like a dragon's eyes, and it is full of sparkle. Therefore, on February 2 nd, everyone will eat wonton, hoping to be as bright as a dragon and have a good life.
On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looked up to eat pig's head.
On February 2 nd, I will eat pig's head. 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.
On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon looks up to eat "golden beans blossom" (popcorn).
There is a legend about eating popcorn on the second day of February. According to legend, when Wu Zetian became emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it should not rain on the earth for three years. However, Yulong, who was in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from the disaster and starve, and a heavy rain fell secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he laid Yulong, who was in charge of Tianhe, under a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a monument was erected, which read: "The Dragon King violated the rules of heaven when he rained, and he should be punished by the world for generations to come. If you want to re-enter peak tower, unless the golden beans bloom. " In order to save the Dragon King, people look for blooming golden beans everywhere. On the second day of February of the following year, when people were turning over the golden corn seeds, it suddenly occurred to them that this corn was like golden beans, and when it was fried, it blossomed. Isn't it golden beans? So every household exploded popcorn and set up a case in the courtyard to burn incense, offering "flowering golden beans" for the dragon king and the jade emperor to see. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted loudly to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden bean flower in the courtyard of every household in the world was open, he had to send a message to call the Dragon King back to heaven and continue to give clouds and rain to the world. Since then, people have formed a custom. On the second day of February, people explode popcorn and fry soybeans.
The origin of the dragon's rise on February 2 nd
On February 2 nd, the dragon heads up, commonly known as the Qinglong Festival, is a traditional festival in rural areas of China, called the "Dragon Head Festival". In the north, February 2 is also called Dragon Head Up Day, also known as Spring Dragon Festival. In the south, it is called the outing festival, which was called the picking vegetables festival in ancient times. China people have had the custom of "February 2nd" since the Tang Dynasty. People in China believe that the dragon is an auspicious thing, in charge of sex and rain, and the second day of February in the lunar calendar is the day when the dragon wants to ascend to heaven. In terms of solar terms, the early February of the lunar calendar is between "rain", "fright" and "vernal equinox", and many places in China have begun to enter the rainy season. This is a natural law, but the ancients thought it was the contribution of the "dragon". Moreover, the dragon has a very high position in the minds of China people, not only as a lucky thing, but also as the master of weathering rain. Therefore, there was February 2 nd when the dragon looked up.